Disrupted Jean-Marc Ollagnier says “there are opportunities that we have to shape, understand and capture”
Netherlands Explosion damages COVID-19 testing centre in the Netherlands In January, a COVID-19 testing centre in the town of Urk was set on fire by rioters opposed to the country's lockdown. 03/03/2021
USA €400,000 15th century Chinese artifact bought for €30 at US yard sale The piece, one of only seven such bowls known to exist in the world, will be up for auction in New York on March 17 as part of Sotheby’s Auction of Important Chinese Art. 03/03/2021
Japan Japanese billionaire seeks eight creatives for paid-for moon flight Yusaku Maezawa and his guests could become the first lunar voyagers since the last Apollo mission in 1972. 03/03/2021
USA Alexei Navalny: US sanctions Russian officials over nerve-agent attack Washington targeted seven mid-level and senior Russian officials along with more than a dozen government entities. 03/03/2021
France Sahara dust and traffic lead to air pollution alerts in France Parts of France are experiencing high levels of air pollution amid a storm bringing dust from the Sahara Desert over to the country. 02/03/2021
Italy Coronavirus: Italian government shuts all schools in high risk areas Secondary schools were already closed due to the spread of the virus, but now all schools in so-called red zones will be shut. 02/03/2021
Austria Austria and Denmark to develop next generation vaccines with Israel The initiative comes amid growing frustration over delays in the EU's vaccine rollout. 02/03/2021
USA Fifteen dead after SUV carrying 27 people crashes in California Hospital officials believe there were 27 people in an SUV that struck a tractor-trailer in the agricultural southeastern corner of California. 02/03/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia sends vaccines to neighbour Bosnia, amid row over COVAX delays The COVAX scheme has delivered millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine to African countries this week, but officials have admitted the scheme has gone slower than expected in certain areas. 02/03/2021
World Will COVID-19 spark reform of the EU's borderless Schengen Area? Euronews looks at recent border restrictions prompted by coronavirus variants and what they mean for the future of free movement in Europe. 02/03/2021
Poland Poland clears LGBT activists of putting rainbow on Roman Catholic icon "This is a triumph for the LGBT+ resistance movement in the most homophobic country of the European Union,'' the Love Does Not Exclude group said. 02/03/2021
Portugal Second Lisbon airport to be reconsidered amid environmental concerns Portugal’s aviation regulator ANAC has rejected a request for prior appraisal of the construction of a second airport in the capitol. 02/03/2021
Sweden Egyptians rejected asylum in Sweden and fearing persecution back home A number of Egyptian asylum seekers - some facing life imprisonment in Egypt - are making a last-ditch attempt to avoid deportation following decisions made by Sweden’s asylum agency. 02/03/2021
Romania Romania's ex-minister sentenced for corruption and money-laundering Elena Udrea, a former Romanian tourism minister, and Ioana Basescu, daughter of the former president, received prison sentences for money laundering. 02/03/2021
Russia Mikhail Gorbachev, last Soviet leader, turns 90 in quarantine Gorbachev, who is widely credited with ending the Cold War, was very popular in the West, but a much more polarising figure within Russia. 02/03/2021
Good Morning Europe Europe's most active volcano erupts seven times in two weeks Living near the volcano is no easy task for locals, as they have to clear huge amounts of ash from the streets, and sometimes even run for cover. 02/03/2021
World COVID-19: 'Unrealistic' for pandemic to be over by year-end, says WHO "Right now the virus is very much in control," the WHO's head of emergencies programme stressed on Monday. 02/03/2021
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