The High Court of Madrid in Spain has ruled that it is lawful to discharge employees who fail to report for work during pandemic without a tenable reason, setting a precedent, Spanish news agency EFE reported on Monday

The latest strain of the coronavirus, dubbed Omicron, is gaining pace worldwide as nations in different regions report infections daily, including Latvia, Thailand, Nepal, and Japan

The European Commission said on Thursday that it was transferring two environmental cases against Romania and one against Spain to the EU Court of Justice for further consideration

A long-term analysis of European households showed that people who had grown up in families with bad financial situation are more likely to be at risk of poverty as adults, Eurostat reported on Wednesday

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold a meeting on the sidelines of the OSCE foreign ministers' summit in Stockholm, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday