World News

How loneliness doesn't just affect the elderly but young people too

Charities and local authorities around Europe are offering support as the loneliness of the coronavirus restrictions for some is compounded by the festive period.

24 December 2020

World News

2020: A year in pictures

A selection of the most outstanding photographs which marked 2020's biggest headlines, shown chronologically in the months they happened.

23 December 2020

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Paris court to decide on closure of theatres and cinemas amid pandemic

Theatre professionals protested against the closure of art venues after non-essential shops in France reopened.

21 December 2020

Italy

Italy hasn't decided its Christmas lockdown strategy yet. Why?

The most probable scenario so far is a full-scale lockdown in two separate phases.

18 December 2020

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France eases lockdown but issues curfew from 8:00pm

Police checked drivers in Paris for certificates exempting them from the curfew that started at 8pm Tuesday.

16 December 2020

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France: Thousands protest virus restrictions on cultural sector

Thousands protested in Paris after the government backtracked on reopening theatres and cultural venues.

16 December 2020

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.

16 December 2020

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.

16 December 2020

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.

15 December 2020

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.

15 December 2020

Netherlands

Coronavirus: Netherlands begins imposing tough new five-week lockdown

Schools, nonessential shops, museums and gyms close from Tuesday. PM Mark Rutte's announcement prompted a rush of last-minute shopping.

14 December 2020

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French artist lives in glass cube to highlight lack of 'human contact'

A Marseille-based artist is confining himself for ten days in a four square metre cube visible to passers-by in a new installation entitled "Non essential".

12 December 2020

Greece

Greek political dispute over lockdown escalates

A political dispute in Greece over the behaviour of senior politicians during the country's COVID-19 lockdown has escalated into personal barbs.

8 December 2020

France

Next round of France's COVID-19 easing in doubt as new cases too high

President Emmanuel Macron said last month that restrictions would be lifted on December 15 if new daily cases were no higher than 5,000 but the country's top health official said Monday that "it will be very difficult to achieve this goal."

7 December 2020

Greece

Greek PM denies breaking lockdown rules during weekend bike ride

Mitsotakis, pictured in cyclists' clothing in the photo, was reported to have travelled to Mount Parnitha, 45km north of Athens, on Sunday with his wife.

4 December 2020

Destinations

Manchester: A tier three guide to the UK’s Northern Powerhouse

Lifelong Mancunian and Euronews Travel journalist Sarah Palmer takes us through the very best of the UK’s second city.

4 December 2020

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London's National Gallery reopens as England's lockdown is lifted

As England's second lockdown comes to an end, cultural venues such as the National Gallery have reopened their doors to the public.

2 December 2020

United Kingdom

Johnson suffers large Tory revolt over new COVID-19 restrictions

Alarmed at the impact on an already severely weakened economy, dozens of Tory MPs voted against the new tiered system which was nonetheless passed in parliament.

1 December 2020

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Shops in France allowed to reopen after coronavirus lockdown eased

The easing of strict lockdown measures came in light of a drop in virus infection rates in the country.

28 November 2020

World News

The most striking images from this week's top stories

Protests condemning violence against women, hundreds jailed for life in Turkey, melted scaffolding removed from Notre-Dame, fans mourning Maradona's death - these and other key stories of the week captured by photographers around the world

27 November 2020