21 April 2020 | Euronews
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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 -
Netherlands Dutch primary schools to reopen part time on May 11 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. -
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?" -
United Kingdom Coronavirus: 'Scientists in the 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. -
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Spain Coronavirus: Spain wants EU to unite behind €1.5 trillion COVID-19 recovery 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. -
Andorra Orderly Andorra has an unusual system for easing lockdown restrictions Confinement is being eased in tiny Andorra, but there are plenty of caveats. -
World News Digital Cleanup Day: Delete an email - save the planet, urge environmentalists Environmentalists are urging people to clear out their devices to help protect the planet. -
Earth News 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? -
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. -
No Comment Pittsburgh protesters push for an end to coronavirus-related confinement They argue the lockdowns - aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19 - limit individual freedoms and harm the economy. -
World News 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. -
World News Coronavirus and food: COVID-19 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. -
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. -
Greece 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. -
World News Lyrids meteor shower: Night sky set to fill up with shooting stars as Earth crosses path of comet 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. -
Russia Coronavirus lockdown in Moscow: Elderly struggling to cope with COVID-19 restrictions “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. -
Belarus Belarus and coronavirus: Lukashenko's business-as-usual approach is 'mind-blowing negligence' “Lukashenko is a complete idiot," said Alexander. "He is playing with fire and puts the lives of thousands of Belarusians in danger.” -
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. -
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. -
Germany Oktoberfest cancelled: Risk 'simply too great' to go ahead with world's biggest beer festival 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. -
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. -
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. -
Europe News Coronavirus: 'The difficulties of one state very rapidly becomes the difficulties of all of them' 12m full-time jobs could be lost in Europe because of this crisis - so what's the next move? -
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 -
France Coronavirus: Number of infected in France not enough to prevent second wave, warn scientists 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. -
Yemen 'This virus makes it a double burden' for children in Libya, Yemen and Syria 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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
World News Coronavirus latest: Global cases pass 2.5 million as countries look to ease containment measures Follow our coronavirus blog for live updates. -
World News Europe's 'Tiger Kings': New report highlights scale of captive tigers in the EU There are at least 1,600 captive tigers in Europe, compared to just 3,900 wild globally, according to the global animal welfare organisation, FOUR PAWS. Activists say the trade of animals is “poorly regulated and monitored” in the EU and many animals are suffering abuse in terrible conditions.