Malta, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and Ireland overtake UK in fully jabbed percentagesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSix EU states have now fully inoculated a larger share of their total populations with a coronaviru…
The Guardian view on Fortress Europe: a continent losing its moral compass
The increasingly draconian approach to irregular migration betrays the spirit of the 1951 refugee conventionSeventy years ago, the 1951 UN refugee convention established the rights of refugees to seek sanctuary, and the obligations of states to protect…
Scientists warn of risks in easing UK controls for vaccinated arrivals
Edinburgh epidemiologist concerned about spread of ‘escape mutants’ that may defy vaccinesScientists have said that the lifting of restrictions for fully vaccinated arrivals to the UK from the EU and US, which begins from Monday, is not without risk.Fr…
EU citizens who applied to stay in Britain facing threat of deportation
The Home Office appears to be in breach of the Brexit withdrawal agreement, says legal charityEuropean citizens who have applied for settled status are being detained and threatened with deportation, a development that contradicts assurances from minis…
Tell us: how are you affected by the end of quarantine for vaccinated arrivals from the EU and US?
Restrictions have been lifted on quarantines for people vaccinated in US and EU who arrive in England from amber list countries. Are you affected? Fully vaccinated people from the EU or US, who are travelling from amber list countries, will no longer h…
It’s not Covid that’s damaging British trade. It’s Brexit
Report after report is reaching the same conclusion: exporters, including many in the red wall, will be suffering for a long timeBrexit is beginning to take its toll. Trade with the EU is suffering and foreign investment is heading south. Neither trend…
Colombia’s Merqueo bags $50M to expand its online grocery delivery service across Latin America
Merqueo offers more than 8,000 products, including fresh foods, packaged goods, home essentials, beverages and frozen products. It currently operates in more than 25 cities and has over 600,000 users.
European Investment Fund puts $30M in Fabric Ventures’ new $120M digital assets fund
Despite their rich engineering talent, Blockchain entrepreneurs in the EU often struggle to find backing due to the dearth of large funds and investment expertise in the space. But a big move takes place at an EU level today, as the European Investment Fund makes a significant investment into a blockchain and digital assets venture […]
‘I’m excited to see my parents’: Guardian readers on travel-rule easing
EU and US travellers no longer have to self-isolate for 10 days in England but costs of tests remain highCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters have announced that fully vaccinated travellers living in the EU and the US w…
German startup Aleph Alpha raises $27M Series A round to build ‘Europe’s OpenAI’
With Microsoft now being an investor in OpenAI the field now more open for new insurgents into the open-source AI arena. Now a German company hopes to take on the next AI mantle and produce something akin to the success of the GPT-3 AI model. German AI startup Aleph Alpha has now raised €23 million […]