Europe

Get someone jabbed against COVID-19 and get a gift token, Swiss say

ZURICH, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Switzerland is offering gift certificates to people who persuade others to be jabbed against COVID-19,…

ICJ to hold hearing on Armenia, Azerbaijan in October

Azeri soldiers carry portraits of the servicemen and civil people who was killed during the Second Karabakh War at the…

Covid-19: Latvia’s government adopts new rules

RIGA, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Latvia’s government has adopted new coronavirus regulations to make epidemiological requirements and restrictions simpler and…

UK: PM Johnson says petrol crisis ‘stabilizing’ as he plans to save holidays

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson LONDON, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British troops will begin training to help…

US and Russia say they held ‘substantive’ arms control talks in Geneva

US President Joe Biden (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin WASHINGTON, Oct 1 NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and Russia…

EU, Australia trade talks postponed amid subs row

   PARIS/SYDNEY, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A long-planned round of Australia-EU free trade talks have been postponed, a European official…

Covid-19: Greece imposes restrictions for its second largest city

ATHENS, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greece will impose a nighttime curfew and ban music at bars, cafes and restaurants in…

Afghan girls’ soccer squad find new home in Portugal

The captain of Afghanistan’s national women football team Farkhunda Muhtaj (C) poses for a portrait with teammates at the Belem…

Anger as France slashes visas for Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia

France admits the decision to cut visas to the three nations is “drastic” and “unprecedented”  PARIS, Oct 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…

Russia to host first royal wedding in more than a century

Grand Duke of Russia George Romanov and his fiancee Rebecca Bettarini MOSCOW, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s former Imperial capital…