A UK-based mafia expert says Italy's largest so-called 'maxi-trial' for three decades was established despite enormous logistical problems which make bringing mafiosi to justice a very difficult task.

Anna Sergi, senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Essex, says the prosecution of 35...

Children’s long-term education could be affected by a short pandemic break, according to a new Oxford University report.

Jishnu Das and his co-authors say the long-term research they conducted by tracking the progress of pupils in the aftermath of a 2005 earthquake in Pakistan may hold important...

Germany could stay in lockdown until April due to the new variant first found in the UK, Angela Merkel has said.

The German chancellor said that the new COVID-19 strain is the cause of the continued tough restrictions with the country in lockdown since last November.

Health officials have seen ...

"If you require the vaccination before travel, that [amounts] to discrimination," said Gloria Guevara, CEO of the World Travel and Tourism Council.

Guevara insists testing, rather than vaccinating, is the key to international travel taking off again. She says that current travel protocols mean f...

The One Planet Summit, the first major climate summit of 2021, was held virtually on Monday due to the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing together around 30 leaders, government officials and business heads to discuss this year's theme of biodiversity conservation.

The summit, chaired by France and back...

The Agenda's Stephen Cole spoke to Susan Miller, one of the world's best-known astrologers, to find out what is written in the stars for the world in 2021.

The transition between ‘the great lockdown and the great recovery’ - report claims that 2021 will see record breaking but uneven growth across the world.

After years of incremental anti-competitive lawsuits, Europe has laid out an aggressive new strategy to take on "Big Tech" with a far-reaching plan to overhaul the rules of the internet. Or as EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager put it: "To put order into chaos."

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Hungary's government is considering using Chinese and Russian COVID-19 vaccines as well as jabs from Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca after ramping up preparations for vaccinations.

The country has increased its production of vials in which COVID-19 vaccines will be delivered, but it remains uncl...

A new survey has revealed that more than half of Spaniards are unwilling to be vaccinated against COVID-19 – and there are growing fears of a similar problem across Europe.

Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2020-12-06/Studies-suggest-European-reluctance-to-take-COVID-19-vaccines-VYICsLw5...

Portuguese airline TAP plans to cut 3,600 jobs including 500 pilots while reducing its fleet to 88 aircrafts as the aviation industry continues to struggle amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ✈️🇵🇹

But what has the reaction been like from its staff?

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Fan Xing, a male giant panda who was born this spring in the Netherlands, showed himself to the world for the first time on Friday.

The happy parents are Wu Wen and Xing Ya, who China gifted to the Dutch royal family during a state visit to Beijing in 2015.

The pandas arrived in Ouwehands Die...

The European Union is backing a plan for a 'smart water society' using the data for the benefit of the community, including predicting future COVID-19 outbreaks.

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Sirio was born premature and healthy in August 2013 and after 50 days (only 8 at home) a "cot death" tried to take him away.

He really didn’t want to go as he had a mission: inform and spread positivity around disability.

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Angel Gurria tells CGTN's Global Business Europe that the pandemic means countries need to figure out a fair system to make technology giants pay their way and discusses what other measures will help bring the world out of its slump.

Billions of people around the world have been impacted by COVID19 but also billions of animals still need care and support.

China has launched an unmanned spacecraft to the moon as it attempts to become the first nation in more than 40 years to bring back lunar rocks and soil for scientific analysis.

The Chang'e-5 mission, named after the ancient Chinese goddess of the moon, blasted off on Tuesday from the Wenchang S...

While lockdowns have got many people reading, closed bookshops are struggling to sell under COVID-19 restrictions 📚

Should bookshops be classified as ‘essential’ stores?

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“After 30 years in this job, I never could have imagined what has happened ... the severity of the patients in the second wave is the same as the first.” 😷 said Giuseppe Natalini, the intensive care director at the Fondazione Poliambulanza di Brescia hospital.

This week we went to an intensive ...

The government gave out $1.1 billion to aid the hospitality sector which offered discount meals but the scheme has been blamed for helping COVID-19 to spread.

Hermione Kitson from Italy reports for CGTN Europe

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The Balkans has quietly become the European epicenter of the second wave of COVID-19, with Serbia's healthcare system on the verge of collapse.

Two new temporary hospitals are being hastily constructed in the capital Belgrade, as Serb authorities struggle to contain the crisis.

Serbia is now of...

🚲 Budapest’s Mol Bubi public bike scheme has been halted for an upgrade causing anger over the timing in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. A study has shown that 25 percent of coronavirus deaths in Hungary are linked to air pollution.

Linda Kennedy reports: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2020-1...

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for all 16 federal states to close their ski resorts until early January and is asking all EU nations to do the same.

While the move is being made to protect public health, those in the ski and winter sport industry in Germany’s southern state of Bav...

💡 Artificial light from towns and cities is part of modern life but it is having a big impact on nature. A study from Exeter University has found it seriously disrupts patterns of animal and plant life 🌱

Find out more 👉 https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2020-11-29/Assessing-urban-light-pollution-s-wo...