French city of Nice gains UNESCO world heritage status

The United Nation's cultural organisation (UNESCO) said on Tuesday that it had added the French Mediterranean city of Nice to its world heritage list.more

A mixed vaccination of first AstraZeneca and then a Pfizer COVID-19 shot boosted neutralizing antibody levels by six times compared with two AstraZeneca doses, a study from South Korea showed.more

The European Commission plans to limit cash payments in order to hinder criminal activities, especially money laundering. The Austrian government is opposed to these intentions and doubts their benefits.more

An explosion in a German industrial park on Tuesday killed at least two people and injured 31, setting off a fierce blaze that sent a pall of smoke over the western city of Leverkusen. Several people were still missing.more

Collective immunity has been achieved in the Republic of San Marino, the sanitary authorities of one of the smallest and oldest countries in the world have informed. There, over 90 percent of residents vaccinated against Covid-19 received the Russian drug Sputnik V there.more

In Canada, preparations are underway to open borders. There is no decision on vaccine passports, but some airports handle fully vaccinated people separately. Universities and the health service are also preparing.more

Preparations to clean up the river are underway in a bid to enable athletes to use it, but a new poll shows that public perception of the waterway is still poor.more

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed that the Joe Biden administration "at the present moment" will maintain the current ban on traveling to the US for citizens of, among others, EU countries. She cited the spread of the Delta variant as the reason.more

The WDR station reports an explosion in the Buerrig district of Leverkusen, near the Bayer chemical plant. According to WDR, the bang shook the entire city. Witnesses report a huge black cloud over the district.more

German health expert Karl Lauterbach warns of the impending fourth wave of coronavirus infections. This would mean a "catastrophic" return of patients with Covid-19 to intensive care units, as well as the re-introduction of restrictions for the population, reports the RND portal.more

Mass migratory movements of people from completely different cultural backgrounds, people with little or no education have led to huge problems in Europe, said Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Chancellor.more

In Italy, "there is no sanitary dictatorship", assured the head of the Interior Ministry Luciana Lamorgese yesterday. She criticized the use of symbols by opponents of vaccination referring to Nazism and the Star of David.more

Travelling to other EU countries will be easier from Tuesday after the Dutch government changed the rules for its coronavirus risk alert system.more

The German chancellor's most senior adviser has said that those who fail to get their coronavirus jabs will enjoy fewer freedoms. Helge Braun warned they may be denied entry to bars and cultural events.more

The highly contagious Delta variant of Sars-Cov-2 has been identified in 124 countries and is expected to become the dominant strain worldwide within months, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns.more

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the US is "going in the wrong direction" as the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise, particularly among unvaccinated Americans.more

The French parliament approved a bill early Monday that will require a health pass for access to restaurants, bars, trains and planes from the beginning of August. All venues accommodating more than 50 people already require proof of vaccination or a recent negative Covid-19 test, including museums, cinemas and swimming pools.more

Many countries to which, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, you can go on vacation from Poland, have abandoned the requirement to wear masks in the open air. The face-covering order usually applies to closed rooms. Disregarding the rules can be fined from PLN 12 in Egypt to PLN 3,000 in Iceland.more

The Russian navy can detect any enemy and launch an "unpreventable strike" if needed, President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday, weeks after a UK warship angered Moscow by passing the Crimea peninsula.more

Italy and Spain have been ravaged by forest fires this weekend. Italy has asked other countries to help fight a fire on the island of Sardinia. In the U.S. crews and officials battling a large fire that has incinerated more than 190,000 acres (77,000 hectares) in northern California.more

The majority, 80 percent, of people vaccinated against COVID-19 who still became infected with the virus did not pass it on to others in public, the Times of Israel reports the country’s Health Ministry as saying.more

A bus swerved off a road and crashed in Croatia killing 10 people and injuring at least 44 others after the driver apparently fell asleep. more

The people of San Marino, vaccinated mainly with the Russian Sputnik V, purchased by the local authorities, are in a difficult situation. This vaccine is not recognized in Italy, where a Covid-19 pass is required for entry to multiple sites as of August 6.more

An enzyme in a sticky, pungent Japanese food made from fermented soybeans may prevent coronavirus infection, according to research led by the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT).more

Although there is no evidence to support such a claim, probe conducted by YouGov and “The Economist” showed that 15 percent. Americans think this conspiracy theory is “probably true,” and another 5% think it is “certainly true.”more

A bus swerved off a highway and crashed in Croatia early on Sunday, killing 10 people and injuring at least 30 others, police said. The crash happened at around 6 am near the town of Slavonski Brod on the highway between the capital, Zagreb, and the Serbian border.more

Tens of thousands of people across several countries, including UK, France and Italy, have protested against anti-COVID measures, with the French police using tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters in the capital Paris.more

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have issued a release warning that the Delta variant of the coronavirus is increasing. It prevails in 19 European countries. Both organizations recommend accelerating vaccination.more

The Spanish government has announced that vaccinations against Covid-19 will be carried out every year, and the country's authorities have already guaranteed the supply of preparations against this disease for 2022-2023.more

53 percent adult residents of the European Union were overweight in 2019, according to data published by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat). 17 percent Europeans struggled with obesity.more

The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on all countries to jointly investigate the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said. Beijing rejected the proposal to conduct a second stage of such research.more

Smoke from forest fires in the western US and Canada has worsened New York City's air quality to the worst level in 15 years, local NY1 TV reported yesterday, citing an environmental agency. The problem may repeat itself.more

In the Netherlands, the number of fraudulent documents confirming the acceptance of the Covid-19 vaccine is increasing. A false document costs 200 euros. "This is starting to be a problem," said a spokesman for the headquarters of public health clinics GGD GHOR.more

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine could become the second shot okayed for adolescent use in the European Union after regulators on Friday recommended approving it for 12- to 17-year-olds.more

A total of 1,855 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Sweden last week, an increase of around 24 percent compared to the previous week.more

Investments in digital technologies and sustainable development can create 5.7 million jobs in Europe by 2030, including in the production of industrial equipment, automotive - according to the Accenture report prepared in cooperation with BusinessEurope.more

According to the head of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Lothar Wieler, Germany's steady rise infections can be traced largely back to people in their 20s and 30s.more

The population of pollinators and bees, which are crucial for the functioning of ecosystems or food production, is currently threatened all over the world, including Western Europe - warns the Polish ecologist Piotr Skubała.more

A return to normal life following the COVID-19 virus outbreak may not occur until 2022 or even 2023, said professor Jean-Francois Delfraissy, who advises the French government.more

Sydney's fast-growing coronavirus outbreak has become a "national emergency," state leaders said Friday, as Australia's largest city reported another record number of new infections.more