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Covid-19

Denmark suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine

Danish health authorities said Thursday they were temporarily suspending the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine as  a precaution after some patients developed blood clots since receiving the jab, one of whom died.

EU drugs regulator approves new single dose vaccine

The European Medicines Agency has recommended approving Johnson & Johnson's single dose Covid vaccine after a successful trial.

European Union

Europeans urged not to travel as EU Commission proposes 'dark red zones' for Covid hot spots

The European Commission has proposed creating new "dark red zones" which would be subject to tight travel restrictions whilst Europeans have been "strongly discouraged" from all but essential travel within the EU as Covid-19 infections rise.

Covid-19

'Tipping point': Why European countries are alarmed by new Covid-19 variants

The World Health Organization has warned European countries they need to do more to deal with the alarming situation brought on by recently discovered variants of the novel coronavirus.

Travel news

BREXIT: What Brits in Europe need to know about travel from January 2021

Here's a reminder to Britons living around Europe of some of the rules they will have to abide by when travelling after January 1st 2021.

Travel news

UPDATE- Travel chaos in Europe - Which countries have imposed transport bans on UK?

Many countries around Europe have suspended travel links from the UK due to a new, more contagious strain of Covid-19, while others intend to do so. Here's the latest on the new travel chaos around Europe.

Covid-19

Europeans harden views towards US and EU after pandemic

"Trust in Trump's America is gone." The coronavirus crisis has caused a dramatic deterioration in the European public perception of the US and left many believing the EU had become "irrelevant", new polling finds.