Italian fashion turns to face masks to fight coronavirus pandemicIncreasing number of European countries making public wearing of masks compulsoryWed Apr 01 2020 - 12:21
European states urged to open borders to workers to ensure food supplyEuropean Commission president appeals to EU member countries to ease restrictionsTue Mar 31 2020 - 19:54
Fierce backlash to Dutch hard line on eurobondsPortugese PM describes Dutch finance minister’s dismissal of eurobonds as ‘repugnant’Tue Mar 31 2020 - 18:38
Van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum closed by coronavirusDutch master’s 1884 work Spring Garden taken from museum near AmsterdamMon Mar 30 2020 - 16:24
Twitter bans Web Summit ad promoting Chinese government statementPost violated social media platorms’s ban on promoted political contentMon Mar 30 2020 - 16:16
Faults in China-supplied coronavirus equipment reported in EuropeNetherlands recalls hundreds of thousands of face masks after Spain returned testing kitsMon Mar 30 2020 - 09:06
Coronavirus: Oxygen equipment meant for Ireland held back by ItalySupplier cites recent Italian law that domestic need take precedence over exportsSat Mar 28 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: Italy records highest daily death tollAuthorities warn country yet to reach outbreak peak as Spain reports surge in deathsFri Mar 27 2020 - 21:17
Euro zone leaders fail to agree on how countries finance new crisis borrowingWorld leaders wrestle to contain pandemic’s economic falloutThu Mar 26 2020 - 21:49
Coronavirus: Criminals exploit medical supplies shortage with theft and fraudDutch police arrest two after attempt to defraud hospitals while Interpol warns of fake shops and websitesThu Mar 26 2020 - 13:42
Coronavirus: Ireland could be quickly overwhelmed by new cases, report warnsEU warning comes as two more patients with Covid-19 die, and 235 new cases reportedThu Mar 26 2020 - 01:15
Moving food and medicine: The view from a truck driver’s seatFreight truckers are increasingly the only people who can travel across EuropeWed Mar 25 2020 - 20:00
Coronavirus: Austerity era ends as EU suspends budget rulesFinance ministers agree to suspend restrictions on borrowing and spending to deal with Covid-19Mon Mar 23 2020 - 17:56
Covid-19: United Nations warn of worldwide economic slumpIn Italy death toll rises 627 over 24 hours while virus fatalities crest 1,000 in SpainFri Mar 20 2020 - 20:58
EU faces a huge challenge just as states cannot meet to co-ordinate a reactionCovid-19 threatens to undermine the very foundations of the EU – freedom of movement and free movement of goodsFri Mar 20 2020 - 20:20
Coronavirus: EU negotiator Michel Barnier tests positiveEU chief Brexit negotiator tweets that he is ‘doing well and in good spirits’Thu Mar 19 2020 - 11:07
EU sets out proposals for close UK ties after Brexit talksDocument on future EU-UK relationship crosses several British red linesWed Mar 18 2020 - 20:44
Italians look at aid from China and a series of slights from the EUEurope Letter: Italian ambassador to the EU sees the crisis as a test of the union’s cohesiveness and solidarityWed Mar 18 2020 - 19:07
EU internal market under pressure as Covid-19 shuts bordersFree trade and movement between member states hampered by closures and traffic jamsTue Mar 17 2020 - 21:40
EU-UK talks on Brexit process postponed due to coronavirusSides examining possibility of negotiating via video-conferencing or conference callsTue Mar 17 2020 - 18:53
Coronavirus: 54 new cases confirmed in Ireland, 15,000 forecast by end of MarchRise in cases cannot be stopped’ as restrictions set to be extended beyond March 29thMon Mar 16 2020 - 23:01
Coronavirus closes borders as France shuts downEuropean countries close borders to each other and rest of world as Macron declares total lockdownMon Mar 16 2020 - 21:51
Coronavirus: Dutch adopt controversial ‘herd immunity’ strategyPrime minister Mark Rutte says ‘large part’ of population will be infectedMon Mar 16 2020 - 21:21
EU leaders to discuss travel ban in bid to combat coronavirusBan on all non-essential travel into bloc proposed by European CommissionMon Mar 16 2020 - 17:51
Europe shuts down as Italy records highest daily coronavirus death tollFrance, Spain and Netherlands shut down all but essential servicesMon Mar 16 2020 - 02:00
Coronavirus: Italy resists disaster with cultural pursuits‘From the point of view of solidarity, beautiful things are happening ... I feel proud to be Italian’Sun Mar 15 2020 - 20:00
Other countries may see Covid-19 outbreaks like Italy’s, EU body warnsShutdowns to fight pandemic as disease control centre warns outbreaks may worsenThu Mar 12 2020 - 20:23
I had coronavirus: here’s what you should knowBest reads of 2020: Follow quarantine instructions and avoid hospitals unless absolutely necessaryThu Mar 12 2020 - 20:00
Brexit: Next week’s London talks called off due to coronavirusNegotiators say they are looking for alternative ways to continue discussionsThu Mar 12 2020 - 18:36
The lessons of Italy’s coronavirus crisisEurope Letter: Other countries urged to act promptly and communicate clearlyWed Mar 11 2020 - 20:00
Italy’s streets empty in historic lockdown to halt spread of coronavirusCitizens’ movements severely curtailed as cases exceed 10,000 and economy stallsTue Mar 10 2020 - 23:23
How Dutch false sense of security helped coronavirus spreadFlawed advice that only those with symptoms can spread virus contributes to slow responseTue Mar 10 2020 - 18:15
Evidence emerges people without symptoms can spread coronavirusEU disease prevention agency to tighten advice on coronavirus transmissionMon Mar 09 2020 - 21:56
EU chiefs hold ‘different opinions’ on migration deal with TurkeyTurkish president seeking to secure more support in Syrian war and migration crisisMon Mar 09 2020 - 21:20
Coronavirus: Some Irish embassies cancel St Patrick’s Day receptionsNational Maternity Hospital annouces visitor restriction in effort to curb spread of Covid-19Sat Mar 07 2020 - 11:03
Coronavirus Ireland: Five new cases confirmed in RepublicNumber of cases rises to four in the North; hospitals impose visiting restrictionsFri Mar 06 2020 - 21:00
Harris: Coronavirus containment may not be possible indefinitelyHealth minister says he expects to see ‘many, many more cases in Ireland’Fri Mar 06 2020 - 18:33
EU and Britain say deal looks difficult after first round of talksAgreement possible but there are ‘very serious divergences’, says EU negotiator BarnierThu Mar 05 2020 - 19:37
Migrants used as pawns as EU takes a hard lineEurope Letter: Greek-Turkish border crisis couched in talk of ‘shields’ and ‘protection’Wed Mar 04 2020 - 20:44
Greta Thunberg accuses EU of ‘surrender’ as it unveils climate lawTarget of legally binding net zero emissions by 2050 ‘means giving up’, says activistWed Mar 04 2020 - 19:58
EU court backs Google in Hungary tax challengeInternet giant had challenged fines imposed for non-payment of a national tax on advertisingTue Mar 03 2020 - 09:52
Brexit negotiating teams convene for round one of trade talksUK targets free-trade deal with EU but bloc sticks on close alignment to rules, standardsMon Mar 02 2020 - 21:32
EU authorities raise coronavirus risk level to ‘moderate to high’Dedicated European task force announced as Italy plans €3.6 billion business aid packageMon Mar 02 2020 - 16:41
Child (5) dies as boat carrying migrants capsizes off LesbosOpen border sees Greece struggle with thousands of migrantsMon Mar 02 2020 - 12:52
Migrants mass on Turkish-Greek border to try to enter EUAnkara reneging on deal to restrict movement towards EU in wake of Syrian air strikeMon Mar 02 2020 - 02:35
Brexit negotiations kick off in BrusselsHigh stakes for Ireland as teams for UK and EU meet to formulate post-exit relationshipSun Mar 01 2020 - 17:30
Coronavirus and Europe: Hand shaking, hand washing and hand wringing in BrusselsEurope Letter: ‘When confronted with a crisis, the commission retreats into technicalities’Wed Feb 26 2020 - 21:47
EU issues ultimatum to London ahead of Brexit talksBarnier thumps podium while warning UK that deal will not be agreed ‘at any price’Tue Feb 25 2020 - 18:54
Europe grapples to rein in global spread of coronavirusEU pledges €232m to fight outbreak as seventh person dies in Northern ItalyTue Feb 25 2020 - 01:00
EU and British positions harden ahead of Brexit talksEuropean member states approve common negotiating guidelines for next stage of talks with UKMon Feb 24 2020 - 19:26
