Swiss voters must decide on the future of a controversial COVID certificate and on a pandemic recovery package as the country grapples with a spike in infections.

Israel approved barring entry to foreign nationals on Sunday while Asia-Pacific countries issued fresh travel curbs in a bid to limit the spread of the omicron variant.

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Critics of the Citizens Security Law passed by the previous conservative government in 2015 say it gives too much power to security forces.

Regulations require a health pass to access areas with closed lifts in Italian resorts.

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Zeman was first admitted in intensive care the day after the October legislative elections that ousted billionaire Andrej Babis as prime minister.

The suspects transported more than 700 people at a total cost of more than €2.5 million, police said.

Lieutenant Ecaterina Teodoroiu died in battle in Marasesti in 1917.

The eruption started on September 19. Experts say it could last up to three months.

On Friday Russian authorities had released the names of 51 people presumed dead after a methane explosion the day before in the Listvyazhnaya mine.

Police found three bodies and arrested more than 100 people in three days of unrest, sparked by concerns about the nation's increasing links with China.

President Putin met the leaders of both countries, on the anniversary of a peace deal ending a conflict over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Cases of the new COVID-19 variant have been detected in Belgium, Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy and the UK, prompting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to tighten entry requirements on Saturday.

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The country is now under amber or yellow alert depending on the area.

“There is no reason to believe it was a terrorist act," police said.

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Either Italy and Portugal will fail to qualify for next year's tournament.

'Green finance' is not worth the money. Post-COP26, we need a new approach to tackling climate change through finance, writes ESMT Berlin president Jörg Rocholl.

When women experience violence during childbirth it can lead to traumatic disorders that affect all aspects of their future lives. And yet in Germany, the topic is taboo.

"Preliminary evidence suggests an increased risk of infection with this variant, as compared to other VOCs (variants of concerns)," the United Nations' health agency said in a statement.

National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the West’s evacuation of Afghans following the Taliban takeover of the country, the Italian government said.

The Paris prosecutor opened an investigation after several women accused former French environment minister Nicolas Hulot of sexual assault and rape.

A landfill near Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina is leaking black fluid containing copper, lead, zinc, and arsenic at worrying levels according to test results taken by locals who are worried the dumpsite is attributed to deaths from cancer.

Kavala, 64, is accused of funding nationwide anti-government protests in 2013 and helping orchestrate a coup attempt three years later.

"We're on the side of climate justice" - Frans Timmermans, the face of the EU's green deal, talks COP26, nuclear energy, Nord Stream 2 and more.

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Lukashenko made his first public appearance at the Polish border since the start of the crisis.

Walter Rotundo and his wife welcomed their son by caesarean on Thursday to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the football legend's death.

Amnesty International UK made the comments as tensions between London and Paris rise following the deaths of 27 migrants off the coast of Calais.

A street corner in the centre of Serbia's capital featuring a mural guarded by volunteers poses the question of whether the country's society and its politicians have the strength to deal with its wartime past.

Six-year-old Eitan Biran has been the focus of a custody battle between his maternal grandparents in Israel and his paternal relatives in Italy after surviving the crash in May.

Europe's first reported case of new COVID variant has been discovered in Belgium.

The plot was allegedly planned to take place next week. Moscow has denied any involvement.

Puigdemont is wanted in Spain on sedition charges.

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Here's a round-up of the COVID situation across Europe, where countries are tightening restrictions amid a spike in cases.

France cancelled a meeting with the UK interior minister after Boris Johnson published a letter calling on Paris to "take back" migrants crossing the Channel.

Paris and Rome signed a landmark cooperation pact on Friday after years of bitter disputes. Can Europe's new bromance steal the show from the French-German couple?

Memorial rose to prominence for its studies of political repression in the Soviet Union and currently encompasses more than 50 smaller groups in Russia and abroad.

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The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25 is the occasion to highlight the many struggles women from around the world continue to face, including domestic abuse, genital mutilation, online violence, and femici...

The IOM estimates that 23,000 people have died in the Mediterranean Sea trying to reach Europe since 2014.

A WHO and ECDC-run study shows that at least 470,000 lives were saved across 33 European countries due to vaccination rollout.

Last year’s COVID travel restrictions and lockdowns saw tourist numbers from outside Finland slump by 98% compared with the previous 12 months.

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Greece, Bulgaria and EU leaders have all prevented EU membership talks beginning with North Macedonia.

"It has been eleven months... the patience of professionals has limits. We hope that this warning shot will be heard."

The carcass of an elk was found by police in Valery Rashkin's car last month. The Communist Party member last week admitted to shooting the animal.