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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.

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.

Russia

Oliver Stone says he has taken Russia's COVID-19 vaccine

The US movie director told Russian state TV that he had received the first of two jabs of the Sputnik V vaccine.

United Kingdom

Johnson in call for 'smaller' Christmas but eased restrictions to stay

The planned relaxtion of coronavirus restrictions over Christmas in the UK contrasts with measures being taken by other European nations, such as Germany, the Netherlands and Lithuania, which have announced sweeping new restrictions for the holidays.

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Sweden

Sweden's health officials 'misjudged' second wave of COVID-19

Sweden has stood out for its approach to the pandemic, for a long time not mandating lockdowns and instead relying on citizens’ sense of civic duty.

World News

How are European countries planning to vaccinate their citizens?

Europe is racing to vaccinate its citizens but the UN has warned damage from the coronavirus pandemic will last for years, vaccine or no vaccine.

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.

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.

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Pristina's festive lights get the cold shoulder amid COVID curfew

Health authorities have imposed an overnight curfew from 7 pm to 5 am in a bid to lower the number of COVID-19 cases

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Wuhan river swimmers happy to be back after virus lockdown

Wuhan was where the first cases of COVID-19 were detected at the turn of the new year.

United Kingdom

'New COVID variant' spreading rapidly in southeast England

Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirms over 1,000 cases of 'new mutation' has caused a faster spread of coronavirus in southeast England, as tighter restrictions are announced in London

France

COVID-19: Parts of France launch mass testing ahead of deconfinement

Areas of France have launched mass COVID-19 testing campaigns in a new attempt to try to curb the pandemic before a relaxation of measures incoming ahead of the holidays.

Italy

Italy surpasses UK to record worst coronavirus death toll in Europe

While the way coronavirus deaths are recorded in both countries differs, Italy has now overtaken the UK as the worst hit country in Europe, according to the latest figures released on Sunday.

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Santas gather in Pristina to raise money for those hit by pandemic

People in Kosovo gathered in central Pristina to hold the annual Santa Claus mini-marathon and raise money to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Poland

Poland: Protesters march to PiS leader's home on 1981 anniversary

As well as women protesting the country's high court ruling restricting abortion, farmers and entrepreneurs also vented their anger at the PiS government on Sunday's march.

United Kingdom

One in three people in UK exposed to COVID-19 anti-vaccine messages

A new survey by Ipsos MORI and King's College London found that one in three people in the UK have been exposed to an anti-vaccine message.

Albania

Fresh clashes in Tirana over death of man shot by police during curfew

The clashes are becoming a flashpoint between the Socialist government and the centre-right opposition party who have demanded the prime minister's resignation.

South Korea

South Korea reports biggest daily jump in COVID-19 cases

South Korea reported its biggest daily jump in COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

Europe News

European leaders inch closer towards sanctions on Turkey

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has welcomed the move.

Germany

Germany pondering new lockdown amid spike in COVID-19 cases and deaths

Bavarian Minister-President Markus Soeder called for the country to be "shut down" for the next few weeks.