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Stricter COVID-19 restrictions likely saved THOUSANDS of lives in European countries, study finds 

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European countries that had stricter mitigation measures against COVID-19 likely saved thousands of lives, a new study finds. Nations such as Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina had closed schools and offices, limited gatherings and implemented stay-at-home orders before cases began rapidly spreading across the continent, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed … Read more

European Champions and Challenge Cups are suspended after French government BAN clubs

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Premiership rugby will take a two-week ‘circuit-breaker’, with no games for a fortnight, choosing not to fill the gap left by the suspension of the European Cup over Covid fears. Both the Champions and Challenge Cups will now be paused until at least the Spring after the French government banned their teams playing sides from … Read more

The most popular European baby names worldwide

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Who needs Olivia and Oliver! The most popular European baby names worldwide are Maria for girls and José for boys – with both most prevalent in Brazil Most popular European girls name is Maria with 61,147,219 babies worldwide    José is the most common European baby boy name with nearly 30 million OnBuy revealed 71% … Read more

Photographer Tamas Rizsavi’s stunning pictures of trains in epic European landscapes

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When it comes to creating incredible images of trains, Tamas Rizsavi is definitely on the right track. As is manifestly evident from his breathtaking portfolio. For the past five years, the 29-year-old, from Hungary, has travelled around Europe – sometimes by railway, but also by car and plane – snapping stunning photos of trains in … Read more

AstraZeneca vaccine not ready for quick European…

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AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine is not ready to be approved in Europe yet, health bosses on the continent revealed today — despite Britain being on the brink of giving the jab the green light.  European Medicines Authority (EMA) chiefs claimed the drug firm, which is working alongside Oxford University to manufacture the jab, said they had … Read more

European shares jump 0.5% as Trump signs the Covid-19 relief bill

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European shares jump 0.5% as Trump signs the Covid-19 relief bill and UK reaches a post-Brexit trade agreement with the EU The benchmark European stock index jumped 0.5 per cent  Automakers and energy stocks gained the most Also supporting sentiment was Europe’s cross-border vaccination programme  By Sadie Whitelocks for MailOnline Published: 09:23 GMT, 28 December … Read more

Margaret Thatcher branded the European Commission an undemocratic ‘politburo’ archives show

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Margaret Thatcher branded the European Commission an undemocratic ‘politburo’ and regarded proposals for a single currency as the result of ‘a rush of blood to the head’, archives show Files revealed former Prime Minister criticised the single currency proposal Criticised European Commission president Jacques Delors’s for EU integration She likened giving away powers of taxation to gifting … Read more

Independent panel to resolve trade disagreements instead of European Court of Justice

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Britain and the EU will seek international help if they clash over trade in the future to avoid using the European Court of Justice, it was confirmed today. Boris Johnson said that ‘independent third party arbitration’ would be used if either side felt it was being ‘unfairly undercut’ by the other. The Prime Minister was … Read more

Huge shopping queues form as supermarkets airlift in European supplies

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Huge queues formed this morning as supermarkets airlifted in fruit and vegetables in an attempt to avoid shortages of fresh produce caused by the chaos at Dover. The British Retail Consortium has warned that there could be a lack of some fresh goods until the backlog of trucks is cleared, while the Food and Drink … Read more

UK coronavirus: European newspapers attack mutant strain ‘chaos’

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The UK is in ‘chaos’ as Europe ‘shields’ itself from an ‘English strain’ of coronavirus that is spreading ‘out of control’, the world’s media has reported today. News that Europe has begun cutting itself off from Britain after the discovery of a coronavirus variant that is up to 70 per cent more infectious made headlines … Read more