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Bollywood braces for huge losses amid coronavirus lockdown

Expensive, elaborate movie sets lie deserted and the filming of dozens of daily TV shows and web series are suspended.

Germany

'We are constantly exposed': Could doctors be spreading COVID-19?

Germany has been spared the death toll of its European neighbours - but for how long?

USA

US passes $2 trillion relief package to counter coronavirus effects

The US White House and Congress agreed on an aid package to help businesses, workers, and the health care system during the coronavirus pandemic.

Spain

Watch: Health workers clapped across the world for coronavirus courage

Daily rounds of applause can be heard in a number of cities for health workers who are on the frontline of the fight against coronavirus

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Italy

Non-stop work and no protection: Bergamo's funeral houses say 'enough'

Before coronavirus broke out, there were around 115 funerals per month. So far in March there has been more than 800.

Ireland

Thinking outside the box: Boy plays on despite COVID-19 confinement

His ingenious way of playing football alone amid the coronavirus restrictions has drawn praise from David de Gea and Peter Schmeichel. This Dublin boy has impressed some of the biggest stars with his skills.

Europe News

New chapter as Brussels bookstore adapts to coronavirus lockdown

Bookstores are one of the exceptions amid Belgium's shop shutdown.

World News

Are you on the frontline of the coronavirus crisis? Get in touch

Call for contributions: help us tell the stories of people on the frontline of the coronavirus crisis.

World News

Euroviews. Love in the time of coronavirus: why our lives in crisis should foster empathy for refugees ǀ View

At present, being in exile from my homeland of Canada (which has virtually shut its borders), feeling cut off from my loved ones overseas, gripped by anxiety for their well-being as well as my own, I have a new and visceral appreciation for the experiences of people caught up in catastrophes.

Spain

Elderly found 'dead and abandoned' in Spanish nursing homes

The grim discoveries were made by the Spanish military as they disinfected nursing homes amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

World News

Euroviews. Globalisation is no longer business as usual. Coronavirus has changed how the world works ǀ View

This virus has created mayhem the world over, threatening to topple globalisation itself, the organising system of free markets, free trade, free financial flows and free movement of people that has been dominating the planet since the end of the Cold War.

France

Saxophonist Manu Dibango dies in France of COVID-19

The celebrated saxophonist died in a hospital in Paris.

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson announces tighter UK lockdown

The British prime minister speaks to the nation amid reports the UK is to tighten rules on social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Italy

'I'll catch you!': Italian mayors lose patience with lockdown dodgers

Many people in Italy have not been heeding the instructions to stay indoors as the country battles #coronavirus - now a number of mayors of Italian towns and cities are taking matters into their own hands

World News

COVID-19: Authorities across Europe warn of coronavirus-related scams

In the UK, it's mainly face masks and hand sanitisers that are ordered but don't turn up.

World News

'Insensitive & arrogant': Crowds ignore social distancing pleas

Some people are still heading to popular tourist locations despite calls for social distancing.

World News

Coronavirus treatment: Clinical drug trials to test chloroquine

Many have talked up the antimalarial drug chloroquine and its potential for treating COVID-19. As Europe begins clinical trials of the drug, is it just hype?

Iran

Euroviews. Punishing sanctions against Iran are turning the coronavirus pandemic into a massacre ǀ View

Hundreds of lives have been lost because of the sanctions that not only mean it is often impossible to get basic medicines but that a Coronavirus app, launched by the Iranian government to assist vulnerable citizens, was recently pulled by Google from its app store.

Russia

Does Russia have really coronavirus under control?

Vladimir Putin says timely measures helped avoid a coronavirus epidemic. Is he right?

Italy

COVID-19: Lombardy bans outdoor exercise in tougher lockdown rules

Lombardy authorities have issued the clearest measures yet to close loopholes being leveraged to circumvent bans on movement.