As flu season approaches, new variants of COVID-19 are emerging. A newly discovered COVID strain called XEC continues to spread rapidly in several countries, including the United States Scripps Research’s Outbreak.info site, last updated on September 5, reported 95 XEC cases in 12 U.S. states and 15 different countries. However, Australia-based data integration specialist Mike […]
Members of the opposition CDU attended a summit with coalition leaders on Tuesday whose stated aim was to reach a cross-party agreement on stricter border measures. But CDU politicians broke off talks when it became clear that the coalition government was not prepared to go far enough, as they put it. “The federal government is […]
BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Monday ordered temporary controls at all land borders, expanding controls already in place at some borders in response to irregular migration and to protect the country from extremist threats. “We are strengthening our internal security through concrete measures and continuing our tough stance against irregular migration,” said Interior […]
Two years after Poland erected a border barrier to prevent migrants from entering the country from Belarus, the influx has slowed but public debate on the issue has not – fuelled in part by the fatal knife attack on a soldier in June. ADVERTISING On the edge of the Polish Bialowieza Forest, a wall separated […]
🔴 LIVE: Portugal, Northern Ireland, Poland lead, Serbia-Spain level The UEFA Nations League returns tonight as the 2024/25 season begins across Europe. Follow the biggest and best clashes here. Portugal vs Croatia Goalscorers: Dalot 7′, Ronaldo 34′; Dalot (OG) 41′ Portugal took the lead after just seven minutes through a connection with Manchester United. After […]
Meedendorp, who is taking part in the strategic dialogue, at least welcomed the Polish Commissioner’s “focus” on “young farmers, land use” and preventing price gouging. Olivier De Schutter, co-chair of the International Panel of Experts for Sustainable Food Systems (IPES), said that while some of the proposals were interesting, particularly “that they seek to protect […]
By Julia Payne and Marek Strzelecki WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s largest energy group Orlen has warned gas companies in Hungary, Slovakia and Austria that it may withhold their payments for imports from Russia’s Gazprom, sources familiar with the matter said. The warnings in letters sent more than a month ago are related to compensation claims […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk responded Saturday to reports that raised questions about who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022 and said the initiators of the gas pipeline project should “apologize and keep quiet”. This comment came after one of his deputies rejected the claim that Warsaw was partly […]
Despite fighting, Russian gas flows to Europe VIENNA/PRAGUE, August 13 (Reuters) – Heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces near a pipeline through which Russia supplies gas to European countries has not led to supply disruptions, network operators and gas companies said on Tuesday. The European Union has drastically reduced its dependence on Russian […]
By Andreas Rinke WARSAW (Reuters) – Germany is determined to secure Ukraine’s role as a transit route for gas to Europe, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday, as Russian troop movements along the Ukrainian border increased pressure on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Nord Stream 2, which would transport Russian gas to Germany and bypass […]
