2020-03-25

World News

France will send COVID-19 patients from east to west via special train

Each carriage will have four patients and a team of six health workers.

25/03/2020

France

French mayor removes public benches amid claims of lockdown rebellion

The mayor said the 40 benches were being removed because people were disobeying confinement rules.

25/03/2020

Europe News

Crucial days ahead for Ireland as COVID-19 cases rise daily

Ireland is in day one of renewed confinement measures aimed at stopping the spread of the virus.

25/03/2020

World News

WHO lists key actions to slow COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic

The WHO said on Wednesday that 16,000 have already died of the COVID-19 coronavirus worldwide and that how many more will die will be determined by the actions taken by countries now.

25/03/2020

Europe News

Politics on lockdown: see how MEP Katalin Cseh keeps up with Brussels business in Budapest

We are asking MEPs to invite us into their homes during self-isolation to see how they continue their parliamentary work far from Brussels.

25/03/2020

Ecotech

Common electric car emissions myth busted by new study

In countries where fossil fuels still generate the most electricity, is ditching petrol still a green option?

25/03/2020

World News

Euroviews. It’s not too late for Europe and the US to learn lessons from Asia to fight COVID-19 ǀ View

Despite claims by some US officials that it is too late to learn from Asia, policies in Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan show what rapid and effective prevention can look like.

25/03/2020

World News

COVID-19 sufferer, 40, makes social distancing plea from hospital bed

A young COVID-19 sufferer has called on people to play their part and adhere to social distancing rules.

25/03/2020

World News

Europe's coronavirus lockdowns are making phone calls popular again

Mobile voice services in France have doubled since the country went into lockdown

25/03/2020

World News

Euroviews. Coronavirus could lead to a sustainable society better equipped to tackle future problems ǀ View

A sustainable society is an inherently resilient society with a broad-based economy, making it much better equipped to face a pandemic threat than a globalised, grow-forever consumer society.

25/03/2020

Earth News

Good news: endangered Black Rhino populations increase in Africa

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reported a population growth of around 2.5 per cent each year between 2012 and 2018.

25/03/2020

World

We need a 'war economy' to deal with COVID-19 crisis, says UN chief

Guterres said he wanted to mobilise a double digit percentage of the global economy to "break not bend" the growth curve of coronavirus.

25/03/2020

Italy

Watch: Positive effects of Italy's COVID-19 lockdown 'yet to be seen'

The positive effects of Italy's coronavirus lockdown are yet to be seen, the director of one of Milan's hospitals has told Euronews.

25/03/2020

World News

Analysis: Curbing freedom to stop COVID-19 helps authoritarian regimes

The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has led to the biggest limitations to our freedom since World War II.

25/03/2020

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Bollywood braces for huge losses amid coronavirus lockdown

Expensive, elaborate movie sets lie deserted and the filming of dozens of daily TV shows and web series are suspended.

25/03/2020

Greece

COVID-19: No parade on National Day as Greece fights coronavirus

It is 199 years since the beginning of the war against the Ottoman Empire that saw Greece become an independent state.

25/03/2020

No Comment

Olympic flame on display in Japan despite postponement of Tokyo 2020

Tokyo 2020 was put back amid the coronavirus outbreak. But that hasn't stopped the Olympic flame going on a tour of Japan.

25/03/2020

Germany

'We are constantly exposed': Could doctors be spreading COVID-19?

Germany has been spared the death toll of its European neighbours - but for how long?

25/03/2020

United Arab Emirates

Preventing the contamination of other planets

Decontamination is a requirement for travel to outer space by international space law.

25/03/2020

World News

Coronavirus latest: Spain overtakes China in COVID-19 cases

All non-essential workers are confined to their homes from Monday as Spanish authorities seek to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

25/03/2020

World News

Britain's Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus

Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for coronavirus.

25/03/2020

USA

US passes $2 trillion relief package to counter coronavirus effects

The US White House and Congress agreed on an aid package to help businesses, workers, and the health care system during the coronavirus pandemic.

25/03/2020