Europe

German Soccer Clubs Are Desperate To Restart Televised Matches Despite Criticism

4:47pm May 01, 2020

by Rob Schmitz

Professional soccer clubs in Germany are desperate to restart televised league matches. Some critics say the clubs are letting their financial troubles overrule good judgment.

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A pint of beer is poured at the 2015 Great British Beer Festival in London. A brewery in the northeast of England is giving away beer to help raise money for the National Health Service during the coronavirus pandemic.

An English Brewery Offers Free Beer In Exchange For Donating To Health Workers

12:53pm May 01, 2020

by Frank Langfitt

The company in Alnwick, northeastern England, gives away beer on Fridays, so far raising close to $600 for the National Health Service.

"I have to observe self-isolation and follow orders of doctors," Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said. "This is necessary to protect my colleagues."

Russia's Prime Minister Says He Has Coronavirus, As Country Tops 100,000 Cases

9:00am May 01, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Speaking during a videoconference with President Vladimir Putin that was broadcast on state-run TV, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced that he had tested positive for the virus.

Belgian Officials Forced To Defend Calculations For COVID-19 Deaths

7:56am May 01, 2020

by Teri Schultz

Belgium's government says it is determined to be transparent about the country's death rate from COVID-19, and count everyone who it believes died from the disease.

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American Couple Quarantined In Italy On Effects Of Prolonged Isolation

7:26am May 01, 2020

NPR's Steve Inskeep checks back in with David Unger and his wife Kathleen Quinn, an American couple who have not left their home in Italy for two months.

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Health Care Workers In Russia Pay Deadly Price Fighting COVID-19

6:32am May 01, 2020

by Charles Maynes

As coronavirus infections continue to increase in Russia, the virus is taking the lives of Russian health care workers, who complain of a lack protective equipment and political support.

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Economy

Lessons The U.S. Can Learn From Europe In Dealing With Unemployment

5:19pm April 30, 2020

Some European governments are paying workers without jobs directly. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Michael Birnbaum, Brussels bureau chief for the Washington Post, about lessons for the U.S.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson chaired his first remote Cabinet meeting since his return to work after his personal bout with the coronavirus. The British leader projected optimism during his comments on Thursday.

Boris Johnson: U.K. Is 'Past The Peak' Of Its Coronavirus Outbreak

4:12pm April 30, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The prime minister voiced the positive outlook at his first briefing since recovering from COVID-19. Johnson did not, however, lay out specifically when or how the U.K.'s lockdown measures would lift.

2 British Friends Hit A Shelter-In-Place Jackpot

5:55am April 30, 2020

Steve Pond and Dom Townsend share an apartment above a London pub. Like all British pubs, it's closed. But Townsend is assistant manager so he can get in. The two friends have the pub to themselves.

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People work in a call center of Covidom, a new remote medical monitoring app, inside the Paris public hospitals' Campus Picpus last month.

In France, A New App Is Helping Doctors Monitor COVID-19 Patients Remotely

2:48pm April 29, 2020

by Eleanor Beardsley

The Covidom app allows thousands of patients with non-critical cases of COVID-19 to ride the virus out at home. They answer questions on a range of health indicators and doctors follow up by phone.