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The French Make A Massive Prick Appointment After Tightening Corona Rules
More than 900,000 French people made a prick appointment on Monday evening after the corona measures were tightened in the country.
President Emmanuel Macron announced that a so-called health card will be needed in more places and…
France Legalizes IVF for Lesbians and Single Women
Lesbian couples and single women in France have access to fertility treatments. After two years of debate, parliament has passed a bill to that effect. Under current French law, only heterosexual couples can access medically assisted…
EU Court: YouTube Not Liable for Copyrights
In principle, Google's video channel YouTube and similar online platforms are not liable for copyright infringement of content that users upload. That would only be the case if the operators actively point out the illegal videos to the…
EU Sanctions Against Russia for Annexing Crimea Extended by Year
The European Union is extending economic sanctions imposed on Crimea since Russia annexed it. They will last at least a year longer.
Products from the Ukrainian peninsula do not enter the EU, and European companies are not allowed…
Judge Gives AstraZeneca More Time for Vaccine Deliveries to EU
AstraZeneca is less likely to supply the EU with corona vaccines than the European Commission demands.
The EU can expect another 50 million vaccines before the end of September, the court in Brussels determined on Friday, according…
Setback CureVac Does Not Stand in the Way of German Vaccination Campaign
According to the Ministry of Health, the low effectiveness of the German corona vaccine CVnCoV from pharmaceutical company CureVac in the most recent test does not pose a problem for the German vaccination campaign.
The drug is 47…
Macron Largely Withdraws French Troops from the Sahel
French President Emmanuel Macron announced the end of Operation Barkhane yesterday. The military mission has been fighting jihadist terror groups in five West African countries since 2013.
International cooperation should take over…
German President Wants to Stay for Another Term
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier wants to stay on for another term. The 65-year-old SPD politician's presidency will expire in 2022. He has been in office since 2017.
Steinmeier has tried to strengthen parliamentary…
Lufthansa Wants to Strengthen Buffers by EUR 3 Billion
The German airline Lufthansa is working with banks on a plan to raise 3 billion euros in capital.
Sources tell Bloomberg news agency that equity strengthening is needed to repay loans previously granted by the German state.
The…
French politician Marine Le Pen Acquitted After Sharing IS Photos
Right-wing populist French politician Marine Le Pen has been acquitted by a French court in a case involving the publication of photos of the Islamic State (IS).
The politician posted those images to Twitter in 2015 after a French…