The Latest Breaking News from Europe

Factbox-NATO troops and possible reinforcements in Eastern Europe, Baltics

The United States has announced plans to send nearly 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania to shield NATO allies in Eastern Europe from a potential spillover of the crisis over the massing of Russian troops near Ukraine.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022

Austria's upper house backs COVID vaccine mandate

Austria's upper house of parliament on Thursday passed a bill to make coronavirus vaccines compulsory for adults, bringing the European Union's first such sweeping vaccine mandate a step closer.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022

Olympics-Tibetans march on IOC headquarters to protest Beijing Games

Several hundred Tibetan and Uyghur activists marched on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday, a day before Beijing 2022 opens, accusing the Swiss-based organisation of complicity in "atrocities" committed against ethnic minorities in China.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022

Xi-Putin summit: Russia inches closer to China as ‘new cold war’ looms

Fifty years after Nixon and Mao’s historic handshake, the geopolitical world order is again being reshaped

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2022

Europe now entering ‘plausible endgame’ to pandemic, says WHO

Dr Hans Kluge said new variants are inevitable but suggested that previous lockdown measures will not be needed.

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2022

Kremlin Urges US to ‘Stop Escalating Tensions’ over Ukraine

The Kremlin on Thursday urged the United States to stop inflaming tensions after Washington sent several thousand troops to bolster NATO forces in eastern Europe amid the Ukraine crisis. “We are constantly urging our American partners to stop escalating tensions on the European continent,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 3, 2022

Rights court points to 'systemic dysfunction' in Polish judges' appointments

The European Court of Human Rights pointed on Thursday to a "systemic dysfunction in judicial appointments procedure in Poland", ruling that a company had been denied its right to a proper hearing due to how judges were appointed.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022

Fantastic slopes but not so steep: readers’ pick of smaller, good value ski resorts in Europe

Pristine mountainsides, sweeping views, après fun … and a lack of crowds. Our tipsters share quieter winter hubs from the edge of the Arctic to the Tatras

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2022

‘Winter is coming’: Australia faces new Omicron challenges as Europe enters ‘enduring peace’

Epidemiologists have sounded a warning against complacency after forecasts last week that the Omicron wave is starting to wane.

The New Daily · Feb 3, 2022

Five Brenden Aaronson alternatives if Leeds United's summer transfer pursuit is unsuccessful

The USMNT midfielder is likely to be the Whites main target in the summer but they will not be alone in the race for his signature

Leeds Live · Feb 3, 2022