The EU's ambitious plan to become zero-carbon by 2050 will require unprecedented levels of investment and collaboration - but COVID-19 has other ideas.

Simon Brandon 11 Jun 2020

COVID-19

Here's what the Nobel Prize winner for medicine has to say about the COVID-19 pandemic

Sir Peter Ratcliffe, recipient of last year's Nobel Prize for Medicine, offers his perspective on hypoxia and the COVID-19 crisis.

European Research Council · European Research Council 05 Jun 2020

COVID-19

Mobile data shows which European countries took lockdown seriously

Google has gathered data from millions of mobile devices that use its software, to understand how citizens of European countries have responded to lockdown.

Sotiris Georganas · The Conversation 04 Jun 2020

Financial and Monetary Systems

Everything you need to know about the EU’s €500 billion COVID-19 recovery fund

The €500 billion Franco-German proposal looks to support the EU through the current crisis, and set it up for future stability through transfers and funding allocation.

Lucrezia Reichlin · Project Syndicate 04 Jun 2020

COVID-19

Drones, disinfectant, distancing – Europe’s beaches open up

Life after lockdown comes with new rules for holiday-makers venturing on to the sands in Greece, Italy and Spain, from socially distanced sunbeds to beachside cleaning regimes.

Johnny Wood 20 May 2020

COVID-19

Ursula von der Leyen: 'We must not hold onto yesterday's economy as we rebuild'

European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen has outlined a recovery package to help the EU rebuild a 'modern, clean and healthy' economy after the COVID-19 crisis.

Kate Whiting 15 May 2020

COVID-19

The European Green Deal must be at the heart of the COVID-19 recovery

The coronavirus crisis recovery is a chance to redesign a sustainable, inclusive economy, revitalizing industry, preserving vital biodiversity systems and tackling climate change.

Martina Larkin 14 May 2020

COVID-19

Coronavirus: Could Europe be flattening the curve?

According to figures from Johns Hopkins University, European countries may be starting to flatten the curve of coronavirus infections.

Katharina Buchholz · Statista 02 May 2020

COVID-19

Europe surpasses 100,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths – how did we get here?

The sobering milestone is unlikely to show the full picture, given countries collect such statistics in different ways and not all victims of the infection have been tested and confirmed.

Sean Fleming 24 Apr 2020

COVID-19

These European countries are starting to lift their coronavirus lockdowns

While some countries are still working to control the spread of COVID-19, several European nations are now taking cautious steps back towards normality.

Simon Brandon 20 Apr 2020

COVID-19

Danish parents are refusing to send their children back to school as COVID-19 lockdown lifts

Denmark has started to ease its coronavirus lockdown, by re-opening schools. But concern over a second wave of infections means parents are keeping children at home instead.

Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen · Reuters 17 Apr 2020

COVID-19

As countries attempt to restart, this tool tracks COVID-19's path across Europe

The World Economic Forum has built a new visual tool that offers a dynamic closer look at the spread of confirmed cases within several European nations.

John Letzing and Jean-Philippe Coene 15 Apr 2020

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