Czech Republic Huge hangover as Czech beer sector's revenues drop €179m amid pandemic The Czech beer industry weathered communism and Nazi occupation with scarcely a dent during the last century – but it may prove less bulletproof in the wake of COVID 19 impacts, according to brewers. 31/07/2020
USA Amazon's satellite constellation plan to boost internet reach approved The company plans to create a 3,200-strong satellite constellation to deliver internet to underserved communities. It will compete with Elon Musk's Starlink. 31/07/2020
World COVID-19: Euro area economy suffers record drop of 12.1% Eurostat also expects Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the whole European Union to have fallen by 11.9 per cent between April and June. 31/07/2020
World Global air traffic won't recover from COVID-19 until 2024, says IATA International traffic shrank by 96.8 per cent in June compared with the same month last year. 28/07/2020
Ireland Ryanair shares fall after €185m loss and 99% drop in traffic The European budget airline says the last quarter was the 'most challenging' in its history as travel restrictions and lockdowns brought bookings to a halt. 27/07/2020
World Which companies in Europe are cutting jobs because of COVID-19? About 397,000 people in the European Union lost their jobs in April, according to data from the EU's stats agency, 24/07/2020
brussels bureau EU still have work to do on 5G security ahead of European rollout In the Commission's report it stated that progress was urgently needed to 'mitigate the risk of dependency on high-risk suppliers'. 24/07/2020
Belgium Slack files EU competition complaint against Microsoft The workplace messaging service has accused Microsoft of the "illegal and anti-competitive practice of abusing its market dominance". 22/07/2020
France SNCF's "train of the future" to be in service by Paris 2024 Olympics Eco-friendly, modern and innovative, the first of France's next generation of high-speed trains will roll off the production line by the end of 2023. 17/07/2020
United Kingdom British Airways retires entire Boeing 747 fleet "It is unlikely our magnificent 'queen of the skies' will ever operate commercial services for British Airways again due to the downturn in travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic," the carrier said in a statement. 17/07/2020
USA Twitter hack: Obama, Biden and Gates accounts targeted in Bitcoin scam The incursion appears to be centred around a cryptocurrency scam. The tweets, which were fake, offered to send people $2,000 for every $1,000 they sent to a bitcoin address. 15/07/2020
brussels bureau 'It's a disaster': Brussels shops struggling for post-lockdown trade The Coronavirus plunged stores into uncertainty and despite reopening, many haven't been able to bring their staff back on board. 15/07/2020
brussels bureau EU plans tax overhaul to shore up post-lockdown economy It came as Brussels suffered a setback when a court rejected a European Commission demand that Apple should pay €13 billion in Irish back taxes. 15/07/2020
real economy European Union revamps Europass to get people working Covid-19 has disproportionately affected young and seasonal workers. The EU has recently revamped Europass, a tool that can help people in their search for work 15/07/2020
world news Apple and Ireland win appeal against €13 billion EU tax demand The ruling comes as a defeat to Margrethe Vestager made tax crackdowns a key feature of her tenure as the competition commissioner. 15/07/2020
United Kingdom Leicester lockdown unveils the truth about its fast fashion industry Fast fashion and a lockdown boom in online shopping have exacerbated poor working conditions in Leicester and could have helped fuel a local spike in COVID-19 cases. 12/07/2020
Business Angola Innovative measures in Angola help protect country's economy In this week's Business Angola, Euronews' Serge Rombi finds out how Angola has managed to protect its economy during the coronavirus health pandemic. 08/07/2020
