Europe

Japan Receives Third Batch Of Pfizer Vaccine As Inoculation Campaign Expands

TOKYO, Mar 2 (NNN-NHK) – Japan received its third batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine yesterday, with the shipment containing up…

Roundup: Turkey Unveils Province-Based Approach To Easing COVID-19 Restrictions

ANKARA, Mar 2 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yesterday unveiled a new normalisation plan, to ease COVID-19 restrictions…

Thailand Prepares For Area Quarantine To Reboot Tourism

BANGKOK, Mar 2 (NNN-TNA) – About 6,700 hotel rooms in five tourist hotspots of Thailand have been prepared for use…

Vietnam Records Trade Surplus Over Two Months

HANOI, Mar 1 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam recorded export turnovers of nearly 48.6 billion U.S. dollars and import turnovers of roughly…

France Reports Nearly 20,000 New COVID-19 Cases, 122 Deaths

PARIS, Mar 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – France registered 19,952 new cases and 122 related deaths in the past 24 hours, according…

Portugal Spends 915.9 Million Euros To Fight The Pandemic

LISBON, Mar 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Portuguese government announced yesterday that, it had spent 915.9 million euros (1.11 billion U.S.…

Air Fares From London’s Heathrow To Rise In Apr Due To “Pandemic Tax”

LONDON, Mar 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An additional tax will be added, to outbound flights from London’s Heathrow Airport, the largest…

Russia Launches Its First Arctic-Monitoring Satellite

MOSCOW, Mar 1 (NNN-TASS) – Russia successfully launched its first “Arktika-M” satellite, yesterday, to monitor the Arctic’s climate and environment,…

Armenia crisis grows as president blocks bid to fire army chief

Thousands of opposition protesters took to the streets of the capital Saturday YEREVAN, Feb 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armenian President Armen…

Expelled EU envoy to leave Venezuela on Tuesday

Venezuela’s Foreign Minister presented EU Ambassador Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa with a letter declaring her ‘persona non grata’ and giving her…