Asian Lite News Archive

Category: EU News

  • Indian Muslim Body Condemns France Attack

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    The Indian Muslims for Progress and Reform (IMPAR) on Friday condemned the murder of a French school teacher and also the attacks on three innocent civilians in Nice. “IMPAR, a body of more than 10,000 prominent Muslims of India and Indian origin worldwide, wish to unequivocally condemn in the strongest possible terms the terrorist incidents…

  • France imposes national lockdown amid COVID-19 2nd wave

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    To contain the spread of the virus, the president ordered the nation to go back into a national lockdown, like in mid-March when COVID-19 patients in the first wave of the epidemic overwhelmed hospitals….reports Asian Lite News France will go into national lockdown starting from Friday to stem the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic,…

  • Bulgarian PM tests Covid-19 positive

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    The 61-year-old leader added that he has “postponed all meetings and public events for the upcoming days”…reports Asian Lite News Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov announced that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, joining a handful of world leaders to be infected with the disease. In a Facebook post on Sunday, Borisov said:…

  • Covid-19: Spanish PM declares state of alarm

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    A state of alarm grants the government special powers to limit the movement of citizens…reports Asian Lite News Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Sunday announced a state of alarm in an attempt to restrict the spread of coronavirus, days after Spain became the first European Union state to pass the grim one-million-case mark. A…

  • Italy tightens Covid restrictions after spike in cases

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    The new measures will go into effect from Sunday midnight through November 24, the Premier explained during a nationally televised press conference…reports Asian lite News Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Sunday announced new measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Conte said that pubs, bars, restaurants, and ice cream shops must shut down at 6…

  • Belgium tightens measures to curb Covid 19

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    Under the new measures, cinemas, theatres, museums, cultural centers and exhibition venues will remain closed….reports Asian Lite News Belgium will introduce additional drastic measures against the Covid-19 pandemic, including the extension of a nationwide curfew from from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The announcement of the new measures, which will come into force from Monday,…

  • EU sees fast recovery of domestic tourism

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    The European Union’s (EU) domestic tourism has recovered faster than foreign tourism after most countries started easing their Covid-19 restrictions by June, official figures have revealed. In a report on Friday, the EU’s statistical office Eurostat said during the early part of 2020, the tourism industry suffered as a result of travel restrictions implemented in…

  • Erdogan’s Calamitous Authoritarianism

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    A brief synopsis of Erdogan’s criminal domestic practices and his foreign misadventures tell the whole story…writes Dr. Alon Ben-Meir Turkey’s President Erdogan is becoming ever more dangerous as he continues to ravage his own country and destabilize scores of states in the Middle East, the Balkans, and North Africa, while cozying up to the West’s…

  • Covid 19: France extends overnight curfew

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    The 21:00 to 06:00 curfew will come into force at midnight on Friday, and some 46 million people will now be affected by the measure…reports Asian Lite News France will extend an overnight curfew to dozens more areas in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Jean Castex has announced. “The second…

  • French President pays homage to murdered teacher

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    Macron said Paty had tried to teach his pupils how to become citizens….reports Asian Lite News French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to “quiet hero” Samuel Paty, the teacher who was beheaded last week on Friday. Paty was targeted close to his school near Paris for showing cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in class. His…

  • Spain mulls curfews to curb Covid-19 flare ups

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    The Spanish government announced that was considering fresh curfews to tackle a resurgence in the number of new coronavirus cases, Addressing the media here on Tuesday, Health Minister Salvador Illa said that imposing a curfew in Madrid and also in some other parts of the country would require invoking a State of Emergency, the Guardian…

  • Over 100 arrested during anti-curb protests in Prague

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    The demonstration took place on Sunday at the capital city’s Old Town Square, ended up in clashes between protesters and police…Reports Asian Lite News More than 100 people were arrested in Prague on suspicion of rioting and attacking officers following a protest against the incumbent Covid-19 restrictions imposed in Czech Republic. The demonstration, which took…

  • Italy announces new anti-Covid restrictions

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    “The curve of contagion is worrisome, the numbers are serious, and there is a need to intervene urgently.”said Conte…Reports Asian Lite News Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced that his government has approved fresh anti-coronavirus curbs after more than 11,000 new cases were reported in just 24 hours. “The curve of contagion is worrisome, the…

  • EU hails new Armenia-Azerbaijan ceasefire

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    “The EU strongly condemns all such attacks irrespective of their origin.”said Borrell…Reports Asian Lite News The European Union (EU) welcomed the new ceasefire reached between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the conflict-ridden Nagorno-Karabakh region, but denounced any violation of the latest humanitarian truce. In a statement issued on Sunday by the EU’s high representative for foreign…

  • UNAOC decries beheading of French teacher

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    The UNAOC chief stressed that togetherness, peace and tolerance are rooted in religions across the faith spectrum…Reports Asian Lite News Miguel Moratinos, the high representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), condemned the beheading of a teacher in the northwestern suburbs of Paris on Friday. “The high representative for the United Nations Alliance…

  • Europe reels under second Covid-19 wave

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    Europe has continued its battle with a second wave of the novel coronavirus, with several countries reporting a record surge in the number of single-day confirmed cases. On Friday, Germany, Greece and Slovenia set new records for daily cases, a day after Italy, Portugal and Lithuania hit their single-day highs, reports Xinhua news agency. German…

  • UK Prepares For a No-Deal Brexit

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    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that as the European Union (EU) Summit in Brussels refused to offer London a Canada-style deal, Britain will prepare to embrace a no-trade deal scenario. Johnson’s remarks came following the EU Summit discussions on Brexit on Thursday. EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said he will continue…

  • UK adds Italy to quarantine list

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    The latest announcement came after Italy recorded another 8,804 coronavirus cases, its biggest daily increase in infections since the start of the outbreak…Reports Asian Lite News Italy has been added to Britain’s quarantine list, which means travellers returning from the country will have to self-isolate for 14 days, a senior British official said. British Transport…

  • European countries enforce new Covid-19 curbs amid spike

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    As of Thursday, the continent’s overall caseload stands at 4,301,247, while the death toll has surged to 197,075, according to the latest update by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control…Reports Asian Lite News Countries across Europe were imposing a series of new restrictions in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus…

  • Brexit: UK PM expresses “desirability” for EU trade deal

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    Johnson “noted the desirability of a deal, but expressed his disappointment that more progress had not been made over the past two weeks”…Reports Asian Lite News Ahead of a European Union (EU) summit, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed the “desirability” of a new trade deal with the bloc, but also his disappointment that more…

  • France imposes curfew to curb Covid spread

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    France has been in a second wave of the coronavirus epidemic with an average of 20,000 new infection cases per day…Reports Asian Lite News President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday that a curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. will be implemented in the greater Paris region and eight other big cities in France. The…

  • EC holds meeting on sustainable recovery of tourism

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    Throughout the day, participants at the European Tourism Convention on Monday mapped out key challenges and opportunities of the EU tourism sector…Reports Asian Lite News The European Commission convened a meeting aimed at exploring paths out of the coronavirus crisis and chances of gaining a sustainable recovery of the tourism sector badly hit by the…

  • France witnesses steep fall in Covid 19 cases

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    According to the authorities, the number of news cases are usually lower on Mondays because tests are fewer or data is not fully collected the previous day…Reports Asian Lite News French health authorities have reported 8,505 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, a sharp fall from the 16,101 fresh infections registered two days…

  • Covid 19: Italy to impose new social restrictions

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    The Minister said the new rules would include limits or a full ban on parties at home, as well as a prohibition for people to linger outside bars, clubs, and stores in order to avoid gatherings…Asian Lite News Italy is set to impose new social restrictions in an effort to curb the spread of the…

  • EU ministers mull new migration pact

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    A major point of disagreement is the idea of mandatory relocation of asylum seekers arriving in Europe’s coastal states…Reports Asian Lite News European Union (EU) Ministers held a meeting to discuss the new migration pact for the first time since it was announced in late September. Amid tension between member states regarding the proposal, the…

  • EU Settlement Scheme Gets More Than 4 Million Applications

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    The latest statistics also show that, of the more than 4 million applications across the UK, there have been nearly 3.7 million from England, 204,700 from Scotland, 67,200 from Wales and 66,300 from Northern Ireland up to the end of September 2020…reports Asian Lite News The UK Home Office has announced that there have been…

  • Italy makes face masks mandatory outdoors

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    Italians faced some of the strictest lockdown measures in the world when the country became the first in Europe to be overwhelmed by the pandemic earlier in the year…Reports Asian Lite News Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Thursday announced his government’s decision to make wearing of masks mandatory in outdoor spaces in an effort…

  • Teenager becomes Finland’s PM for a day

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    Finland PM Marin stepped aside letting Aava Murto to take her position for a day during which the latter met politicians and highlighted women’s rights in technology…Reports Asian Lite News A 16-year-old teenager, who actively campaigns on climate and human rights issues, became the Prime Minister of Finland for a day, as part of the…

  • Turkey Calls For Urgent Reconciliation With EU

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    Turkey’s top diplomat called for an urgent dialogue between Ankara and the European Union (EU) to address rising tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, Libya, and developments in the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict. In an interview with Italian news agency Agenzia Nova during his recent visit to Rome, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavusoglu said he considered Italy “a…

  • ‘Act now to prevent lockdown’: Irish PM

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    The Prime Minister said moving to level five could have “severe implications”, including the risk of losing hundreds of thousands of jobs…Reports Asian Lite News Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin urged citizens to “act now” in order to prevent an “immediate comprehensive lockdown”. The country was readying for level three Covid-19 restrictions which will come…

  • France to shut Paris bars for two weeks

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    Regarding the closure of bars, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the move would be difficult for Parisians…Reports Asian Lite News Bars across Paris will be shut completely for two weeks from Tuesday onwards as part of the French government’s new stricter measures in the wake of a spike in the number of fresh coronavirus cases.…

  • EC President goes into self-quarantine

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    Her announcement comes amid a spike in the number of cases across Europe…Reports Asian Lite News European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday that she was self-isolating after being informed that she had attended a meeting last week with a person who has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Taking to Twitter,…

  • EU Warns Turkey of Sanctions Over Mediterranean

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    The European Union (EU) has said it could impose sanctions on Turkey over “provocations and pressures” in a row with Greece over energy resources and maritime borders. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called on Ankara to “abstain from unilateral actions” in the eastern Mediterranean. She spoke early on Friday during a meeting of…

  • EastMed ‘provocations’: EU warns Turkey of sanctions

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    “We expect that Turkey from now on abstains from unilateral actions. In case of such renewed actions by Ankara the EU will use all its instruments and options available” said Ursula von der Leyen…Reports Asian Lite News The European Union (EU) has said it could impose sanctions on Turkey over “provocations and pressures” in a…

  • Brexit breach: EU begins legal action against UK

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    The EU had given UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson until the end of September to ditch the contentious clauses, but the deadline had lapsed…said Ursula von der Leyen…Reports Asian Lite News The European Union (EU) on Thursday started a legal action against the UK after it refused to ditch plans to override sections of the…

  • EC to reform education through digitalisation

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    It is a call to action to make education and training systems truly fit for the digital age…Reports Asian Lite News The European Commission has adopted the new Digital Education Action Plan, reflecting lessons learned from the coronavirus crisis and devising a plan for a high-performing digital education eco-system, according to an official statement. In…

  • France opens new era in relationship with animals

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    “It is time that our ancestral fascination with these wild beings no longer means they end up in captivity.”said Pompili…Reports Asian Lite News France has said it will gradually ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses as part of sweeping new animal welfare measures, On Tuesday, Ecology Minister Barbara Pompili said, “Our attitude…

  • Belgium swears in new PM after 493 days

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    De Croo is set to lead the country’s 7-party Vivaldi coalition of Flemish and Francophone socialists, liberals and greens…Reports Asian Lite News Flemish liberal leader Alexander De Croo will be Belgium’s new prime minister. It was announced on Wednesday ,16 months after an inconclusive election. De Croo is set to lead the country’s 7-party Vivaldi…

  • World Tourism Day: Exploring The Origins Of Swiz Tourism

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    Switzerland is a dream destination which features on every traveller’s bucket list, from around the world. In addition to the picturesque landscapes, majestic mountains and charming towns, which makes Switzerland stand out as a tourist destination is the exceptional experience that it provides. The well connected and convenient Swiss Transport System is a boon for…

  • EU considers legal actions over UK Brexit treaty breach

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    The European Union (EU) has reiterated of considering legal options if the UK breaches the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement with the controversial Internal Market Bill, which will override some parts of the deal, it was reported. The remarks were made by Maros Sefcovic, Vice-President of the European Commission for Interinstitutional Relations, after a meeting with UK…

  • ‘EU not acting in good faith’

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    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a parliamentary committee he did not believe the European Union (EU) was negotiating a Brexit deal with Britain in good faith. Johnson spent more than an hour being grilled by the House of Commons Liaison Committee on Wednesday, made up of the chairs of the major parliamentary select committees,…

  • EU Concerns Over UK Plan To Rock Brexit

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    European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday expressed her concern about the United Kingdom’s intention to breach the Brexit agreement, reported Xinhua news agency. “Very concerned about announcements from the British government on its intentions to breach the Withdrawal Agreement. “This would break international law and undermines trust, ” she tweeted. On…

  • Unemployment on the rise in Eurozone

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      The unemployment rate in the 19-member Eurozone area continued to spike in July, a month marked by relaxation of some COVID-19 containment measures in many European Union (EU) member states, according to official figures. The figures released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, on Tuesday, showed the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in the…

  • 15 EU Nations To Get Pandemic Funds

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    The European Commission has presented proposals to the Council of the European Union (EU) to grant 81.4 billion euros ($96 billion) to 15 member states to help them mitigate the effects which the Covid-19 pandemic has had on employment. As planned, the countries will be receiving assistance through the instrument for temporary Support to mitigate…

  • Irish Govt issues advisory before reopening schools

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    The Irish government has issued an advisory for parents of primary and secondary students as part of its latest efforts to prepare for a safe reopening of schools next week. The two-page Back to School Advice for Parents, which was issued by the Irish Department of Education and Skills on Monday, comes in 21 foreign…

  • EU concludes Vaccine talks with Moderna

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    The European Commission has concluded its COVID-19 vaccine negotiations with the 5th developer. Its exploratory talks with Moderna, an American biotechnology company focused on drug discovery, drug development and vaccine technologies, to purchase a potential vaccine against the COVID-19, the Commission said in a statement. The Commission envisaged a contract with the Massachusetts-based pharmaceutic company…

  • EU welcomes Libya ceasefire

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    The European Union (EU) has welcomed the ceasefire announcements made by the UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez Serraj and Speaker of the eastern-based Parliament Aguila Saleh. In a statement on Saturday, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said the mutual gesture is a “constructive first step forward” that shows the…

  • EU-UK Trade Deal ‘Unlikley’ At This Stage

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    Michel Barnier, the European Union’s (EU) chief negotiator, said that there has been no breakthrough even after the seventh round of talks between the bloc and the UK on their future relationship. “Those who were hoping for negotiations to move swiftly forward this week will have been disappointed,” Xinhua news agency quoted Barnier as saying…

  • French Navy in Cyprus waters amid Med. tensions

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    A French frigate was sailing inside Cyprus’ territorial waters in the context of a defence agreement between the island-nation and France amid the ongoing tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said. On Wednesday, the “la Fayette” frigate sailed close to the island’s eastern coast after receiving permission from the Cypriot government…

  • EU welcomes Israel’s suspension of annexation

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    The European Union (EU) has welcomed Israel’s decision to suspend its plan to annex parts of occupied Palestinian territory, calling it a positive step, the bloc’s Council said in a statement. “Any unilateral decision that undermines a lasting, agreed solution should be avoided,” Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying on Saturday. The council…