France French teachers strike in Paris over government's response to COVID-19 Teachers complain of working conditions, low pay, and a bungled pandemic response. 26/01/2021
World News Global COVID-19 cases pass 100-million milestone A third of all confirmed cases around the world are in Europe. 26/01/2021
Europe News Hungary bought Russia's COVID-19 vaccine 'because EU was too slow' Hungary's foreign minister has been defending Budapest's move to buy two million doses of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine 26/01/2021
United Kingdom 'Grassroots anti-myth' website aims to bust COVID misinformation "People need to know what these people in the public eye have been saying. And they need to know that these people in the public eye have been really irresponsible ... I hope that the outcome will be more understanding of the reality of COVID," co-founder Sam Bowman told Euronews. 26/01/2021
France COVID vaccine: France returns to 3 weeks between doses Health Minister Oliver Véran said there is "no consensus in the scientific community" that doubling the time between the two doses is risk-free. 26/01/2021
Sweden Swedish chief who resigned over pandemic holiday given new job Weeks after offering his resignation over his controversial holiday to the Canary Islands, Dan Eliasson has been appointed Director-General of the Government Offices in Sweden. 26/01/2021
United Kingdom By hosting the G7, Boris Johnson plans a post-Brexit 'global' Britain Having fully disengaged from the European Union, Britain's prime minister plans to use the G7 summit of advanced economies to promote a different kind of global collaboration 26/01/2021
Europe News MEPs push for workers to have the right to digitally disconnect The surge of remote working during COVID lockdowns has highlighted the importance of being able to digitally disconnect once you've done your hours. 26/01/2021
My Europe Series Should the UK help save French-owned Eurostar from the brink of ruin? The cross-Channel link is on course for bankruptcy by spring if no state bailouts are offered - but disputes over which governments should be doing the bailing out has delayed help. 26/01/2021
Netherlands Dutch police clash with rioters in third night of violence At least 70 people have been arrested amid reports of looting in Rotterdam, as demonstrators take to the streets against a national coronavirus curfew. 25/01/2021
No Comment Britons break out sledges to enjoy snow during national lockdown Britons enjoyed a snow day on Sunday after plummeting temperatures saw swathes of the white stuff fall across the UK. 25/01/2021
United Kingdom Vaccine rollout is about more than just buying jabs, says expert "Many countries have failed to recognise the need to get an entire systems approach to this," said Professor Martin McKee. "It's not just a matter of buying the vaccine, getting it into the country." 25/01/2021
Italy COVID-19: Four further Italian regions reopen their secondary schools Other regions will be holding off at least until the end of January. 25/01/2021
World News Moderna vaccine should work against UK and South Africa COVID variant US biotech firm says its vaccine protects against all emerging strains but is developing the booster for the South Africa one "out of an abundance of caution" 25/01/2021
Europe News EU threatens to block vaccine exports over AstraZeneca delivery delays "In the future, all companies producing vaccines against COVID-19 in the EU will have to provide early notification whenever they want to export vaccines to third countries," the bloc's Health Commissioner said following a call with AstraZeneca. 25/01/2021
Mexico COVID-19: Mexican president Obrador tests positive amid record cases Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who says his symptoms are mild, joins a host of world leaders to have contracted COVID-19. 25/01/2021
France 'Lonely and worried': French students on COVID's mental health toll One student poll in France found 72% had suffered recent psychological distress and more than a third had had depressive symptoms. 25/01/2021
World France's top health adviser says third lockdown 'probably necessary' Professor Jean-Francois Delfraissy has called for swift government action, amid rising concerns about the spread of new variants of the virus. 25/01/2021
Netherlands COVID-19: Dutch police arrest over 150 at violent anti-curfew protests A nighttime curfew running from 21:00 to 04:30 came into force across the Netherlands on Saturday evening. 25/01/2021
No Comment Ultra-Orthadox Jews clash with Israeli police over COVID restrictions The scuffles broke out as police tried to close religious schools that had opened despite coronavirus lockdown rules. 24/01/2021