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Spain launches minimum income scheme for its most vulnerable families

A quarter of a million Spanish households received their first support payment of up to €700 on Friday

Denmark

'He's very patient': Denmark PM postpones her wedding for a third time

"I have to do my job and protect Denmark's interest," Mette Frederiksen wrote on Facebook, praising her "amazing man" for being patient.

Europe News

The 11 countries where WHO Europe says COVID-19 is on the rise

Which 11 countries in WHO's European region have seen their COVID-19 outbreaks accelerate in recent weeks?

USA

COVID-19 cases in US may be at least 20 million, CDC says

US health officials said the true number of infections could be 10 times higher than what is officially reported.

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COVID-19 threatens increase in global drug use, UN report warns

The coronavirus pandemic could lead to an increase in drug use and trafficking, as well as heightened risks for narcotic users, a UN report warned on Thursday.

World News

COVID-19: 'Significant resurgence' observed in Europe, warns WHO

Thirty European countries have seen increases in new cumulative COVID-19 case over the past two weeks, WHO Europe said on Thursday.

World News

COVID-19 recession: How the euro area will be affected

To survive this crisis, the Eurogroup may have to throw away the old rule book.

United Kingdom

Surge in plastic waste as people discard PPE used to ward off Covid-19

Campaigners say beaches and seas across southern England are becoming littered with discarded medical equipment used to protect against coronavirus.

Euronews Debates

Euronews Debates: COVID-19 'unknown' hangs over tourism, say experts

The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a devastating blow to European and international travel, including aviation. Now, as the travel industry re-starts its engines, what challenges does it face in getting travellers on the move again?

World News

What is Remdesivir, the drug being considered for COVID-19 treatment?

It has been used to treat Ebola, SARS and MERS.

Spain

Emotions overflow as loved ones reunited through plastic

Elderly family members meet each other for the first time in months in a Spanish nursing home

Germany

Lufhansa's bailout: Majority shareholder gives green light

It came before Lufthansa's shareholder annual meeting on Thursday. The German government is planning to take 20% of the company to save it from the coronavirus crisis.

Croatia

Coronavirus: Croatia orders new 14-day quarantine for Balkan arrivals

Travellers from Serbia, Bosnia, North Macedonia and Kosovo will have to self-isolate upon arrival in the country.

Germany

Are slaughterhouses turning into coronavirus factories?

Health experts say it's not just the working conditions inside meatpacking plants that can increase the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks: in Germany, many of the industry's workers are migrants living in cramped communal housing.

United Kingdom

Swissport to cut over 4,000 jobs in UK and Ireland due to COVID-19

Swissport Western Europe, which operates at London airports Heathrow and Gatwick, said in a statement that it had to reduce its staff size to survive the coronavirus crisis.

World News

Analysis: Can Europeans be trusted to follow the post-lockdown rules?

The question comes after a makeshift rave in Brussels raised eyebrows in Belgium.

World News

Europeans 'radically' reassessing view on world order due to COVID-19

A majority of Europeans is in favour of more EU cooperation to tackle the pandemic and other issues of global significance but "this is a Europe of necessity rather than of choice," new research has found.

World

Italy care home negligence probe: 18 bodies ordered to be exhumed

Prosecutors are investigating how Italy’s care homes handled the coronavirus crisis, just as new clusters of infection break out across the country.

World News

How COVID-19 face masks are fuelling creativity

While face masks have been mandatory in some parts of the world to combat the spread of coronavirus, people are using them to be creative as well as keep safe.

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COVID-19: EU considers plan to bar US travellers when borders reopen

European Union officials are drawing up lists detailing which countries whose travellers the bloc could allow in -- and those who will still be refused entry -- when the EU's external borders are reopened on July 1.