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United Kingdom

Man dies from overdose as thousands attend illegal raves in UK

Manchester police said the events - attended by up to 4,000 people - had "tragic consequences" with one death, three stabbings and an allegation of rape.

14/06/2020

United Kingdom

London police arrest more than 100 in far-right protest

Far-right protesters scuffled with police in central London, as hundreds gathered to demonstrate despite strict police restrictions and warnings to stay home to contain the spread of coronavirus.

13/06/2020

World

Two black parents on how they are preparing their children for racism

“My son is four. We’ve started having conversations.” Preparing his child for racism is a central part of Marvyn Harrison's parenting.

12/06/2020

Living

Plastic-free pints are the socially distanced future of beer

A campaign has been launched to help tackle the rise of single-use cups from takeaway pints.

12/06/2020

My Europe Series

Europe's week: Brexit is back, free lunches and transatlantic troubles

A look at the key issues exercising minds in Brussels this week.

12/06/2020

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: UK economy suffers record 20.4% contraction

This drop is almost ten times larger "than the steepest pre-COVID-19 fall". Wholesale, retail and motor trades were the worst-affected sectors.

12/06/2020

Sweden

Analysis: Is fragile support for Sweden's COVID-19 plan fracturing?

The number of respondents who said they had “very or quite high confidence” in the government’s ability to handle COVID-19 plummeted from 63% in April to 45% in June.

11/06/2020

World News

Brexit: France revives spectre of no-deal as EU-UK trade talks stall

The clock is ticking, says France, while the EU's Michel Barnier warns the UK will have to play by some of its rules if it wants a trade deal: "It cannot have the best of both worlds."

11/06/2020

World News

Watch: Statues under attack as Europe confronts colonial past

'The ghost of the past, the colonial past, is still haunting these spaces,' said one historian, speaking of the controversial statues under attack in parts of Europe.

10/06/2020

United Kingdom

How COVID-19 is hitting smaller English football clubs hardest

With football currently shut down and no money coming in from gate receipts, there are fears that scores of clubs could go out of business due to expensive wage bills and outstanding transfer payments.

05/06/2020

Europe News

Post-Brexit deadlock: Four areas threatening to derail EU-UK talks

Both EU and UK chief negotiators report little progress at the end of the fourth round of negotiations on the future relationship.

05/06/2020

United Kingdom

UK records more new COVID-19 deaths than entire EU combined

UK authorities reported 359 COVID-19 deaths, while the EU27 member states together recorded 311 fatalities.

04/06/2020

World News

Euroviews. COVID-19 lockdowns have shown all workers need a new right to disconnect from work at home ǀ View

Before the outbreak, just one in 10 people worked from home every day. But new research has found that almost 40% of EU citizens started working from home during confinement.

01/06/2020

World News

Barnier points finger at UK ahead of new round of Brexit talks

Michel Barnier said the UK had to respect "to the letter" the commitments it originally made as talks resume on Tuesday under no apparent sign of progress. Meanwhile, the UK has ruled out any extension of the Brexit transition period.

31/05/2020

World News

Euroviews. COVID-19 is teaching investors a thing or two about how important an opportunity “edtech” is ǀ View

Across Europe, there are over 20 million students in tertiary education. Every single student has suffered due to the lack of digital infrastructure in place to allow remote learning, negatively impacting their learning opportunities which could impact future generations.

29/05/2020

United Kingdom

UK to open 'path to citizenship' for Hong Kong's UK passport holders

An estimated 300,000 Hong Kong residents were granted British Nationals (overseas) passports before the territory was handed back to China in 1997.

29/05/2020

United Kingdom

UK PM Boris Johnson announces further easing of lockdown

UK lockdown to ease from Monday allowing groups of up to six to meet outside, says PM Boris Johnson

28/05/2020

United Kingdom

England launches COVID-19 test-and-trace scheme

It comes ahead of schedule but weeks after similar test-and-trace schemes were introduced in Germany and France.

28/05/2020

United Kingdom

Could UK's migration stance leave nation short of essential workers?

"We’re not bringing them in because they are cheaper, we’re bringing them in because there aren’t people in this country that want to do this work," says care manager.

28/05/2020

Hungary

Euroviews. Zoltán Kovács: Hungary’s criticised Coronavirus Protection Act has saved thousands of lives ǀ View

The virus is still with us, of course, and the fight goes on. But as we look back over the last several difficult weeks, we recall how critics claimed that this law hailed the end of democracy in our country. In fact, more Hungarians are alive today because of it.

26/05/2020