27

Jul

Ryanair will not cut UK-Spain flights due to British quarantine

Ryanair is not planning to reduce capacity flying to Spain after the British government's "regrettable" decision to advise against all non-essential travel to the country's mainland due to COVID-19, Chief…

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27

Jul

Germany against US push to let Russia back into G7

Germany has rejected a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin back into the Group of Seven (G7) most advanced economies, German Foreign Minister Heiko…

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27

Jul

David Silva’s decade at City comes to end

Manchester City midfielder David Silva will return to the Etihad Stadium for a proper send-off after making his final Premier League appearance for the club in Sunday’s 5-0 thrashing of…

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27

Jul

German lawmakers urge mandatory airport tests

More and more German lawmakers want compulsory testing for returning holidaymakers at German airports. The calls follow Health Minister Jens Spahn's announcement that such testing needs to be legally reviewed before being adopted. Spahn told Deutschlandfunk that…

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27

Jul

Joint European debt must not become a common thing – Bundesbank President

A decision by European leaders to issue joint debt to finance coronavirus aid for weaker member states should remain an exemption and not serve as a blueprint for future budget challenges, Bundesbank…

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27

Jul

Jamie Vardy wins Golden Boot award

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy won the Premier League’s Golden Boot award for the top scorer after finishing the season with 23 goals. Vardy was unable to score in Leicester’s…

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27

Jul

Other countries, including France and Germany, could join Spain on UK’s quarantine list

The Telegraph reports that fears are growing that countries like France and Germany could join Spain on the UK’s quarantine list, as the Government warned it would take similar quick…

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26

Jul

New portrait of Queen Elizabeth unveiled by British Foreign Office

Britain’s Foreign Office has unveiled a new portrait of Queen Elizabeth by the artist Miriam Escofet, which the queen viewed online on Friday during a meeting to thank staff for…

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26

Jul

Premier League final verdicts

Manchester United and Chelsea secured places in the Champions League with wins on the final day of the Premier League season while Watford and Bournemouth were relegated along with bottom…

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26

Jul

Man City ends season with 5-0 win against Norwich

Manchester City wrapped up their Premier League campaign with an emphatic 5-0 home victory over already-relegated Norwich City on Sunday in Spanish midfielder David Silva’s final league game for last…

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26

Jul

Fernandes, Lingard score as Man United seal third place

Bruno Fernandes and Jesse Lingard scored as Manchester United beat Leicester City 2-0 on Sunday to finish third in the Premier League and clinch a place in next season’s Champions…

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26

Jul

Southampton deny Sheffield United eighth spot

Sheffield United’s hopes of finishing eighth in the Premier League standings were dashed when they were beaten 3-1 by Southampton at St. Mary’s Stadium on the final day of the…

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26

Jul

Watford relegated after 3-2 defeat at Arsenal

Watford were relegated from the Premier League on Sunday but went down fighting in a 3-2 loss at Arsenal, almost clawing their way back from a three-goal deficit largely thanks…

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26

Jul

Tottenham seal Europa League spot with draw against Crystal Palace

Tottenham Hotspur secured a place in the Europa League next season as they closed out their Premier League campaign with a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace on Sunday. Harry Kane’s sharp…

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26

Jul

Liverpool end season with 3 – 1 victory against Newcastle

Striker Divock Origi scored a rare goal as champions Liverpool came from behind to close out their magnificent Premier League season with a 3-1 win at Newcastle United on Sunday.…

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26

Jul

Scottish support for independence rises as COVID-19 imperils the United Kingdom

James Henderson has spent most of his life fiercely opposed to Scottish independence. Now, reluctantly he is backing it. The 71-year-old former marine engineer voted against Scotland leaving the United…

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26

Jul

Sika CEO “very positive” about construction industry recovery

Sika is expecting a sustainable improvement in the global construction market after seeing an increase in sales in June and a good development in July so far, Chief Executive Paul…

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26

Jul

Photo Story:  German Army trains dogs to detect coronavirus

An explosives detection dog poses with his trainer at School for Service Dogs of the Bundeswehr in Ulmen near Koblenz, Germany. In the German Bundeswehr Graefin-von-Maltzan barracks in Ulmen, service…

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26

Jul

Tourism crisis hits British cities

Like other British cities which usually attract high numbers of international tourists throughout the summer, Edinburgh is quiet, and businesses are suffering. August’s festival had already been cancelled when news…

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26

Jul

New book claims Prince Harry fell out with William over Meghan warning

The Duke of Sussex took offence at what he deemed was his brother’s “snobbishness” towards Meghan Markle when he advised him to “take as much time as you need to know…

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26

Jul

Tony Blair warns coronavirus is here ‘for the foreseeable future’

Tony Blair has told Sky News the UK is going to be living with COVID-19, not eliminating it, for the foreseeable future. He added that " the problem is that…

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26

Jul

TUI UK cancels all holidays to mainland Spain until August 9

TUI, Europe's biggest holiday company, said on Sunday it had decided to cancel all holidays to mainland Spain up to and including Sunday Aug. 9 in updated advice after Britain…

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26

Jul

UK Defence Secretary to boost ability to handle space threat from Russia, China

Britain will boost its ability to handle threats posed by Russia and China in space as part of a foreign, security and defence policy review being conducted by the UK…

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26

Jul

Britain defends Spanish quarantine move as decision causes anger

Britain acted swiftly to impose a quarantine on travellers returning from Spain after seeing data on Friday recording a large jump in coronavirus cases, foreign minister Dominic Raab said on…

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26

Jul

UPDATED: Car drives into a group of people at Bahnhof Zoo in Berlin

A damaged black Mercedes SUV stands in front of the 'Bahnhof Zoologischer Garten' train station after an accident at the Hardenbergplatz square in the Western city center in Berlin, German,…

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26

Jul

Online fashion company ASOS planning to axe 500 staff

Online fashion giant Asos is planning to axe 500 staff, adding to the grim toll of job losses across the retail industry. Most of the jobs will go at Asos’s…

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26

Jul

Germany braces for a second coronavirus wave amid rising infections

A senior German state politician on Saturday warned that "the second coronavirus wave is already here." Michael Kretschmer, premier of the eastern German state of Saxony, told Saturday's edition of…

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26

Jul

“Everyone is panicking” over quarantine, says UK tourist in Spain

British tourists flying home on Sunday after a holiday in Spain angrily reacted to an abrupt decision by their government to make everyone arriving from the Mediterranean country spend 14…

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26

Jul

Regulators ease no-deal Brexit fears in funds sector

Regulators in Britain and the European Union said they have dusted off their no-deal Brexit agreements to avoid disruption in cross-border asset management. Britain left the EU in January, but unfettered access…

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26

Jul

EasyJet and British Airways plan to continue UK-Spain flights

EasyJet and British Airways told customers on Saturday they did not plan to cancel flights over the coming days, after Britain's government advised against all non-essential travel to mainland Spain…

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25

Jul

TUI cancels all flights due to depart to mainland Spain and the Canary Islands on Sunday

Tour operator TUI said it was cancelling all flights due to depart to mainland Spain and the Canary Islands on Sunday, after Britain’s government said all travellers would face a…

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25

Jul

UK to impose quarantine to all holidaymakers from Spain

The UK will impose restrictions on holidaymakers returning from Spain on Saturday in a bid to curb the surge in coronavirus infection, the government has confirmed. The decision means those…

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25

Jul

Germany may introduce compulsory testing for holidaymakers returning home

Germany may introduce compulsory coronavirus testing for holidaymakers returning from high-risk destinations after the number of new infections in the country hit a two-month high, the health minister said on…

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25

Jul

Three die as small plane crashes in residence in Germany

A small aircraft crashed into a residential building in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia, killing three people and injuring a child, police said on Saturday. The roof of the…

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25

Jul

Johnson admits that he could have done things differently, pledges inquiry into his handling of coronavirus

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has been criticised for acting too slowly in the COVID-19 pandemic, said on Friday there may have been things he could have done differently.…

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25

Jul

PhotoStory – Man parades down Oxford Street wearing nothing but mask

A man strolled down central London's most popular shopping street on Friday with only a mask to cover his nudity, leaving passerbys astounded, amused and shocked. As the man walked nonchalantly along Oxford Street,…

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24

Jul

German manufacturers avoid contraction for first time in 19 months

Germany's manufacturing sector stabilised in July, avoiding a contraction for the first time in 19 months, a survey showed on Friday, giving hope for a recovery from a long recession…

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24

Jul

Easing UK lockdown spurs big upturn for COVID-hit business

British businesses experienced the fastest upturn in five years during July as more of the economy reopened from the coronavirus lockdown, a closely-watched survey showed on Friday. An early "flash"…

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24

Jul

KLM to increase number of flights through October

KLM, the Dutch division of Air France-KLM, said on Thursday it intended to increase the number of destinations and flights it operates in the coming three months, as it restores…

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24

Jul

UK retail sales jump in June to close to pre-lockdown levels

British retail sales grew more strongly than expected in June and returned almost to their pre-lockdown level as non-essential stores in England reopened to the public in the middle of…

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24

Jul

British universities to ban house parties as part of social distancing rules

British universities are banning house parties and overnight stays as part of social distancing rules. When students take up their places at university at the start of next academic year,…

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24

Jul

Ireland boosts economy with grants, subsidies and “staycation vouchers”

Ireland will hand firms hit by the COVID-19 crisis more generous grants, extend a wage-subsidy scheme keeping many afloat and aim to boost domestic tourism with "staycation vouchers" as part…

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24

Jul

Schindler to cut 2,000 jobs as profit falls by more than 25%

Swiss elevator and escalator maker Schindler on Friday announced 2,000 job cuts over two years after first-half profit fell more than a quarter, as the COVID-19 pandemic slammed the brakes…

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24

Jul

German chocolate brand Ritter Sport wins sole right to square bars

Ritter Sport chocolate bars are the only ones allowed to be sold in the shape of a square in Germany, the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) ruled this week.…

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24

Jul

Love Parade 2010 victims remembered on 10th anniversary in Duisburg

Candles are lit at the scene of the 2010 Love Parade disaster at the memorial site at the Karl Lehr Tunnel in Duisburg, Germany. The commemoration of the tenth anniversary…

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24

Jul

Swiss attorney general offers to quit after Swiss court said he lied

Switzerland's Attorney General Michael Lauber offered on Friday to resign from his office, after a Swiss court concluded he lied to investigators while his office examined alleged corruption surrounding soccer…

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24

Jul

UK PM Johnson says country will be past coronavirus by mid-2021

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he thought the country would be through the novel coronavirus crisis by mid-2021 but his fear was that there would be second…

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24

Jul

UK pledges 100 million pounds to scale up COVID-19 vaccine production

Britain said it will provide 100 million pounds ($127 million) of funding for a facility to scale up the manufacturing of vaccines for COVID-19. "This new Cell and Gene Therapy…

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24

Jul

Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 815 to 204,183

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 815 to 204,183, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Friday. The reported death toll…

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24

Jul

Passengers could face quarantine on return to Britain under new ‘red list’ alert system

Passengers due to travel abroad have been warned that they could be forced into quarantine on their return under a new system that could see "air bridges" collapse at short…

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24

Jul

Harry and Meghan sue paparazzi to protect son’s right to privacy

Britain's Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, filed a lawsuit in California on Thursday against unnamed paparazzi photographers for allegedly taking "illegal" photographs of their son, Archie. The lawsuit, filed…

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24

Jul

Belgium tightens COVID measures as infections spike

Belgium will tighten COVID-19 containment measures on July 25 after a rise in infections, Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes said, requiring the use of face masks in crowded outdoor public spaces…

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23

Jul

German court convicts 93-year old man for Nazi crimes

A German court convicted a 93-year old German man of helping to murder 5,232 prisoners, many Jewish, at a Nazi concentration camp in World War Two and handed him a…

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23

Jul

EU’s Barnier says UK position makes trade deal ‘unlikely’

The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator said on Thursday that the United Kingdom had shown no willingness to break deadlock on the level playing field and fisheries issues, making sealing…

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23

Jul

Germany’s coronavirus infections rise 569 to 203,368

Germany's coronavirus infections rose 569 to 203,368, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Thursday, with the tally of deaths up six to stand at…

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23

Jul

British PM seeks to revive strained relations with Scotland

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will seek to play down tensions with Scotland during a visit on Thursday, saying that the COVID-19 crisis has shown the collective power of the…

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23

Jul

Liverpool deservedly lift Premier League trophy after 30 years of waiting

The club’s first English title for 30 years had been sealed almost a month ago with seven games remaining, following a three-month stoppage because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kenny Dalglish,…

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