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Up to 430 people prosecuted by international arrest warrants may find their way to Poland as a result of a ruling by a British appeals court, the Justice Ministry says. According to the ministry, the verdict will unblock outstanding extraditions.more

EU rules allowing people to use their phone abroad as they do at home will be extended until 2032, negotiators from the Council and the European Parliament reached a preliminary agreement on Thursday. The current rules expire on 30 June 2022.more

In Italy, the obligation to vaccinate against Covid-19 in education, the army and the police comes into force tomorrow. Healthcare workers, meanwhile, are obliged to receive a third dose of the vaccine.more

The British government is considering closing all pubs in England and banning New Years parties amid record numbers of infections with the new coronavirus variant. At the same time, British business owners accused the government of "quietly implementing a lockdown".more

The trial of four defendants accused of toppling a statue of Edward Colston, an entrepreneur and philanthropist who made his fortune from the slave trade, during a demonstration by the Black Lives Matter movement began yesterday in Bristol, south-west England. Banksy announced on social media that he had designed T-shirts, the proceeds of which would go towards defending them.more

People in England began working from home again on Monday as efforts to stop the spread of Omicron ramped up. more

Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said in an interview published today for the Financial Times that Poland should suspend payments to the EU budget and veto EU policies if Brussels intensifies the dispute and cuts funds for Warsaw.more

A British court today overturned a decision to refuse to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US, where he is wanted in connection with the publication of secret documents. But this does not yet end the extradition proceedings.more

Over the course of the pandemic, we’ve written some headlines that we’d never have expected to write. more

Today is the deadline imposed by the European Commission for resolving the dispute over the UK's allocation of fishing licences to French fishermen. London does not recognise this date. The authorities in Paris have announced that they will resort to legal measures at EU level if the deadline is not met.more

The Government is already working on ‘Plan C’ restrictions that could be introduced in the New Year if Omicron cases continue to surge, according to reports. more

New Zealand plans to ban people aged 14 and younger from buying cigarettes for their entire lives in 2027, Reuters reported yesterday.more

The German Bundestag has been discussing since yesterday the possibility of introducing compulsory vaccination against Covid-19 for certain professional groups, including employees of clinics and nursing homes. However, the security services warn of protests by anti-vaccinationists, writes "Der Spiegel".more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday apologised for a video showing Downing Street officials joking about a Christmas party during lockdown, but continued to argue that no rules had been broken and assured that he had no intention of resigning.more

Around 25,000 people have joined a class action lawsuit against the Dutch health ministry over the theft of patient data earlier this year.more

British broadcaster ITV aired footage last night showing senior members of Downing Street staff joking about a Christmas party that the British Government maintains did not take place.more

The US authorities have introduced a requirement for international travellers to show a negative coronavirus test taken the day before departure. Previously, it was sufficient to perform the test up to 72 hours before boarding the plane, the New York Times reported yesterday.more

At his first press conference as the new Austrian Chancellor, Karl Nehammer (OeVP) announced today that the lockdown for people vaccinated against Covid-19 will be lifted this Sunday. Restrictive rules will still apply to those not vaccinated, ORF reported.more

Most Poles support compulsory covidium certificates when entering shops, restaurants, cultural institutions, workplaces or churches, according to a United Surveys poll for RMF FM and "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna".more

Confiscating passports and driving licences, imposing curfews at night and travel bans such as those imposed on football hooligans are some ways the British government wants to discourage people from taking drugs.more

The government has announced a fight against false vaccination certificates. In practice this fight is almost impossible - writes today's "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna".more

The EC wants member states to accept travellers vaccinated with preparations not used in the EU. At the same time, it plans to shorten the validity of the vaccination allowing entry into the EU to 9 months. Individual countries are still largely free to formulate their own rules for visitors.more

Emergency measures brought in to halt the spread of the Omicron Covid variant are likely to be extended into the new year, according to reports. more

The London Metropolitan Police said, while not essentially investigating covid violations retrospectively, it would consider complaints received about two of last year's Downing Street holiday parties held while it was banned.more

Anyone coming to the UK from abroad will have to test for the coronavirus again before arriving in order to prevent the spread of the Omikron variant, Health Minister Sajid Javid announced yesterday evening.more