Europe

Czech President in Intensive Care Unit

Prague [Czech], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Czech President Milos Zeman was placed in an intensive care unit at a Prague hospital on Sunday, his doctor said, adding that he could not reveal his diagnosis.

2021-10-10T15:23:15.883523+00:00 IST

Russia records 28,647 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Moscow [Russia], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia recorded 28,647 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, down from 29,362 the day before, bringing the cumulative total to 7,775,365, the federal response center said on Sunday.

2021-10-10T10:20:43.954306+00:00 IST

COVID-19 in Bulgaria: 2,485 new cases, 81 have died in last 24 hours

Sofia [Bulgaria], October 10 (ANI/Novinite): 518,995 are the total confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria. This is shown by data from the National Information System.

2021-10-10T07:58:54.724120+00:00 IST

Terrorist attacks serious obstacle to stable, peaceful Afghanistan: EU

Brussels [Belgium], October 10 (ANI): The European Union has said that continued terrorist attacks in Afghanistan are a serious obstacle to a stable and peaceful country, where all Afghan citizens can feel safe and secure.

2021-10-10T03:31:57.630171+00:00 IST

Thousands protest in Rome against COVID-19 'green pass' rule at workplaces

Rome [Italy], October 10 (ANI): Scores of people protested in Rome on Saturday against the extension of the COVID-19 digital certificates to all workplaces, said reports.

2021-10-10T00:08:45.300025+00:00 IST

WHO investigating new Ebola case in DR Congo

Geneva [Switzerland], October 10 (ANI): The World Health Organization is investigating a new case of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the WHO chief said Saturday.

2021-10-09T21:48:33.607348+00:00 IST

Czech opposition begins coalition talks after winning legislative polls

Prague [Czech Republic], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The leader of the liberal Czech alliance Together announced on Saturday he was in talks with the third-placed Pirates/Mayors on forming a coalition government after beating the ruling ANO party.

2021-10-09T21:44:36.076327+00:00 IST

Austrian chancellor to stand down amid corruption probe

Vienna [Austria], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has announced that he will resign and suggested that Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg take his place.

2021-10-09T19:07:13.787620+00:00 IST

Birla meets IPU President, discusses India's active engagement in Inter-Parliamentary cooperation

New Delhi [India], October 10 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met President of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Duarte Pacheco during the visit of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation (IPD) to Rome to attend the P20 Summit on Saturday.

2021-10-09T19:03:44.684030+00:00 IST

Exit poll confirms Babis' projected victory in Czech legislative polls

Prague [Czech Republic], October 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis' ANO party is projected to win a narrow victory over opposition rivals in the two-day legislative elections, an exit poll out Saturday showed.

2021-10-09T17:37:16.298622+00:00 IST

Italy starts offering COVID-19 booster shots to people over 60

Rome [Italy], October 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Italy on Saturday began administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines to people over the age of 60, a day after the procedure was authorized by the Health Ministry.

2021-10-09T17:04:09.908829+00:00 IST

Residential building collapse kills 9 in western Georgia

Tbilisi [Georgia], October 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Nine people were killed after a multi-block residential building collapsed in Georgia's Black Sea town of Batumi, the country's interior ministry said on Saturday.

2021-10-09T16:05:02.285269+00:00 IST

Funds transferred on the basis of the Loan Agreement between EU and BiH

Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], October 9 (ANI/FENA): The European Commission (EC) has transferred funds to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the amount of EUR 124,301,000.00 on the basis of the agreement on credit line between the European Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2021-10-09T14:38:44.963131+00:00 IST

FBiH government adopts an action plan to combat violence against children

Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], October 9 (ANI/FENA): The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted an action plan to combat violence against Children in the Digital Environment for the period 2021-2024, proposed by the FBiH Ministry of the Interior.

2021-10-09T14:37:28.015121+00:00 IST

Czechia's ruling party leading parliamentary election as votes counted

Prague [Czechia], October 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The Czech Republic's centrist ruling ANO party led by Prime Minister Andrej Babis is in the lead in the parliamentary elections with 30.8 per cent after 1 per cent of the ballots were counted, the Czech Statistical Office said on Saturday.

2021-10-09T14:24:53.349839+00:00 IST

Portugal vaccinated 85 per cent of its population against COVID-19: official

Lisbon [ Portugal], October 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Portugal has completed the vaccination of 85 per cent of its population against COVID-19, the country's Director-General of Health Graca Freitas said on Saturday.

2021-10-09T14:17:04.471225+00:00 IST

Swedish King calls for caution after COVID-19 limits lifted

Stockholm [Sweden], October 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The king of Swedes said on Saturday that the government might have acted too fast in lifting COVID-19 curbs, after Sweden scrapped limits on public gatherings.

2021-10-09T14:12:41.987583+00:00 IST

EU to ban the use of Titanium Dioxide as a food additive in 2022

Brussels [Belgium], October 9 (ANI/WAM): Today, Member States approved the European Commission's proposal to ban the use of Titanium Dioxide (E171) as a food additive from 2022.

2021-10-09T13:57:43.319992+00:00 IST

Social media is used by 56.7 per cent of surveyed companies

Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], October 9 (ANI/FENA): The first results of the annual survey of the Agency for Statistics of BiH on the use of information and communication technologies in companies show that out of the total number of observed companies with 10 or more employees, 62.3 per cent have a website and 56.7 per cent of them use social media.

2021-10-09T13:29:30.224978+00:00 IST

2 in1 elections: November 14 Bulgaria vote on one machine and one smart card

Sofia [Bulgaria], October 9 (ANI/Novinite): The Central Election Commission has decided that in the "two in one" elections on November 14, voting will take place on one machine and with one smart card. The receipts will be two or one, depending on whether the voter votes for both types of elections or only for one.

2021-10-09T10:22:49.049171+00:00 IST

India, Denmark exchange four MoUs, including agreements on groundwater resources, skill development

New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): India and Denmark on Saturday exchanged four agreements following a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen.

2021-10-09T07:50:34.633975+00:00 IST