Thursday, 15 October 2020 21:33
France, Germany, Spain - coronavirus second wave
President Emmanuel Macron has announced a night-time curfew in Paris and eight other cities to try to curb the rapid spread of coronavirus. It affects 22 million people and will be applied for four weeks, possibly…
Thursday, 15 October 2020 21:31
Belgium: Brexit fish fight fallout
Fish are one of the main issues at the centre of Brexit negotiations. Three times a week, at 6 am, vessels return to Ostend loaded with fish for the auction. Three-quarters of the fish sold here…
Thursday, 08 October 2020 20:11
Europe experiencing 'pandemic fatigue'
Covid is taking an emotional toll across Europe with rising levels of apathy among some populations, the World Health Organisation is warning. Survey data reveals the scale of this ‘pandemic fatigue’ has reached over 60% in…
Thursday, 08 October 2020 20:01
Brexit bill puts UK on ‘very slippery slope’
The ex-supreme court president, Lord Neuberger, has warned that Boris Johnson’s law-breaking Internal Market Bill is taking the UK down a ‘very slippery slope’ towards dictatorship. In a virtual meeting with Britain’s top lawyers, he described…
Thursday, 01 October 2020 21:00
Brexit negotiations
Commenting on the latest week of negotiations, one UK source said, ‘Obviously we are ready to up the pace but people are getting over-excited - there still is a long way to go and fish remains…
Thursday, 01 October 2020 20:57
Spain: Madrid’s sharp virus spread leads to new anti-outbreak plan
A second coronavirus wave is expanding fast, and Madrid is the worst-affected place in Spain and indeed in Europe. A row has erupted over a lockdown there. The regional government did not vote in favour of…