Portugal Portugal sentences three police officers over Ukrainian man's death Three Portuguese border police officers sentenced to prison for beating a Ukrainian man to death at Lisbon airport in March 2020. 10/05/2021
Moldova With new elections, can Moldova's Maia Sandu finish what she started? Her landslide election win in November left her with a hostile, pro-Moscow parliament. Elections on July 11 are a chance to change that. 10/05/2021
Italy Italian woman mistakenly given six doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine A 23-year-old woman in Tuscany remains under observation after she was mistakenly given an entire vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine - equivalent to six doses. 10/05/2021
United Kingdom Boris Johnson to be investigated over funding of luxury holiday Britain's parliamentary watchdog has announced that it is investigating Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the funding of a luxury holiday he took in 2019. 10/05/2021
View Hungary is becoming a semi-dictatorship as the EU watches idly | View "The EU has ignored the fact that within its borders a government is disregarding democratic values, leading the country towards populist-nationalist semi-dictatorship while they collect European taxpayers’ money." 10/05/2021
World COVID vaccine: Who in Europe is leading the race to herd immunity? The countries ahead on vaccinations, relatively speaking, are those outside the EU, like Serbia and the UK. Hungary is the exception, but Budapest has bought doses from Russia and China to boost its stocks. 10/05/2021
Belgium Brussels police break up end-of-curfew celebrations Officers were called in after young people gathered to celebrate the end of restrictions and reopening of terraces and cafes 09/05/2021
United Kingdom UK PM Johnson calls for crisis talks after Scottish Nationalists win In a letter, Boris Johnson invited the leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to a crisis summit on the union. 09/05/2021
Spain Taste of freedom as Spaniards celebrate end of state of emergency While hundreds celebrated with improvised street parties, others feared the national state of emergency would be replaced by a patchwork of conflicting regional approaches. 09/05/2021
world news Why does Europe Day matter and how can you take part in it? From a debate on the future of Europe to online concerts with top European bands: there are many ways to observe Europe Day this Sunday. 09/05/2021
United Kingdom UK elections: London Mayor Sadiq Khan wins second term Khan's victory will be a boost to the Labour party which has suffered major losses in England's local elections. 09/05/2021
Belgium Belgium and Greece ease lockdown rules for public socialising The two countries have made significant moves towards relaxing coronavirus restrictions as some bars and beaches reopen. 08/05/2021
United Kingdom Pro-independence parties secure majority in Scottish parliament As pro-independence parties retain a majority in the Scottish Parliament, Nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon confirms bid for second attempt to leave United Kingdom 08/05/2021
Europe EU agrees to buy up to 1.8 billion Pfizer vaccine doses The European Commission deal with Pfizer-BioNTech is its biggest vaccine contract so far 08/05/2021
France France charges members of neo-Nazi group over attack plot Three members of a neo-Nazi group were arrested and charged on suspicion of planning an attack against a masonic lodge. 08/05/2021
Europe Barca, Madrid, Juve cling onto Super League, denounce UEFA threats The three hold-out clubs could face sanctions including being banned from the Champions League. 07/05/2021
Europe Red, amber or green? UK fleshes out its traffic light rules for travel The UK has unveiled a small list of countries and territories from which arrivals won't have to quarantine after May 17, including Portugal, Israel and Gibraltar. 07/05/2021
Germany Germany pushes back against COVID-19 patent waiver proposal A government spokesperson said the main issue affecting poor countries' equal access to vaccines was "not patents, but production capacity". 07/05/2021
The Cube London building fire raises fresh anger over flammable cladding Two men were hospitalised after Friday's blaze in Poplar while a further 38 others were treated at the scene. 07/05/2021
brussels bureau Europe's week: Intellectual property waiver & clampdown on China Europe changed its position on intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines and also announced a series of measures aimed at reducing China's influence in Europe. 07/05/2021
