BRUXELLES (AFP) – According to a coalition government agreement struck Thursday, Belgium will shut down all seven of its nuclear reactors by 2025 but will not exclude out new-generation nuclear technology. According to a government source, the all-night talks included an agreement on “investments of about 100 million euros ($Read More →

On Wednesday, Germany’s parliament will formally elect Olaf Scholz as the country’s next chancellor, ending Angela Merkel’s 16-year rule and ushering in a new political period led by the center-left. Scholz led his Social Democrats to victory in a historic election in September against Merkel’s conservative CDU-CSU party, as theRead More →

CALAIS, France (AFP) – On Sunday, France will host a conference of European ministers to explore measures to prevent migrants from crossing the Channel in dinghies, but Britain will be absent due to a disagreement last week. Ministers from France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium will meet on Sunday afternoonRead More →

BOSNEK (AFP) – In Europe’s deadliest road catastrophe in the last decade, 46 people were killed, including a dozen youngsters, when their tourist bus caught fire on a Bulgarian highway early Tuesday. The reason has not been identified, but officials suspect the bus collided with the guardrails and caught fireRead More →

VIENNA, Italy (AP) — Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through Vienna on Saturday, many of them from far-right organisations, after the Austrian government declared a statewide lockdown beginning Monday to combat soaring coronavirus infections. On Saturday, protests against viral restrictions were held in Switzerland, Croatia, Italy, Northern Ireland, andRead More →