Hungary Hungary to ease lockdown despite COVID-19 surge PM Viktor Orban said the country could start reopening after more than a quarter of the population has been inoculated. 06/04/2021
France French ministers accused of dining at secret restaurants amid pandemic A TV documentary accusing government ministers of dining in secret restaurants sparked fury in France as the country entered a new coronavirus lockdown. 05/04/2021
France France mulls new restrictions as intensive care units fill up The situation is particularly worrying in the Paris region, where 1,152 patients were in intensive care on Monday. 15/03/2021
Germany Germany hopes for opening-up by late May Merkel's chief of staff says Germany can return to full normality in the summer if vaccine manufacturers keep to their delivery pledges and no new coronavirus mutation upends vaccination plans. 06/03/2021
France French concern as PM reveals only 1/3 of health workers are vaccinated Only around 30% of French health workers have received a coronavirus vaccine so far. "This is not normal," the government told reporters on Thursday. 04/03/2021
world news What is a zero-COVID strategy and could it be implemented in Europe? Some public health experts and economists say aggressively reducing COVID infections could be the only way out of the crisis. 23/02/2021
United Kingdom Worst year on record for cancer diagnosis in the UK Factors mostly involving the pandemic saw patients too worried to seek treatment, while struggling healthcare services forced further delays and cancellations. 12/02/2021
Ireland Ireland locks down again to stop the new COVID-19 variant in its track The country will go into a full lockdown for a month, Taoiseach Micheal Martin said on Wednesday. This means restrictions will be reviewed again on January 31. 31/12/2020
Lithuania Lithuania deploys police checkpoints to enforce COVID holiday lockdown Hundreds of police checkpoints are being put in place across the Baltic country to try to stop people from travelling over the holiday period. 16/12/2020
Germany Germany's tighter COVID constraints begin after 'lockdown light' fails Germany is closing most stores and schools, and further limiting social contacts after Angela Merkel and 16 state governors agreed to tighten measures to curb rising infections. 16/12/2020
France French culture industry angry as country swaps lockdown for curfew France replaces lockdown with an overnight curfew from Tuesday, except for on Christmas Eve. Theatres, cinemas and museums remain closed. 15/12/2020
Turkey Turkey to bring in the new year with a new COVID-19 lockdown The short lockdown will begin on New Years Eve and last until the morning of January 4, the president has announced. 15/12/2020
France Let them read books: French bookshops protest amid second lockdown The country's prestigious Goncourt book prize will also be delayed in solidarity with France's independent bookshops. 31/10/2020
France More than 700 km of traffic in Paris as second French lockdown begins Paris saw record levels of traffic as people raced to leave and return to the city just before the start of France's second national lockdown. 30/10/2020
The Cube Students left studying their own four walls after university lockdowns This time of year is meant to herald the start of the academic year for university students: new courses, new lectures and new faces. But for many across Europe, the reality is instead the same four walls of their lodgings. 29/09/2020
Good Morning Europe Working class neighbourhoods hit hard by Madrid lockdown The bridge divides the Puente de Vallecas neighbourhood from the rest of Madrid looks like a proper frontier. Passports and visas aren't required, but police stand on both sides to check who comes and who goes. 24/09/2020
United Kingdom Scotland records highest number of new COVID-19 cases in 3 months Scotland will remain in phase three of lockdown easing after the number of confirmed coronavirus cases crept it to their highest number in three months. 20/08/2020
United Kingdom First night out in London after coronavirus shutdown: How did it go? Thousands packed the streets of Soho. 04/07/2020
world news Coronavirus: What's the science behind social bubbles? The "bubble" method is an idea talked about in several countries to slowly start populations socialising while avoiding a second peak of coronavirus - so how does it work? 08/05/2020
Europe News Analysis: Will life really be so different once lockdown is over? Will many more of us work from home? Will cash be scrapped? Will the coronavirus be world-changing? Darren McCaffrey explores. 05/05/2020
Italy COVID-19: Italian hairdressers angry as they remain under lockdown As the month of May and the prospect of fewer restrictions neared, Italian hairdressers and beauticians got ready investing in masks and plexiglass barriers only to be told they can only reopen on June 3. 05/05/2020
United Kingdom Coronavirus: UK town devises a-moo-sing remedy to lockdown loneliness Every evening from 6.30-6.32 pm local time, residents under lockdown in Belper, Devonshire, bellow out in unison, taking part in "The Belper Moo". 15/04/2020
world news How are Europeans coping with coronavirus confinement? Europeans tell us how they are dealing with being stuck at home amid the coronavirus restrictions. 27/03/2020
View Life on coronavirus lockdown with an autistic child ǀ View One in 150 people have an Autism Spectrum Disorder in France and places in specialised schools are hard to get so for some parents, the lockdown and home-schooling is just "our normal". 21/03/2020
France #WeApplaud: Hashtag launched to show solidarity to health workers Numerous hashtags have been launched including #OnApplaudit and #TousAlaFenêtre, calling on people across France to take to their windows on the first night of the shutdown to applaud healthcare workers. 17/03/2020
