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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

Russian businessman Aleksandr Padar, owner of a chain of eye clinics in Siberia called Omikron, has filed a lawsuit against the World Health Organization (WHO). The businessman wants the WHO not to use the name Omikron in relation to the new Covid-19 variant.more

Pestering women in the street or in pubs could be outlawed in a bid to combat sexual harassment in public.more

The Co-op has become the latest supermarket chain to say it will not enforce new mask wearing rules to avoid their staff being abused by customers.more

The United Kingdom yesterday imposed a further package of sanctions on Belarus, now in its fifth year, which, as has been pointed out, is in response to the continuing disregard for international law by Alyaksandr Lukashenko's regime and the ongoing violation of fundamental freedoms and human rights.more

The Duchess of Sussex has won the latest stage in her legal fight against the publisher of the Mail on Sunday over a letter she sent to her father.more