France24 says Ahead of the Christmas holidays, Austria shut its shops, restaurants and festive markets Monday, returning to lockdown in the most dramatic Covid-19 restriction seen in Western Europe for months.
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Switzerland’s non-membership of the EU means it is viewed as more neutral than countries like Austria, Ireland or Sweden.
The Guardian says Three people were being treated in hospital in Rotterdam on Saturday after they were seriously injured when police fired shots during a demonstration against Covid-19 restrictions.
The Metro says Europe’s latest surge of Covid infections has highlighted the ‘critical’ importance of getting vaccinated, a government scientific adviser has claimed.
Austria became the first country in Europe to make vaccines mandatory by law and will face another full national lockdown from Monday and Germany has hinted it may follow join them.
The Sun says AUSTRIA will plunge itself into a nation-wide lockdown from Monday as Covid cases soar and hospital corridors fill with dead bodies.
BBC News says About 150 British army Royal Engineers will be sent to help reinforce Poland’s border with Belarus, the defence secretary has said.
France24 says German leaders agreed tough new curbs on the unvaccinated, with plans to shut them out of restaurants, sporting events and cultural shows as the country battles to halt a record rise in Covid infections.
The Sun says EUROPE could face another Christmas lockdown as cases have exploded across the continent.
TRT World says Belarus President and Angela Merkel have agreed they should discuss the migrant crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border.
The Guardian says Polish riot police on the country’s border with Belarus have fired water cannon and teargas at people forcibly attempting to cross into the EU.
The Daily Express says POLAND is bracing itself for a full-blown conflict tonight after receiving intelligence that thousands of enemy troops are massing on its border.
The Metro says a child has reportedly died and another has been seriously injured after being stabbed and thrown from an apartment block window in Sweden.
France24 says A newly founded anti-corruption party held a narrow lead in the preliminary vote count from Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections Sunday.
Aljazeera says As a geopolitical conflict continues to simmer, people are dying in the forests on either side of the border between Poland and Belarus.
France24 says Vladimir Putin told the EU it needs to start talks with Belarus if it hopes to resolve a crisis over hundreds of migrants trapped on the border with Poland.
France24 says Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of orchestrating a wave of migrants trying to illegally enter Poland from Belarus.
Al Jazeera says Poland says it has repelled an attempt by hundreds of migrants and refugees to enter the country from its eastern neighbour, Belarus.
The Metro says Police officers in southern France were attacked by a knifeman this morning in a suspected terror attack.
France24 says Daily Covid infections hit an all-time high in Germany Thursday as the World Health Organization warned that another 500,000 people could die across Europe.
France24 says French President Emmanuel Macron gave Germany’s outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel an affectionate and stylish send-off on Wednesday, praising her for keeping Europe united through years of crisis.
A Belarusian plane has crashed while trying to land in eastern Russia, killing all seven people on board. The plane…
The Metro says Two people have died and another has been injured after a man fell seven floors during an Abba tribute concert.
The Dutch government are reinstating covid-19 restrictions ahead of Christmas, as they face sharply rising coronavirus cases. The caretaker prime…
A far-right politician in Bulgaria had his legal immunity waived after he was suspected of attacking an LGBT community centre in Sofia.
The Guardian says France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, has shelved his threat to clog up UK exports and ban its fishers from landing catches at French ports.