BOCHNIA, Poland (AP) – European countries scrambled Monday to reduce the surge in COVID-19 cases and increase vaccines, hoping to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed by the latest deadly wave of infections …
Read More »Polish hospitals struggle with rising virus patients
BOCHNIA, Poland (AP) – Polish hospitals struggled over Easter weekend with a massive number of people infected with COVID-19 following a large spike in infections in Central and Eastern Europe in recent …
Read More »Pandemic rages in Eastern Europe as hospitals struggle to cope
By Krisztina Than, Jan Lopatka BUDAPEST / PRAGUE (Reuters) – Hungary’s hospitals are under “extraordinary” pressure from rising coronavirus infections, its surgeon general said on Wednesday, as the country became a hotspot …
Read More »Bank of England Unveils New Banknote Celebrating World War II Code Breaker Turing
LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England unveiled a new banknote design in tribute to mathematician Alan Turing, who helped Britain win World War II with his code-breaking skills, but is believed …
Read More »Central European hospitals collapsed, unable to treat everyone in need
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Poland posted its highest daily number of new coronavirus infections on Wednesday as hospitals buckled to a new surge. Hungary has the highest per capita death rate in …
Read More »France, Poland and Ukraine impose new blockade measures | Coronavirus pandemic news
Poland, France, and Ukraine have introduced partial lockdowns as they fight growing coronavirus infections. Residents in Poland, parts of France, including Paris and Ukraine’s capital Kiev faced new restrictions on Saturday, with …
Read More »AstraZeneca vaccines resume in Europe after clot scare
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – European countries resumed vaccinations with the AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday as leaders sought to assure their populations that it is safe after brief suspensions that cast doubt on …
Read More »Much of Europe tightens pandemic rules as virus rises
ROME (AP) – Tighter restrictions aimed at curbing the rise in coronavirus infections were imposed across much of Italy and parts of Poland on Monday, while in France, Paris is at risk …
Read More »Parliament votes to declare the entire EU an LGBT ‘freedom zone’
BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Parliament overwhelmingly adopted a resolution declaring the entire 27-member European Union a “zone of freedom” for LGBT people, an effort to roll back the rise in homophobia …
Read More »Polish court acquits activists who put LGBT rainbow on icon
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – A Polish court on Tuesday acquitted three activists accused of desecrating and offending religious sentiments for producing and distributing images of a revered Roman Catholic icon altered to …
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