Europe

COVID-19 vaccine shipments arrive across the EU before launch

Sweden confirms first case of coronavirus variant in the UK visitor

George Blake: The infamous British-Soviet double agent dies in Moscow

British double agent George Blake dies in Russia at the age of 98

The EU and the UK unveil a broad trade pact that will enter into force on 1 January

The virus storms Belarusian prisons full of criticism of the president

Vladimir Putin: How Covid-19 and 2020 derailed the Russian president’s best-established plans

Millions are facing new virus restrictions in the UK; border chaos eases

China will jump out of the US as the world’s largest economy by 2028: the think tank

China will jump out of the US as the world’s largest economy by 2028: the think tank