Tag : Coronavirus

2021: The year in figures and charts

2021 was the yr the coronavirus pandemic was going to get better. And it did — till it acquired worse. Again. European nations raced to vaccinate their populations with a view to scale back hospitalizations and deaths brought on by COVID-19. The...

POLITICO’s most-read stories of 2021

2021 was an odd yr, to say the least. It started with a unprecedented attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., brought us the long-lasting meme of Bernie Sanders and his mittens, noticed the Suez Canal blocked by the Ever Given container ship...

5 reasons for the EU to be hopeful in 2022

Paul Taylor, a contributing editor at POLITICO, writes the “Europe At Giant” column.& PARIS — The dark cloud of the Omicron coronavirus variant may be plunging your plans for the New Yr into uncertainty, but there are nonetheless reasons to...

EU-based Brits can’t travel home via Eurotunnel, company warns

Eurotunnel is warning British residents dwelling within the EU that they can't travel via France by automotive to get residence from the U.Okay. The notification comes as British nationals based mostly within the EU have been left nervous about t...

Belgium reverses COVID rules, reopens theaters, cinemas

Theaters, cinemas and other cultural venues will reopen following a courtroom ruling, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo stated in a statement Wednesday, backtracking from an earlier choice to shut them amid surge in COVID-19 instances. The...

UK’s Hancock appears to lose UN job days after accepting it

The U.Okay.’s ex-Well being Minister Matt Hancock appears to have misplaced his job as an U.N. envoy for Africa, just days after the announcement of his appointment unleashed a wave of congratulations from former-ministerial colleagues and i...