News from EUobserver https://euobserver.com Latest news from EUobserver. Influential. Investigative. Independent. en Copyright EUobserver. All rights reserved. Only for private use. webmaster@euobserver.com Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:00:05 +0100 [Ticker] Madrid's ice rink transformed into mortuary https://euobserver.com/tickers/147877?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Mar 2020 18:26:12 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147877 [Ticker] 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games postponed for a year https://euobserver.com/tickers/147872?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Mar 2020 18:06:16 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147872 [Ticker] Finland's former president has coronavirus https://euobserver.com/tickers/147864?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Martti Ahtisaari, has been diagnosed with coronavirus, according to a statement from the office of the president, reported Finnish public broadcaster Yle. Ahtisaari's test results were confirmed on Monday. His wife, Eeva Ahtisaari, confirmed last Saturday that she had tested positive for the coronavirus. Both are 82 years old.]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:40:45 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147864 [Ticker] Germany takes in Italian coronavirus patients https://euobserver.com/tickers/147863?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Mar 2020 10:41:14 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147863 [Ticker] One-in-five people are under lockdown worldwide https://euobserver.com/tickers/147862?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Mar 2020 10:33:06 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147862 [Ticker] EU diplomats give green light to Albania and North Macedonia https://euobserver.com/tickers/147860?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Mar 2020 07:18:31 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147860 [Ticker] UK and France tighten anti-virus lockdowns https://euobserver.com/tickers/147859?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Mar 2020 07:13:10 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147859 [Feature] Vo' - the Italian town that defeated coronavirus https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147848?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Mar 2020 07:06:41 +0100 https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147848 [Coronavirus] Spain prays to reach peak of pandemic this week https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147850?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Mar 2020 07:06:28 +0100 https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147850 [Interview] EU video-diplomacy not as effective, minister says https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147857?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Mar 2020 07:06:13 +0100 https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147857 [Opinion] Beijing using lack of EU 'solidarity' to seize leadership https://euobserver.com/opinion/147841?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Mar 2020 07:05:59 +0100 https://euobserver.com/opinion/147841 [Coronavirus] EU urges 15-minute fast track lanes for trucks at borders https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147852?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Mar 2020 07:05:42 +0100 https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147852 [Ticker] Ukraine: Fighting intensifies despite pandemic https://euobserver.com/tickers/147858?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Mar 2020 07:05:16 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147858 [Ticker] WHO: Tokyo Olympic Games at risk https://euobserver.com/tickers/147856?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Mar 2020 07:05:02 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147856 [Ticker] Ministers back suspending EU borrowing limits https://euobserver.com/tickers/147855?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Mar 2020 07:04:43 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147855 [Ticker] Report: counterfeit medicine trade worth €4bn https://euobserver.com/tickers/147851?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss study conducted by the OECD and the European Union Intellectual Property Office. It says India and China are largest producers of counterfeit pharmaceuticals, which are primarily shipped through the United Arab Emirates, Singapore and Hong Kong. Most end up in Europe and the United States.]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2020 07:04:20 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147851 [Ticker] UN secretary general calls for global ceasefire https://euobserver.com/tickers/147849?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Mar 2020 07:03:57 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147849 [Ticker] First coronavirus death at EU institutions https://euobserver.com/tickers/147847?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:56:00 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147847 [Ticker] Merkel tests negative for coronavirus https://euobserver.com/tickers/147846?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss announced on Monday. On Sunday Merkel had announced she was going into self-isolation, after a doctor who had previously treated her tested positive for the virus that is currently ravaging both Europe and the world.]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:52:54 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147846 [Letter] Dear EU Leaders, stand up for Europeans, now! https://euobserver.com/opinion/147840?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:13:19 +0100 https://euobserver.com/opinion/147840 [Ticker] Global coronavirus cases pass 350,000 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147845?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:08:53 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147845 [Ticker] EU helped repatriate 1,381 citizens since outbreak https://euobserver.com/tickers/147844?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:07:36 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147844 [Ticker] Report confirms Swedbank's €37bn suspect transactions https://euobserver.com/tickers/147843?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss report published Monday by Clifford Chance, a UK law firm hired by Swedbank. The scandal was first revealed by investigative journalists at Swedish broadcaster SVT. Swedbank was fined a record €350m fine by Swedish and Estonian regulators last week and is facing US investigation.]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:06:11 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147843 [Ticker] EU Commission: no comment on Hungary's virus bill https://euobserver.com/tickers/147842?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss granting sweeping powers to prime minister Viktor Orban's government. A commission spokesman said that any emergency measure needs to be in line with EU and international obligations relating to human rights. He also added all emergency measures should be "temporary" to address particular crisis situation, bit it is for member states to take measures.]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2020 13:04:12 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147842 [Ticker] Sweden opts for voluntary approach to coronavirus https://euobserver.com/tickers/147839?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss speech his countrymen to react with responsibility and stay home if feeling sick. Stronger measures might be needed, he warned, but Sweden's political approach to the coronavirus remains more relaxed than the harsher measures taken in neighbouring Denmark. Gatherings of 500 people are still allowed in Sweden and only university and higher education has been moved online.]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2020 10:00:06 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147839 [Ticker] Most EU states flouting anti-money laundering law https://euobserver.com/tickers/147838?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:24:25 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147838 [Ticker] Italy bans all movement after horror weekend https://euobserver.com/tickers/147836?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:24:18 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147836 [Ticker] Merkel in quarantine after meeting infected doctor https://euobserver.com/tickers/147837?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:21:07 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147837 [Ticker] Czech customs seize Italian masks by mistake https://euobserver.com/tickers/147835?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:17:31 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147835 [Ticker] Hungarian Renew MEP volunteering as doctor https://euobserver.com/tickers/147833?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:03:26 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147833 [Coronavirus] Hungary's Orban seeks indefinite power in virus bill https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147834?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:03:08 +0100 https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147834 [Coronavirus] Small print: Do EU travellers get virus insurance? https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147832?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:02:53 +0100 https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147832 [Agenda] EU goes fully online in lockdown This WEEK https://euobserver.com/agenda/147831?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:02:38 +0100 https://euobserver.com/agenda/147831 [Coronavirus] Privacy issues arise as governments track virus https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147828?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:02:21 +0100 https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147828 [Coronavirus] Denmark: How a 'high-tax' state responds to coronavirus https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147827?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:02:04 +0100 https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147827 [Coronavirus] EU countries unable to follow WHO's call for mass testing https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147830?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Mar 2020 15:50:29 +0100 https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147830 [Ticker] EU anti-fraud office to probe fake coronavirus products https://euobserver.com/tickers/147829?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Mar 2020 14:40:18 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147829 [Ticker] Portugal declares emergency rule https://euobserver.com/tickers/147826?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:28:08 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147826 [Ticker] Brazil closes borders for Europeans https://euobserver.com/tickers/147825?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:27:58 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147825 [Ticker] UK can 'turn tide of this disease' in 12 weeks https://euobserver.com/tickers/147824?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:18:43 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147824 [Ticker] US urges all Americans to come home https://euobserver.com/tickers/147823?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:17:46 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147823 [Coronavirus] EU commission to stockpile strategic medical gear https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147822?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:04:43 +0100 https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147822 EU preparing to unlock North Macedonia and Albania talks https://euobserver.com/enlargement/147821?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:04:28 +0100 https://euobserver.com/enlargement/147821 [Coronavirus] MEPs vote by email on new coronavirus measures https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147820?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:04:16 +0100 https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147820 Austria and Hungary derail EU naval plan on Libya arms https://euobserver.com/migration/147817?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:04:05 +0100 https://euobserver.com/migration/147817 [Opinion] Coronavirus forces Merkel's biggest crisis campaign yet https://euobserver.com/opinion/147816?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:03:51 +0100 https://euobserver.com/opinion/147816 [Analysis] Will coronavirus torpedo the Green Deal? https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147815?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:03:35 +0100 https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147815 [Feature] How Hungary's Orban blamed migrants for coronavirus https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147813?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:03:19 +0100 https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147813 [Ticker] Brussels Airlines will fly home 9,500 Belgians https://euobserver.com/tickers/147818?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:02:47 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147818 [Ticker] UN chief: millions could die if coronavirus keeps spreading https://euobserver.com/tickers/147819?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Mar 2020 18:00:30 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/147819