2020-03-12

United Kingdom

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta tests positive for COVID-19

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has tested positive for COVID-19, the club has announced

12/03/2020

Greece

Migrants in overcrowded Greek camps to be offered €2,000 to go home

The EU and Greek government have agreed a financial aid package to encourage migrants in overcrowded camps on Greek islands to voluntarily return to their country of origin.

12/03/2020

USA

Euroviews. Bill de Blasio: The Democratic primary isn't over. Neither is Sanders' candidacy ǀ View

Bernie, not Biden, is the answer to the many of the mistakes we made as a party in 2016. He can reach the working class, inspire young voters and lead a powerful movement to take back the White House.

12/03/2020

Italy

COVID-19: Italy doctors 'forced to choose which patients get ICU care'

A nurse in Lombardy tells Euronews that medical staff are being forced to decide who gets crucial treatment and who does not.

12/03/2020

World News

Watch: WHO chief feared a pandemic just five months ago

The director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said the world wasn't ready for a pandemic.

12/03/2020

World News

Polar ice sheets are melting six times faster than in 1990s

Scientists say the melt rate follows the “worst-case scenario” model and could put around 400 Million people at risk of annual coastal flooding over the next 80 years.

12/03/2020

World News

Revealed: Europe's drugs of choice are cocaine and MDMA

Bad news: Your toilet just ratted you out.

12/03/2020

United Kingdom

Asian markets open in freefall amid coronavirus fears

Shares plunged in Asia on Friday, with benchmarks in Japan, Thailand and India sinking as much as 10% after Wall Street suffered its biggest drop since the Black Monday crash of 1987.

12/03/2020

USA

Euroviews. Trump should be more confident in the US’ Coronavirus response. An EU travel ban won’t help ǀ View

The virus is actually showing a flu-like epidemic pattern with more countries reporting more cases around the world. Based on the pattern observed, the epidemic could be ended if an international organisation steps forward to coordinate a global force to thoroughly implement flu control protocols.

12/03/2020

Europe News

The Brief: Trump flight ban, foreign policy report card

Europe is reeling from the news of the US president's flight ban. Ursula's planned trip to Greece is put on hold due to coronavirus and at 100 days in office, we look at Team Ursula's foreign policy performance.

12/03/2020

World

Coronavirus takes toll on European supply chains and business

In the English midlands — the heartland of the UK car parts industry — the economic impact of the slump triggered by the new coronavirus is already being felt.

12/03/2020

Romania

Green campaigners fume over Bucharest's pollution problem

Particulate matter in Romania rose more than 1,000 per cent above the WHO threshold

12/03/2020

World News

Michel Roux, French chef who changed face of UK dining, dead at 79

Michel Roux, French chef who changed face of UK dining, dead at 79

12/03/2020

No Comment

Czech Republic tests nanotechnology for disinfecting public transport

Czech Republic transit workers have been spraying trams and buses with different types of disinfectant nano-polymers in the fight against COVID-19.

12/03/2020

World News

Five stories you may have missed because of the coronavirus pandemic

The news may be saturated by COVID-19 and new areas of society it is affecting, but other news is still out there.

12/03/2020

No Comment

Disinfection work in Seoul after an increase in COVID-19 cases

It comes as the number of COVID-19 cases in South Korea edges near 8,000.

12/03/2020

World News

COVID-19: Why are we panic buying?

Professor Neil Greenberg explores the psychology behind panic buying.

12/03/2020

Europe News

The Brief: Circular economy, enlargement and containing coronavirus

We continue our assessment of Team Ursula's first 100 days with a look at the bloc's new policy for new members hoping to join (North Macedonia, Albania) and also at the just launched circular economy strategy.

12/03/2020

USA

Coronavirus: EU condemns Trump over travel ban from Schengen countries

The European Union has condemned the announcement by Donald Trump of a near ban on travel from 26 Schengen countries over coronavirus, saying it had been imposed "unilaterally and without consultation."

12/03/2020

Green News

Your worldview can change who you think is to blame for climate change

Don't think you should give up meat to combat climate change? The way you view the world might explain why.

12/03/2020