EU envoy lobbies frugal Austria for generosity towards South
Austria, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands are opposed to the Franco-German initiative of EU grants to reboost the economy.
Back to school? Officials move warily as challenges loom
Authorities worldwide face the challenge of returning millions of children to schools shut due to the coronavirus, weighing the need to limit educational damage against the risk of a surge in cases
Furloughed staff in Sweden retrain to help hospitals
Furloughed because of the pandemic, airline and hotel employees in Sweden are retraining to work as hospital and nursing home assistants as the country's death toll exceeds 1,200
‘Corona criminals’ prey on Europe’s virus fears
From trafficking dodgy surgical masks to peddling counterfeit medicines, criminals are finding ways to profit from the coronavirus crisis, police warn
European nations scramble to block coronavirus
Is Europe prepared to contain the spread of COVID-19 as Italy sees a surge in new infections?
EU budget summit ends with no deal
An EU summit called to set the bloc's next seven-year budget has ended in impasse, riven by competing groups and pressure to fill a funding gap left by Brexit
Germany opens massive Baltic wind farm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel opens a wind farm in the Baltic Sea and hails its "national significance" for the country's "energy transition" towards renewables.
Babies wanted: Nordic countries crying for kids
The Nordic countries were long a bastion of strong fertility rates but they are now experiencing a decline that threatens their cherished welfare model, which is funded by taxpayers
France traces all suspect Polish beef, says some already sold
France's agriculture ministry says it has traced the remainder of the suspect Polish beef imported into the country, adding that some of it had been sold to consumers.
EU mobilises firefighting aid to Greece, Sweden and Latvia
The EU steps up efforts to mobilise and coordinate the dispatch of firefighters and equipment from its member countries to fight wildfires raging in Greece, Sweden and Latvia.
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