An Italian politician is accusing his colleagues in government of causing a false alarm over the coronavirus, which he says “is fiction,” as well as “an ass-grab that humiliates Italy before the world.”
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel was left embarrassed when her Minister of the Interior, Horst Seehofer, refused to shake her hand at a meeting in front of journalists, amid rising coronavirus fears.
The European Union now expects the British team to walk out of talks preemptively as a negotiating tactic, as the bloc’s chief negotiator insists he is too smart for Boris Johnson’s tricks.
The Greek government has claimed that a widely spread video claiming to show a migrant fatally wounded at the border is “fake news.”
Former international trade secretary Dr Liam Fox has said that the worldwide spread of the coronavirus and resulting disruptions to supply chains have revealed the fragility of the global economy.
A terrorism trial starts Monday for a Dutch man of Turkish descent who allegedly opened fire on a tram, killing four people.
Violent clashes erupted on the European Union’s common external border over the weekend as Greek border guards tried to stop migrants promised they could travel to Europe by the Turkish president from entering.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Monday to keep the doors open for migrants heading for Europe, promising he will not hinder anyone heading for the border with Greece.
The Louvre Museum closedMonday as management met with staff worried about the spread of the new virus in the world’s most-visited museum.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that a new trade deal with the United States will result in greater choice and cheaper prices for consumers at the supermarket, with a government assessment saying that it will provide a “£3.4 billion boost” to the British economy.
Devout Iranian Muslims are releasing online videos showing the faithful licking and kissing an Islamic shrine to show they have no fear of infection during the country’s growing coronavirus outbreak.
Turkish interior minister Süleyman Soylu announced late Sunday that 100,577 refugees had left Turkey through Edirne, at the border with Greece.
Eighteen people have been caught trying to escape an area in Lombardy, Italy, that has been quarantined due to the coronavirus. Twelve of the attempted escapees are foreigners.
Tensions on Europe’s borders with Turkey are rising as thousands of migrants are brought to the frontier on unmarked buses and state-owned railways.
Australian maritime authorities intercepted an illegal asylum seeker boat last month and forced it to immediately return to its port of departure in Indonesia.
