Michael Kitching

Queen Elizabeth's traditional Christmas brunch with her family is cancelled. The decision to postpone was taken out of concern as the UK's coronavirus numbers are rapidly rising again. Especially the Omicron variant is strongly present.…

After six years under the wing of LogMeIn, password manager LastPass becomes a private company again. The popular password manager was acquired in 2015 by LogMeIn, software for taking over computers remotely. That company, in turn,…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has had a few difficult weeks, and there is little prospect of improvement for the time being. There is strong opposition to the corona measures within his own Conservative Party that are up for a vote…

British health minister Sajid Javid does not rule out the possibility that schools in England will close again because of the corona. However, he has stated to radio station LBC that he does not want to take this measure but that there are…

For the time being, the highest Hungarian court will not let itself be played out against the European Court of Justice. The Hungarian government had asked the Constitutional Court to set aside a ruling from the European court, but it has…

Calling and surfing with your mobile phone from another EU country will remain as cheap as at home for at least another ten years. Negotiators of the EU countries and the European Parliament have agreed in principle about…

Olaf Scholz was sworn in as the new Chancellor of Germany on Wednesday afternoon. The Social Democrat succeeds Angela Merkel, who was the head of government of Germany for sixteen years. Scholz said in his oath that he was putting…

The European space company ArianeGroup will develop a reusable launch vehicle to compete with the American SpaceX, among other things. This was announced by French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire this week. The spacecraft should…

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to discuss mutual security guarantees with his US counterpart Joe Biden during a scheduled video conference on Tuesday. This is reported by the Interfax news agency on the authority of Kremlin…

German Health Minister Jens Spahn says he will vote against universal vaccination in parliament. The Rheinische Post newspaper reports that Spahn, a member of the Christian Democratic CDU, said on Friday morning that he is very sceptical…