Published: 01:10 am,Wednesday 4 December 2024
European consumers show restraint as Christmas shopping season kicks off
As Black Friday ushers in the 2024 Christmas shopping season, consumers across Europe are spending cautiously on holiday gifts, amid a sluggish economic recovery and declining consumer confidence, reported Xinhua. "All prices have gone to the sky, and my pension has been symbolically increased," said Croatian pensioner Miso
Published: 22:48 pm,Tuesday 3 December 2024
100K Volkswagen workers join one-day wave of strikes
A day-long wave of strikes at nearly all of carmaker Volkswagen's plants across Germany ended early on Tuesday morning, with unions saying that nearly 100,000 VW factory workers had taken part in the protests, reported dpa. The series of two-hour work stoppages were called by the IG Metall trade
Published: 01:16 am,Wednesday 4 December 2024
EC, EIB to invest in European battery manufacturing
The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) formed a partnership to support investment in the EU's battery sector, the Commission said in a statement on Tuesday, reported Xinhua. The partnership will offer one billion euros (1.05 billion U.S. dollars) of grants to support electric vehicle battery
Published: 23:16 pm,Monday 2 December 2024
Scholz pledges further German weapons in surprise Ukraine visit
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Kiev for the first time in two and a half years on Monday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, reported dpa. Scholz and Zelensky together visited wounded Ukrainian soldiers in Kiev, including some who had lost limbs in the fight against the
Published: 01:19 am,Tuesday 3 December 2024
Storm ´Bora´ claims 3 lives, causes widespread damage in Greece
Greek authorities declared a state of emergency on two Aegean islands on Monday as a powerful weather system, named Bora by local meteorologists, continued to wreak havoc across the country, reported Xinhua. The storm, which began on Friday, has already claimed three lives and caused extensive damage in
Published: 01:25 am,Tuesday 3 December 2024
EU adopts new laws to strengthen cybersecurity
The Council of the European Union (EU) on Monday adopted two new laws to enhance the bloc's resilience to cyber threats and foster stronger cyber solidarity among member states, reported Xinhua. The new laws, part of the EU's cybersecurity legislative package, include the "Cyber Solidarity Act" and a
Published: 23:43 pm,Monday 2 December 2024
German minister in Norway for launch of new submarine centre
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius travelled to Bergen on Norway's south-western coast on Monday for a groundbreaking ceremony with his Norwegian counterpart Bjørn Arild Gram for a new submarine repair centre, reported dpa. In 2021, the two NATO partners agreed a joint contract for the purchase of six submarines
Published: 01:08 am,Tuesday 3 December 2024
Emailed bomb threat disrupts Malta's schools
Over 100 schools in Malta were disrupted on Monday after they received an email claiming that there were explosives in their building, reported Xinhua. Despite being a seemingly "coordinated attack," no risks were taken and children were evacuated until the authorities gave them the green light to let
Published: 23:25 pm,Sunday 1 December 2024
Russia says 2 settlements captured in Donetsk region
Russian forces took control of the settlements of Ilyinka and Petrovka in the Donetsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday, reported Xinhua. Over the past night, Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 29 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the Bryansk, Kaluga, Smolensk, and Kursk regions,