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Coronavirus: Raab admits UK must 'strive harder' over PPE supplies

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, standing in for Boris Johnson, rejects opposition claims that the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic has been too slow.

Europe News

Meet the MEP offering psychological support online during lockdown

A Greek MEP is offering his psychiatric services for free amid the coronavirus lockdown

Netherlands

Dutch primary schools to reopen in easing of COVID-19 restrictions

Primary schools in the Netherlands will open part time on May 11 but bars and restaurants will not open until after May 19.

World News

Analysis: Is Sweden right in its handling of COVID-19?

Risky, reckless, an outlier... Sweden has been at the centre of much debate over the past few weeks. Our Political Editor, Darren McCaffrey, asks "Why has it not ruthlessly pursued lockdown like everyone else? Is it doing the right thing?"

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United Kingdom

Coronavirus: 'UK to begin testing vaccine on humans this week'

The UK's health minister Matt Hancock said human trials for a COVID-19 vaccine would begin this week.

Spain

'We all sink or all float': Spain wants EU to back €1.5tn virus fund

"In this crisis, either we all sink or we all float. Spain wants everybody to float, for sure," Spain's foreign affairs minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya told Euronews.

Andorra

Orderly Andorra has an unusual system for easing lockdown restrictions

Confinement is being eased in tiny Andorra, but there are plenty of caveats.

Living

10 hacks to make your food last longer during self-isolation

From batch cooking to store cupboard staples, what's the best way to use up food during the COVID-19 lockdown?

United Kingdom

Are coronavirus lockdowns encouraging online gambling?

Addiction specialists are worried that more people in the UK are placing bets while under lockdown, amid a surge in advertising for online gambling.

World News

Euroviews. COVID-19 is the catalyst we need to fight nationalism – by uniting us all to solve the crisis ǀ View

As a global problem encompassing oceans and continents, the idea that a pandemic is considered to be a country-specific problem is one of the most short-sighted considerations that world leaders have drawn.

World News

Coronavirus could make rising global hunger worse, warns new report

More than 130 million people worldwide suffered from acute food insecurity last year. COVID-19 could push that number higher, a new report has warned.

Europe News

Coronavirus: climate change hasn't disappeared with the pandemic

Brussels insists the Green Deal must remain a pivotal policy, as EU leaders barter over how the finance the economic recovery.

Greece

Euroviews. Using empty Greek hotels to host refugees threatened by COVID-19 is a win-win scenario ǀ View

While the first attempt to use empty hotels for quarantining a thousand of the most vulnerable migrants on the Greek islands has just been announced by the European Commission, more remains to be done.

Belarus

'He's playing with fire': Division and derision as Belarus carries on

“Lukashenko is a complete idiot," said Alexander. "He is playing with fire and puts the lives of thousands of Belarusians in danger.”

France

Watch again: Health experts answer your coronavirus questions

We put your burning COVID-19 questions to two experts. Here's what they had to say.

Germany

Nein bitter: Oktoberfest beer extravaganza scrapped amid coronavirus

This year’s Oktoberfest has been cancelled. The risk was “simply too great” in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, according to Bavaria’s top politician.

Europe News

'The difficulties of one state becomes the difficulties of them all'

12m full-time jobs could be lost in Europe because of this crisis - so what's the next move?

Italy

Bookstores reopen in Italy, providing a glimpse of the new normal

Some book stores opened again in Italy this week following two months of lockdown - but there are still strict measures in place to prevent the spreading of coronavirus

France

Coronavirus: Infections in France too low 'to avoid second wave'

The Institut Pasteur estimated that 3.7 million people — 5.7% of the population — will have been infected with COVID-19 by May 11 but that 70% is needed for herd immunity.

World News

Find out why it could be a bumper year for baby birds in Europe

The nesting season has gathered pace and birds stand to benefit most from the quieter parks and streets during the COVID-19 lockdown. Euronews spoke to an ornithologist based in Somerset, UK.