As third wave rages, show goes on at Sofia opera
With an orchestra spread out across the parterre, limited audiences and no breaks but plenty of disinfectant, the Sofia Opera is one of the few music venues still hosting live performances in Europe
Hope and despair in locked down European hospitality sector
As coronavirus lockdowns are extended across Europe, protests have flared in its hard-hit hospitality sector, along with warnings that many businesses are on the verge of extinction
Virus highlights plight of Europe’s migrant farm hands
The coronavirus outbreak has thrown the plight of Europe's migrant farm workers into stark relief with the added risk of contagion in overcrowded, unsanitary living quarters
Fruit pickers sweat as virus flares in northeast Spain
Thousands of immigrant workers travel to a fertile valley in the Aragon region of northeastern Spain every year but a fresh outbreak of coronavirus infections has worried the authorities
Tourism collapse threatens second virus blow to Mediterranean
Northern Europeans may not be able to decamp to Mediterranean beaches this summer because of the coronavirus, but will their governments support the devastated tourism sector?
Danger, delays haunt truck drivers facing virus lockdown
"We're the only ones allowed to travel across Europe," says Florin Turcu, one of hundreds of truck drivers stuck at the Romania-Bulgaria border as pandemic restrictions mount
Virus frontier closures hamper cross-border workers
Workers who rely on shuttling across frontiers in Central Europe face a difficult dilemma now that the coronavirus pandemic has seen several countries shut their borders
European nations scramble to block coronavirus
Is Europe prepared to contain the spread of COVID-19 as Italy sees a surge in new infections?
Eco-tax championed, contested and still marginal in EU
Taxes on products considered polluting are struggling to gain ground in the EU despite backing from Brussels, in the face of opposition from movements like France's "Yellow Vests".
EU warns of risks in investor passport and visa schemes
The Commission has presented a comprehensive report on investor citizenship and residence schemes operated by a number of EU member states.
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