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31/01/2023

Expatica Launches Expansion to Italy

The online resource for international living expands to Italy with informative guides on moving to and working in the Mediterranean nation. EXPATICA, a prominent online resource for internationals living abroad, has launched a new website for Italy. Expatica offers essential…

07/01/2023

Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg discourage travel to Covid-hit China

Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg on Saturday discouraged non-essential trips to China, the world’s most populous nation, as it struggles with a surge in Covid cases after relaxing strict virus restrictions. “We currently discourage non-essential trips to China. The reason is…

27/12/2022

Europe investigators to visit Lebanon in central bank chief probe

European investigators will visit Lebanon next month as part of a probe into the wealth of central bank governor Riad Salameh, a judicial official said on Tuesday. The long-serving central bank chief, 72, is among top officials widely blamed for…

23/12/2022

Luxembourg concern for resident facing execution in Iran

Luxembourg has expressed concern to Iran about one of its residents feared to have been detained and facing execution there, the government said on Friday. Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn called his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Thursday to address…

15/12/2022

Legal net tightens on Greek MEP graft suspect

The legal challenges facing Eva Kaili sharpened Thursday as the Greek MEP, already accused of taking bribes from Qatar, faced a second investigation and a vote to strip her of parliamentary immunity. Kaili was arrested last week during a series…

15/11/2022

Three EU countries drawn into grisly murder probe

Police in three neighbouring EU countries have been drawn into investigating a spine-chilling murder in which the victim was chopped up and her body parts dumped across different borders. Authorities on Tuesday confirmed that a head and legs found on…

04/10/2022

Scholz defends German energy plan against EU critics

Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday pushed back against European criticism of Germany’s 200-billion-euro ($198-billion) energy fund, saying other countries were also taking steps to shield citizens from historic price shocks. “The measures we are taking are not unique but are…

09/09/2022

Luxembourg Grand Duke pays tribute to queen

The Grand Duke of Luxembourg paid tribute to Britain’s late Queen Elizabeth II on Friday and thanked her family for having protected his during its World War II exile. Grand Duke Henri’s grandmother Grand Duchess Charlotte left Luxembourg just ahead…

04/09/2022

ArcelorMittal to close two blast furnaces

ArcelorMittal, the world’s number-two steel maker, has said it will shut down two of its blast furnaces in Europe over high energy prices and lower demand. Its furnaces in Bremen in northern Germany and near Gijon in northern Spain will…