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Germany to attract 400,000 foreign workers each year

Germany to attract 400,000 foreign workers each year

-- 2022-01-21 13:25:02

Germany's new coalition government wants to attract 400,000 qualified workers from abroad each year to tackle both a demographic imbalance and labour shortages in key sectors that risk undermining the...

European Union threatens 'massive' sanctions if Russia attacks Ukraine

European Union threatens 'massive' sanctions if Russia attacks Ukraine

-- 2022-01-20 19:13:59

The European Union threatened "massive" economic sanctions if Moscow attacks Ukraine, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rallied allies on Thursday ahead of last-ditch crisis talks with Russia a...

Lawmakers being blackmailed to keep UK Premier Johnson in power?

Lawmakers being blackmailed to keep UK Premier Johnson in power?

-- 2022-01-20 17:27:24

A senior Conservative lawmaker accused the British government on Thursday of intimidating and attempting to "blackmail" those lawmakers they suspect of wanting to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson ou...

UK PM Johnson faces growing pressure to resign

UK PM Johnson faces growing pressure to resign

-- 2022-01-19 15:46:10

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting to shore up his premiership on Wednesday amid a revolt by his own lawmakers who are angry over a series of lockdown parties in Downing Street. Propel...

Covid-19 negative report not mandatory to travel Sweden

Covid-19 negative report not mandatory to travel Sweden

-- 2022-01-18 21:03:32

Travellers to Sweden will no longer be required to show a negative COVID test before entering the country, the government said on Tuesday. Sweden introduced rules for a recent negative COVID test on...

Poland experiencing a fifth wave of Covid, says minister

Poland experiencing a fifth wave of Covid, says minister

-- 2022-01-18 12:55:51

Poland is experiencing a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections, the health minister said on Monday, warning that the spread of the Omicron variant could send daily case numbers soaring to levels not yet s...

UK households struggling with energy bills set to triple

UK households struggling with energy bills set to triple

-- 2022-01-17 18:55:35

The proportion of British households struggling with energy bills will triple in April when regulated prices look set to rise by more than 50 per cent, the Resolution Foundation said on Monday. Brita...

The return of influenza: Europe faces threat of prolonged 'twindemic'

The return of influenza: Europe faces threat of prolonged 'twindemic'

-- 2022-01-17 14:05:26

Influenza has returned to Europe at a faster-than-expected rate this winter after almost disappearing last year, raising concerns about a prolonged "twindemic" with COVID-19 amid some doubts about the...

Belarus intelligence-linked group suspected over Ukraine cyberattack

Belarus intelligence-linked group suspected over Ukraine cyberattack

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-16 11:16:01

Kyiv believes a hacker group linked to Belarusian intelligence carried out a cyberattack that hit Ukrainian government websites this week and used malware similar to that used by a group tied to Russi...

Harry in legal fight to pay for police protection in UK

Harry in legal fight to pay for police protection in UK

-- 2022-01-16 10:13:27

Prince Harry is seeking a judicial review against a refusal of the Home Office to allow him to personally pay for police protection when in the UK. The US-based Duke of Sussex says his privat...

Life with 'no lights, no heat, no money' during Ukraine's cyber warfare

Life with 'no lights, no heat, no money' during Ukraine's cyber warfare

-- 2022-01-15 09:48:53

Hackers who defaced and interrupted access to numerous Ukrainian government websites on Friday could be setting the stage for more serious cyberattacks that would disrupt the lives of ordinary Ukraini...

Denmark’s former defence minister charged with treason for leaking state secrets

Denmark’s former defence minister charged with treason for leaking state secrets

-- 2022-01-14 22:33:25

Denmark's former defence minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen said on Friday he has been charged with violating a section of the penal code that includes treason for leaking state secrets. Frederiksen, w...

Ukraine hit by cyberattack, Russia moves more troops

Ukraine hit by cyberattack, Russia moves more troops

-- 2022-01-14 18:08:21

Ukraine was hit by a massive cyberattack warning its citizens to "be afraid and expect the worst", and Russia, which has amassed more than 100,000 troops on its neighbour's frontier, released TV pictu...

Swedish PM Andersson tests positive for Covid-19

Swedish PM Andersson tests positive for Covid-19

-- 2022-01-14 16:46:06

Swedish Social Democratic Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has tested positive for Covid-19, her spokesperson said on Friday, as a growing wave of infections swept the country driven by the more con...

Massive cyberattack hits Ukraine government websites

Massive cyberattack hits Ukraine government websites

-- 2022-01-14 16:22:58

A massive cyberattack warning Ukrainians to "be afraid and expect the worst" hit government websites late on Thursday, leaving some websites inaccessible on Friday morning and prompting Kyiv to open...

UK's Prince Andrew loses royal and military links

UK's Prince Andrew loses royal and military links

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-14 09:37:00

Prince Andrew had his military links and royal patronages removed on Thursday and will no longer be known as "His Royal Highness", Buckingham Palace said, as the son of Queen Elizabeth fights a US law...

Europe at greatest risk of war in 30 years, Poland warns

Europe at greatest risk of war in 30 years, Poland warns

-- 2022-01-13 19:40:06

Europe is nearer war than it has been in 30 years, Poland's foreign minister warned during the third round of diplomacy this week aimed at defusing tensions over Russia's demand that Ukraine never be...

British prime minister apologises for attending lockdown party

British prime minister apologises for attending lockdown party

-- 2022-01-12 19:01:14

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised on Wednesday for attending a "bring your own booze" gathering at his official residence during the first coronavirus lockdown as opponents said he had t...

Greenhouse gas levels hit high in 2021, EU scientists warn

Greenhouse gas levels hit high in 2021, EU scientists warn

-- 2022-01-10 19:24:00

Levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere hit record highs in 2021, which was one of the world's hottest years ever and underlined the need for change, the EU's Copernicus...

Frustrated German towns urge leaders to plan for fourth Covid dose

Frustrated German towns urge leaders to plan for fourth Covid dose

-- 2022-01-06 20:09:28

German towns have appealed to authorities for less "flying by the seat of your pants" and more "forward-thinking planning," as the country looks likely to miss its vaccination target for January. Loc...

Swedish king, queen test positive for Covid-19

Swedish king, queen test positive for Covid-19

-- 2022-01-04 21:49:23

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia have tested positive for COVID-19, the palace said in a statement on Tuesday. "The King and Queen, who are fully vaccinated with three injections, have...

Passengers leave Covid-hit cruise ship after 5 days stuck in Lisbon

Passengers leave Covid-hit cruise ship after 5 days stuck in Lisbon

-- 2022-01-03 19:05:09

Disconsolate passengers stuck on a cruise ship moored in Lisbon's port for five days due to a COVID-19 outbreak began disembarking early on Monday, focused on clearing the final hurdle of a negative t...

Germany shuts three of its last six nuclear plants

Germany shuts three of its last six nuclear plants

-- 2022-01-02 21:38:28

Germany has pulled the plug on three of its last six nuclear power stations as it moves towards completing its withdrawal from nuclear power as it turns its focus to renewables. The government decide...

Kuwait encourages its citizens to leave UK on omicron fears

Kuwait encourages its citizens to leave UK on omicron fears

-- 2022-01-02 20:31:39

The Kuwaiti embassy in the United Kingdom has encouraged its citizens to leave the country due to a "significant and unprecedented" increase in omicron cases there, the Gulf country's state news agenc...

Denmark announces goal to make domestic flights fossil fuel free by 2030

Denmark announces goal to make domestic flights fossil fuel free by 2030

-- 2022-01-02 15:18:07

Denmark's government has announced a goal to make domestic flights fossil fuel free by 2030. In her New Year's address, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she wants to "make flying green"....

New Covid restrictions would be last resort, says UK health minister

New Covid restrictions would be last resort, says UK health minister

-- 2022-01-01 20:47:07

New restrictions in England to slow the spread of Covid-19 will only be introduced as a last resort, health minister Sajid Javid said, stressing that although hospitalisations were rising, the number...

Britain approves Pfizer's antiviral Covid-19 pill

Britain approves Pfizer's antiviral Covid-19 pill

-- 2021-12-31 18:35:34

Britain has approved Pfizer's Covid-19 pill for patients over the age of 18 years who have mild to moderate infection and are at high risk of their illness worsening. The approval comes as the countr...

Germany to pull the plug on 3 of its last 6 nuclear plants

Germany to pull the plug on 3 of its last 6 nuclear plants

-- 2021-12-31 14:13:06

Germany will pull the plug on three of its last six nuclear power stations on Friday, another step towards completing its withdrawal from nuclear power as it turns its focus to renewables. The govern...

Russia's Covid-19 death toll climbs to world's second highest

Russia's Covid-19 death toll climbs to world's second highest

-- 2021-12-30 22:55:31

Russia has overtaken Brazil to have the world's second-highest death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic, behind the United States, data from Russia's state statistics service and Reuters calculations sho...

BBC journalist says he has left Russia for 'exile' in Britain

BBC journalist says he has left Russia for 'exile' in Britain

-- 2021-12-28 17:35:55

An investigative journalist for the BBC's Russian-language service in Moscow said on Monday that he had felt compelled to leave Russia for what he called "exile" in Britain due to what he said was unp...