‘Zero Covid’ in Europe: possible or a pipe dream?
Hit the virus hard, undergoing drastic short-term measures to allow life to return to normal, as several nations in Asia and Oceania have done. Could European countries do likewise?
EU, China to hold talks on stalled investment deal
Chancellor Angela Merkel representing Germany, which currently holds the rotating EU presidency, is
to negotiate with Chinese President Xi Jinping as part of high-level talks concerning an investment deal between Beijing and the European Union.
Eel trafficking in the EU, the world’s ‘biggest wildlife crime’
Billions of euros worth of critically endangered eels are trafficked each year from Europe, ending up in China and Japan in what is "the largest wildlife crime on Earth," campaigners say.
EU launches Asia strategy to rival China’s ‘new Silk Road’
As doubts grow over China's 'Belt and Road' trade infrastructure project, the EU is launching an alternative plan for Asia it says will not saddle countries with debt they cannot repay.
Britain’s Johnson meets Thai junta with eye on post-Brexit deals
Johnson's visit came two months after the European Union announced its decision to resume ties with Thailand following a period of suspended relations in response to a 2014 coup.
Chocolate manufacturers in Europe look to tempt Asian markets
Chocolate manufacturers in Europe are looking towards Asia, where they see populations with a nascent sweet tooth.
EU urges humanitarian access, end to violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine
Myanmar and Bangladesh this week are likely to discuss repatriating more than 600,000 minority Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled to Bangladesh.