Germany's government is set to give $1.1 billion in aid to the country's airports after months of lockdown have sent revenues plummeting.

Air travel is at a historic low nationwide and travel restrictions have barred passengers from all but essential voyages.

Hubs such as Frankfurt Airport, whi...

Serbians like a party – using any excuse to enjoy themselves and have a good time. That may explain why the country is among only a few in the world that celebrates two new years.

The regular new year starts on January 1 and the Orthodox Christian new year begins on January 14. Now, Serbia has ...

Italy's new prime minister Mario Draghi has vowed to unite and restart the country.

The former European Central Bank chief was officially sworn in by President Sergio Mattarella yesterday at the Presidential Palace, in a scaled-down ceremony according with COVID-19 regulations.

Of his 23 minist...

Travelers coming to the UK from more than 30 high-risk countries will have to quarantine in hotels from Monday – but there are concerns about whether the scheme will be effective.

Under new laws, passengers coming from or passing through countries like South Africa, Brazil or the United Arab Emi...

Germany has become increasingly attractive as a centre of innovation for startups since 2013. New business models are emerging mainly in software, e-commerce, food and medical sectors and renewable energy.

One of them is MOWEA, which develops small wind turbines that are intended for commercial ...

🇷🇺Top Russian health experts are in Belgrade to discuss Serbia producing the Sputnik V vaccine locally 🇷🇸

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Shell's pledge to have net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 will have left many asking the question, how on Earth can an oil company manage that?

The oil giant revealed on Thursday that its carbon emissions and oil production peaked in 2018 and 2019 respectively, as it looks to move away from fossi...

What is antiviral drug Plitidepsin and why do researchers in Spain think it could be a game-changer in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic?

CGTN Europe’s Rahul Pathak spoke to Marcos Lopez, president of the Spanish Immunology Society, to find out more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-02-13/Ant...

Hungary is the first EU country to order Russia’s Sputnik V. Check out who has ordered it or is producing it worldwide. Hungary has ordered 2m doses, the same as Serbia in Europe. India is acquiring the most doses, with 100m.

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🇬🇧Threats, empty food shelves and anger in Northern Ireland as the EU and UK remain locked in a stand-off over the Northern Ireland protocol. 🇪🇺

🇮🇪 The new customs checks between the UK and Northern Ireland have heightened political tensions in a community historically divided.

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🇩🇪 🇨🇳 A choir in one of the few German high schools to teach Chinese is spreading hope and light as the pandemic rages, and is now even getting an invitation from Peng Liyuan, wife of China's President Xi Jinping, to China once the virus is controlled.

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🇧🇪 A vaccination center in Brussels is giving out around 200 COVID-19 vaccinations a day, despite being built to administer 900 jabs. 😷

💉 Things aren't expected to improve in the coming weeks as Moderna slashed February deliveries by 20 percent.

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🦀 🇬🇧 Since the start of the year, UK fishing firms have struggled to export their produce as catch certificates, health checks, and customs declarations for the EU have delayed deliveries. For shellfish companies, this is hitting their business in the global market.

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A second batch of half-a-million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, enough for a quarter of a million people, have landed in Serbia. 🇷🇸

Serbian PM Ana Brnabić said upon the plane's arrival, “Thanks to these vaccines, we’ll save thousands and thousands of lives. That’s why I’m overj...

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French authorities have warned people to travel only if necessary due to heavy snow and flooding. Overnight real-feel temperatures dropped to minus 18 degrees Celsius in parts of northern France. While in southern France flooding has been the main concern, with some villages completely cut off.

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European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said she “deeply regrets” the plan for an Irish hard border to stop vaccine shipments to the UK. She also has admitted mistakes have been made in the EU vaccine rollout.

"We were late to authorize. We were too optimistic when it came to massive prod...

Bitcoin’s value has rocketed by more than 25% over the past week to a value of nearly $50,000 after Tesla, owned by Elon Musk, bought $1.5bn of the cryptocurrency. 💰

According to Mati Greenspan, the founder of the cryptocurrency analysis firm Quantum Economics, "the sky is the limit."

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Spain has become the fourth country in Europe to pass 3m confirmed COVID-19 cases. The country’s chief medical officer, Fernando Simon, has also warned of a possible fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

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👴🏼 Are wannabe grandparents bugging you? Well, you are not alone. Birth rates among millennials are dropping. 👶🍼

🇪🇺 By some estimates, the birth rate for 23 countries will more than halve by 2100, and 13 of them are in Europe.

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Tough new rules have been put in place for travelers to the UK from 33 countries labeled COVID-19 "hotspots" that will force them to pay $2,400 for a 10-day stay in a quarantine hotel.

The high-risk destinations are where the variant of the virus first identified in South Africa has spread and r...

China's President Xi Jinping urged the leaders of 17 Central and Eastern European Countries to increase their ties with Beijing, at the 9th China-CEEC summit.

Xi was speaking, via video link on Tuesday. Established in 2012, the summit aims to stimulate the trade and cultural exchange between nat...

One of Spain's biggest industries is calling for more government help to save it from total collapse.

Spain's hospitality sector has been one of the worst-affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of its unions took to the streets on Tuesday calling for more support.

Currently, food and drink ve...