World News Euroviews. Globalisation is no longer business as usual. Coronavirus has changed how the world works ǀ View This virus has created mayhem the world over, threatening to topple globalisation itself, the organising system of free markets, free trade, free financial flows and free movement of people that has been dominating the planet since the end of the Cold War. 24/03/2020
France Saxophonist Manu Dibango dies in France of COVID-19 The celebrated saxophonist died in a hospital in Paris. 24/03/2020
United Kingdom Coronavirus: Boris Johnson announces tighter UK lockdown The British prime minister speaks to the nation amid reports the UK is to tighten rules on social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 23/03/2020
Italy 'I'll catch you!': Italian mayors lose patience with lockdown dodgers Many people in Italy have not been heeding the instructions to stay indoors as the country battles #coronavirus - now a number of mayors of Italian towns and cities are taking matters into their own hands 23/03/2020
World News COVID-19: Authorities across Europe warn of coronavirus-related scams In the UK, it's mainly face masks and hand sanitisers that are ordered but don't turn up. 23/03/2020
World News 'Insensitive & arrogant': Crowds ignore social distancing pleas Some people are still heading to popular tourist locations despite calls for social distancing. 23/03/2020
World News Coronavirus treatment: Clinical drug trials to test chloroquine Many have talked up the antimalarial drug chloroquine and its potential for treating COVID-19. As Europe begins clinical trials of the drug, is it just hype? 23/03/2020
Iran Euroviews. Punishing sanctions against Iran are turning the coronavirus pandemic into a massacre ǀ View Hundreds of lives have been lost because of the sanctions that not only mean it is often impossible to get basic medicines but that a Coronavirus app, launched by the Iranian government to assist vulnerable citizens, was recently pulled by Google from its app store. 23/03/2020
Russia Does Russia have really coronavirus under control? Vladimir Putin says timely measures helped avoid a coronavirus epidemic. Is he right? 23/03/2020
Italy COVID-19: Lombardy bans outdoor exercise in tougher lockdown rules Lombardy authorities have issued the clearest measures yet to close loopholes being leveraged to circumvent bans on movement. 22/03/2020
World News Italy announces 651 more COVID-19 deaths and almost 4,000 new cases Over the past 24 hours, another 651 people have died from the COVID-19 coronavirus in Italy, yet the authorities say there is a glimmer of hope. 22/03/2020
World News COVID-19: Spain extends state of emergency until 11 April The Spanish lockdown is extended for another 15 days, Spain's PM Pedro Sanchez announced on Sunday. 22/03/2020
World News Coronavirus: unique ways to maintain social distancing during outbreak As the new coronavirus continues to spread and countries go into lockdown people are getting creative with methods to stay apart. 22/03/2020
World News Coronavirus crisis sparks race for inventive solutions The coronavirus oubreak has led to a race across Europe to find fast-track solutions. 21/03/2020
Italy Italy's COVID-19 death toll likely to be higher than official numbers The mayor of Bergamo in northern Italy claims the true number of victims of COVID-19 is likely to be much higher than the official figure. 21/03/2020
Hungary Euroviews. Hungarians should be rising to the challenge of the coronavirus outbreak in spite of Orbán ǀ View The Orbán government's response to the coronavirus outbreak is not surprising given its track record over the last decade. But now is the time for Hungarians to seize the moment and take matters into their own hands. 21/03/2020
Europe News 'EU countries want us to take a stronger role' - Commission faces test of unity amid corona crisis European Commissioner Ylva Johansson says there are problems to be solved in how the EU deals with with the crisis as a unit, but that member states are willing to work together, despite several countries taking unilateral decisions in previous days. 21/03/2020
World What will be the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? The World Economic Forum has been collating expert opinion on the impact of the coronavirus crisis. 21/03/2020
USA Euroviews. This high-tech way to try to slow the coronavirus spread has low-tech problems ǀ View As federal, state and local governments increasingly contemplate big tech and mass surveillance as a tool to combat the spread of the deadly virus, we must guard against surveillance opportunists who will endanger public health and the health of our democracy. 21/03/2020
France Euroviews. Life on coronavirus lockdown with an autistic child ǀ View One in 150 people have an Autism Spectrum Disorder in France and places in specialised schools are hard to get so for some parents, the lockdown and home-schooling is just "our normal". 21/03/2020