brussels bureau Brussels wants to cut down EU's dependence on key imports The European Commission has identified 137 products in strategic sectors, like healthcare and high tech, where the EU is highly dependent on imports. 05/05/2021
India India tops 20m coronavirus cases with many more likely undercounted India confirmed more than 20 million coronavirus infections on Tuesday in an official total believed to be a vast undercount. 04/05/2021
brussels bureau EU Commission recommends entry of fully vaccinated non-EU travellers Brussels considers that the latest scientific advice indicates that vaccination "considerably helps to break the transmission chain". 03/05/2021
United Kingdom English study of 17 million finds minorities at higher risk from COVID The largest study of its kind confirmed minority ethnic groups in England had a higher risk of testing positive for coronavirus, as well as hospitalisation, admission to intensive care, and death. 01/05/2021
Hungary Hungary loosens COVID restrictions for those with immunity cards People with government-issued coronavirus immunity cards can now go indoors to restaurants, theatres, cinemas, spas, gyms and other recreational venues. 01/05/2021
Portugal Portugal to reopen border with Spain as coronavirus measures ease Prime minister Antonio Costa announced Portugal would move on to the next step of easing COVID restrictions 48 hours earlier than scheduled. 30/04/2021
Germany Germany puts anti-lockdown activists under surveillance The country's domestic security agency can now monitor people and groups within the so-called 'Querdenker' movement. 28/04/2021
World Indian COVID variant detected in at least seven European nations: ECDC According to data obtained by Euronews from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the B.1.617 variant has been detected in seven European countries. 28/04/2021
Netherlands Dutch King's popularity diminished by COVID controversies, poll finds Over the past 12 months, confidence in King Willem-Alexander has plunged from 76 per cent to 57 per cent. 27/04/2021
Portugal No new COVID deaths in Portugal for just the second time in pandemic Portugal's COVID-19 death toll stood unchanged on Monday at 16,965 after no deaths were reported over the previous 24 hours. 27/04/2021
Brazil Brazilian regulator rejects use of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine "Due to the lack of consistent and reliable data, Anvisa's Board of directors unanimously decided not to recommend the exceptional importation of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine," the watchdog said on Monday. 27/04/2021
Turkey Turkey announces strictest lockdown so far as virus surges The new coronavirus measures will be the strictest implemented in Turkey since the beginning of the pandemic. 26/04/2021
World COVID 'putting millions at risk' of other vaccine-preventable diseases Global vaccine programmes need protection to avoid mass outbreaks of diseases other than COVID-19, the World Health Organization has warned. 26/04/2021
