2020-04-21

Europe News

Meet the MEP offering psychological support online during lockdown

A Greek MEP is offering his psychiatric services for free amid the coronavirus lockdown

21/04/2020

Netherlands

Dutch primary schools to reopen in easing of COVID-19 restrictions

Primary schools in the Netherlands will open part time on May 11 but bars and restaurants will not open until after May 19.

21/04/2020

World News

Analysis: Is Sweden right in its handling of COVID-19?

Risky, reckless, an outlier... Sweden has been at the centre of much debate over the past few weeks. Our Political Editor, Darren McCaffrey, asks "Why has it not ruthlessly pursued lockdown like everyone else? Is it doing the right thing?"

21/04/2020

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: 'UK to begin testing vaccine on humans this week'

The UK's health minister Matt Hancock said human trials for a COVID-19 vaccine would begin this week.

21/04/2020

Spain

'We all sink or all float': Spain wants EU to back €1.5tn virus fund

"In this crisis, either we all sink or we all float. Spain wants everybody to float, for sure," Spain's foreign affairs minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya told Euronews.

21/04/2020

Andorra

Orderly Andorra has an unusual system for easing lockdown restrictions

Confinement is being eased in tiny Andorra, but there are plenty of caveats.

21/04/2020

World News

Digital Cleanup Day: Delete an email - save the planet!

Environmentalists are urging people to clear out their devices to help protect the planet.

21/04/2020

Living

10 hacks to make your food last longer during self-isolation

From batch cooking to store cupboard staples, what's the best way to use up food during the COVID-19 lockdown?

21/04/2020

United Kingdom

Are coronavirus lockdowns encouraging online gambling?

Addiction specialists are worried that more people in the UK are placing bets while under lockdown, amid a surge in advertising for online gambling.

21/04/2020

No Comment

Pittsburgh protesters push for an end to coronavirus confinement

They argue the lockdowns - aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19 - limit individual freedoms and harm the economy.

21/04/2020

World News

Euroviews. COVID-19 is the catalyst we need to fight nationalism – by uniting us all to solve the crisis ǀ View

As a global problem encompassing oceans and continents, the idea that a pandemic is considered to be a country-specific problem is one of the most short-sighted considerations that world leaders have drawn.

21/04/2020

World News

Coronavirus could make rising global hunger worse, warns new report

More than 130 million people worldwide suffered from acute food insecurity last year. COVID-19 could push that number higher, a new report has warned.

21/04/2020

Europe News

Coronavirus: climate change hasn't disappeared with the pandemic

Brussels insists the Green Deal must remain a pivotal policy, as EU leaders barter over how the finance the economic recovery.

21/04/2020

Greece

Euroviews. Using empty Greek hotels to host refugees threatened by COVID-19 is a win-win scenario ǀ View

While the first attempt to use empty hotels for quarantining a thousand of the most vulnerable migrants on the Greek islands has just been announced by the European Commission, more remains to be done.

21/04/2020

World News

Bored amid lockdown? Look skyward tonight for a special meteor shower

The annual natural wonder is back! At the peak of the meteor shower, the sky is set to fill with up to 20 shooting stars per hour.

21/04/2020

Russia

'It's torture': Moscow's elderly struggling to cope during lockdown

“Old people have to stay between four walls most of the time anyway, so not letting us go out at all is torture,” said pensioner Nina.

21/04/2020

Belarus

'He's playing with fire': Division and derision as Belarus carries on

“Lukashenko is a complete idiot," said Alexander. "He is playing with fire and puts the lives of thousands of Belarusians in danger.”

21/04/2020

France

Watch again: Health experts answer your coronavirus questions

We put your burning COVID-19 questions to two experts. Here's what they had to say.

21/04/2020

USA

How can the price of oil be negative? Euronews answers

For the first time ever, US crude oil prices dropped below $0 on Monday. Euronews breaks it all down for you.

21/04/2020

Germany

Nein bitter: Oktoberfest beer extravaganza scrapped amid coronavirus

This year’s Oktoberfest has been cancelled. The risk was “simply too great” in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, according to Bavaria’s top politician.

21/04/2020

United Kingdom

A mostly virtual Westminster reopens amidst PPE shortage debacle

MPs return to work but most are attending the Commons' sessions remotely. The speaker assures those not in the Chamber won't be at a disadvantage as debates will centre on the shortage of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers.

21/04/2020

No Comment

Raging floodwaters become deadly in Democratic Republic of Congo

At least 25 people have been killed by flooding in eastern Congo, the administrator of Uvira territory in South Kivu province, Kiza Muhato, told The Associated Press.

21/04/2020

Europe News

'The difficulties of one state becomes the difficulties of them all'

12m full-time jobs could be lost in Europe because of this crisis - so what's the next move?

21/04/2020

Italy

Bookstores reopen in Italy, providing a glimpse of the new normal

Some book stores opened again in Italy this week following two months of lockdown - but there are still strict measures in place to prevent the spreading of coronavirus

21/04/2020

France

Coronavirus: Infections in France too low 'to avoid second wave'

The Institut Pasteur estimated that 3.7 million people — 5.7% of the population — will have been infected with COVID-19 by May 11 but that 70% is needed for herd immunity.

21/04/2020

Yemen

'This virus makes it a double burden' for children in Middle East

The UN children's agency has called for an extra €85 million to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa. Euronews spoke to Juliette Touma, the Regional Chief of Communication for UNICEF, in the Middle East and North Africa.

21/04/2020

World News

Find out why it could be a bumper year for baby birds in Europe

The nesting season has gathered pace and birds stand to benefit most from the quieter parks and streets during the COVID-19 lockdown. Euronews spoke to an ornithologist based in Somerset, UK.

21/04/2020

Germany

Syria refugees to face their torturers in German court

Wassim Mukdad, 34, will testify before a German court in the trial of Anwar R., a former member of Syria's secret police suspected of overseeing the abuse of detainees at a notorious jail near Damascus known as Al Khatib, or Branch 251.

21/04/2020

Kosovo

Kosovo PM says US envoy involved in toppling his government

Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti said Richard Grenell, U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy to the Kosovo-Serbia talks, was involved in splitting his party and its partner in the coalition government.

21/04/2020

World News

Coronavirus latest: Global cases pass 2.5m with more than 175,000 dead

Follow our coronavirus blog for live updates.

21/04/2020