2020-04-22

Romania

Romania set to ease its lockdown next month after fines pay dividends

Police in Romania issued around 200,000 lockdown-related fines in the last month. This crackdown may have helped precipitate today's announcement that confinement will be eased from mid-May.

22/04/2020

Greece

Greek island migrant camps 'not prepared for COVID-19'

The warning comes after Greek authorities announced that 150 people tested positive at a locked-down migrant hotel in the country’s south.

22/04/2020

Europe News

Creative sector seeks support amid fears over impact of lockdown

Alongside the tourism, experts say that the arts will take the longest time to recover when lockdown rules are lifted.

22/04/2020

Belgium

Analysis: Can we trust Belgium's COVID-19 death statistics?

Belgium is facing an unusual problem, our political editor Darren McCaffrey writes. It's being accused of being “too honest” and overestimating the country’s death toll.

22/04/2020

Green News

Could this be the moment for virtual reality travel?

Tourist attractions across the world are offering online experiences for those trapped inside by social distancing.

22/04/2020

United Kingdom

Could the coronavirus crisis spell the end of fast fashion?

Have you used lockdown to sift through your wardrobe and question your shopping habits? Well, the fashion industry has been doing some soul-searching, too.

22/04/2020

No Comment

Russia's famous matryoshka dolls get a coronavirus makeover

Even Russia's nesting dolls cannot escape the impact of the coronavirus crisis.

22/04/2020

Real Economy

EU's 100 billion euro scheme to tackle coronavirus unemployment

In partnership with The European Commission

With unemployment surging across Europe and worldwide, will the EU's SURE scheme (Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency) help avoid another pandemic - joblessness - once the COVID-19 emergency has receded?

22/04/2020

USA

Euroviews. Joining up the dots shows the true depths of Trump’s dangerous narcissistic pathology ǀ View

There has only been one headline worth printing since Donald Trump was elected president. That headline is "Donald Trump suffers from a dangerous incurable narcissistic disorder which makes him incapable of empathy and reason. He is a grave danger to the US and the world."

22/04/2020

France

Unrest in Paris as residents accuse police of heavy-handed tactics

Residents say authorities are being heavy-handed in their efforts to impose the lockdown.

22/04/2020

Europe News

Balkan Trafik Festival: Brussels music extravaganza to go ahead online

The cult festival has moved online after the coronavirus lockdown caused the physical event to be postponed.

22/04/2020

USA

US President Donald Trump to sign a 60-day 'immigration ban'

He has vowed to put a 60-day stop on the issuing of green cards in an effort to limit competition for jobs in an economy wrecked by the coronavirus.

22/04/2020

World News

Euroviews. Closing holes in the net: How the EU needs to remove secrecy from European fishing ǀ View

The ongoing revision of the Fisheries Control Regulation provides a crucial opportunity to remove the continuing veil of secrecy that shrouds member states’ efforts to control their fishing fleet and that has allowed infringements of EU law to go unpunished.

22/04/2020

United Kingdom

Join the debate as two survivors talk about their battle with COVID-19

The Q&A gets underway at 16h CEST today.

22/04/2020

Sweden

Sweden's coronavirus strategy: Right or wrong?

Stockholm has stuck to its guns on the country's divisive coronavirus strategy despite the rest of Europe choosing to lock down.

22/04/2020

World News

Earth Day at 50: 'No country is getting it right,' activists say

Environmentalists will come together today to demand greater action to protect the planet.

22/04/2020

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: Raab admits UK must 'strive harder' over PPE supplies

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, standing in for Boris Johnson, rejects opposition claims that the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic has been too slow.

22/04/2020

Green News

Why the 50th anniversary of Earth Day is more important than ever

Campaigners say the current situation could become the "new normal" if we don't take action on the climate crisis.

22/04/2020

United Kingdom

UK 'opted in' to EU ventilators scheme, minister says

It was previously believed that Britain made a 'political decision' not to take part as it was leaving the EU.

22/04/2020

World News

New Copernicus study tells story of climate change in record year

While last year was the warmest year on record for Europe, this was closely followed by 2014, 2015 and 2018.

22/04/2020

Turkey

Turkish mosque converted into food bank during COVID-19 outbreak

With worship suspended, the imam of the Dedeman mosque in Istanbul has found a different use for the building.

22/04/2020

Iran

Iran launches military satellite into space amid US tensions

The 'Noor' satellite - meaning 'light' - is in orbit 425km above the Earth's surface.

22/04/2020

World News

Coronavirus: Complacency 'one of greatest dangers we face' warns WHO

Follow our coronavirus blog for updates

22/04/2020