Europe
What's happening in Brussels and what the rest of Europe is up to through the eyes of the Mainland Times. In simple terms, how the current events in the EU will affect the lives of EU citizens and expats.
Europe debates 4th coronavirus vaccine as German minister backs double booster
Germany’s Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said he expects a fourth coronavirus vaccine will be needed, kickstarting the next coronavirus policy...
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Boosters key to tackling Omicron but reworked jabs may be needed, data suggests
Booster coronavirus vaccines from Oxford/AstraZeneca and BioNTech/Pfizer should add “considerable protection” against the Omicron variant, new research indicates, but new...
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France to start legal action against UK on fishing licenses in early January
France looks to launch litigation proceedings against the U.K. to obtain the remainder of post-Brexit fishing licenses it says it...
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Turkey gambles on economic turnaround as cost of living skyrockets
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is waging a “war of economic liberation” — and so far the losers...
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EU pushes on with global minimum tax rate despite US stalemate
The European Commission laid down a marker Wednesday on global efforts to force the world’s largest companies to pay €150 billion...
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Europe’s ideological tug-of-war with Beijing
Casper Wits is a lecturer in East Asian Studies at Leiden University. The European Union is ceding the war of...
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Yolanda Díaz and Spain’s new ‘new left’
MADRID — A little more than half a decade after Podemos caused a political earthquake in Spain, a new left-wing...
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Omicron causes less severe disease, studies from Scotland, England suggest
Two studies from Scotland and England analyzing rates of hospital treatment for those infected with Omicron suggest the coronavirus variant...
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Belgium announces new restrictions in response to Omicron spread
Belgium on Wednesday announced a flurry of closures in a bid to reopen schools after the Christmas holidays and ease...
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WHO forecasts coronavirus pandemic will end in 2022
The global pandemic should come to an end next year, according to officials at the World Health Organization. “2022 must...
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