German health authorities on Tuesday recommended an isolation period of at least 21 days for those infected with monkeypox, as the World Health Organization (WHO) reported about 250 cases from 16 countries where the disease has been recently detected. …
Austria lifts mask-wearing on public transport and in supermarkets
Austria is to ease mask-wearing rules, imposed to counter the coronavirus pandemic, from June 1, Health Minister Johannes Rauch announced in Vienna on Tuesday. The current obligation to wear an FFP-2 mask on public transport and in supermarkets is to b…
Hertha Berlin president resigns as club close in on new coach
Hertha Berlin president Werner Gegenbauer announced on Tuesday he is stepping down from his position, a day after the club secured Bundesliga status with play-off victory at SV Hamburg. “I informed the presidium of my decision to step down as president…
No common EU debt to rebuild Ukraine, says German finance minister
There should be no joint borrowing to finance Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction with grants, said German Finance Minister Christian Lindner during a meeting with other EU finance ministers on Tuesday. Last week, European Commission President Ursula von…
No common debt to reconstruct Ukraine, says German finance minister
There should be no joint borrowing to finance Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction with grants, said German Finance Minister Christian Lindner during a meeting with other EU finance ministers on Tuesday. The meeting was to discuss the economic fallout of …
Hungary’s Orban gains new powers to rule by decree
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government pushed through a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that will effectively allow rule by decree if a neighbouring country is hit by armed conflict or a humanitarian catastrophe. The measure, backed in …
Former Moldovan president Dodon investigated for high treason
Former Moldovan president Igor Dodon is being investigated on suspicion of high treason. His house was searched on Tuesday, local media reported, citing the public prosecutor’s office, but it was initially unclear whether the 47-year-old was arrested. …
Kuleba says Ukraine needs weapons amid ‘merciless’ attacks in east
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called for faster deliveries of military aid from the West in view of the heavy Russian attacks in the east of his country. “It is too early to conclude that Ukraine already has all the weapons it needs,” Ku…
Google Chrome only blocking a quarter of phishing websites – research
Google’s Chrome web browser is only preventing users from visiting around a quarter of suspicious sites that are likely part of phishing scams, according to researchers in the UK. The British consumer group Which said a study searching the web addresse…
French central bank head: ECB not planning major rate move
The European Central Bank (ECB) will move gradually to increase its key lending rates, the head of the French central bank told Bloomberg TV on Tuesday in an interview recorded at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. A rise of 0.5 percentage points…