Covid subvariants cast shadow over European summer
A resurgence of Covid-19 cases in Europe, this time driven by new, fast-spreading Omicron subvariants, is once again threatening to disrupt people's summer plans
Lacking tourism workers, Croatia recruits abroad
Tourists are flocking back to Croatia after the pandemic decimated its vital travel industry, but the Adriatic nation has a problem: it lacks workers to cater to the legions of visitors
Some English language students swerve UK post Brexit
Britain's departure from the EU is not helping the post-Covid recovery for visiting English language students, as post-Brexit administrative requirements have raised travel costs
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War, hunger, Covid-19 cast gloomy shadow over Europe
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the list of Europe's woes keeps growing as it battles rising food and energy prices and continued disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
‘Perfect storm’: Europe Covid rise due to fewer curbs, subvariant
Covid-19 is again surging in Western Europe due to a "perfect storm" of governments lifting restrictions, waning immunity and the more contagious BA.2 Omicron subvariant, experts say
Over six million people have died from Covid
Over six million people have died worldwide from Covid-19 since the pandemic began, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP.
Get vaccinated, or get punished? How jab mandates divide
Do vaccine mandates work? Austria is set to become the first country in Europe to impose Covid-19 vaccination and others could follow as nations scramble to inoculate their populations against coronavirus
Tension in Spain over use of EU recovery funds
The Spanish government is increasingly under fire over its use of the EU's massive economic recovery funds, with critics blasting the distribution of aid as too slow and arbitrary
Spain leads calls for Covid-19 to be treated like flu
Spain is leading calls for governments to start tackling Covid-19 like any other endemic respiratory virus such as seasonal flu, despite WHO opposition and warnings that the approach is premature
Omicron: Mild or severe impact on the global economy?
After limping its way back from the Covid pandemic last year, the global economic recovery has been rattled by the Omicron variant's rapid rise