Europe

Germany faces biggest teacher shortage in 50 yrs: association

BERLIN, Jan 29 (NNN-XINHUA) — Germany’s education system is facing the “biggest shortage of teachers in 50 years” as a…

South Africa gets 280 mn euros in EU grants for green transition

 PRETORIA, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union announced it would invest more than 280 million euros in grants in…

Retired NATO general Petr Pavel wins Czech presidential vote

          PRAGUE, Jan  28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Retired NATO general Petr Pavel beat a billionaire former prime minister in…

Moscow orders Latvian ambassador to leave Russia within 2 weeks

People walk near the building of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow MOSCOW, Jan 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — Latvian ambassador to…

Foreign Minister Pandor thanks EU for supporting South Africa’s developmental agenda

PRETORIA, Jan 28 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa says it appreciates the European Union’s (EU) continued support of the development cooperation…

Spain letter bombs: Elderly man arrested over high-profile attacks

MADRID, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spanish police have arrested a 74-year-old man on suspicion of sending letter bombs to high-profile targets,…

Azerbaijan evacuates Tehran embassy, blames Iran for attack which killed embassy’s head of security

Police stand guard in front of the Azerbaijan embassy in Tehran BAKU, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Azerbaijan on Friday said…

Czech presidential vote: Ex-paratrooper set to sweep against ex-PM

PRAGUE, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Polling stations opened Friday for the Czech presidential election run-off in which retired NATO general…

Greek government survives no-confidence vote over a long-running wiretap scandal

   ATHENS, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greece’s government comfortably survived a no-confidence vote called by the opposition over a long-running…

Covid-19: WHO panel in talks on Covid emergency status

  GENEVA, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization’s emergency committee on Covid-19 met Friday to discuss whether the…