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Fires ravage Poland's largest nature reserve

00:59 Wildfires have ravaged Poland's largest nature reserve, the Biebrza National Park, as the country deals with its worst drought in years.The blaze first struck on Sunday, spreadin

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Van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum in lockdown

Vincent van Gogh's 1884 painting 'Parsonage Garden at Neunen in Spring' which was stolen from the Singer Laren museum. /AFP A Vincent Van Gogh painting has been stolen from the Singer Laren Mu

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The Lockdown Orchestra: 500 musicians, six continents

03:51 An orchestra is pretty much the definition of togetherness – people in the same room, playing in unison. So what do musicians do when they have to self-isolate?The answer Ben Mor

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Entertainment moves online amid lockdowns

01:53 Public events have been cancelled and social spaces have been closed across Europe in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.Life and entertainment is now becoming increasingl

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What impact is COVID-19 having on our mental health?

04:16 The number of COVID-19 cases globally has been soaring and most countries have brought in measures to restrict people's ability to go out and socialize. The focus is on the toll

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EU's Von der Leyen thanks China for support including 2 million masks

01:23 Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, said on Wednesday that China will send 50,000 coronavirus testing kits and more than two million surgical masks to Europe

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Low turnout at French polls as crisis measures hit voting

Electoral workers wore masks and gloves to count votes at a polling station in Strasbourg. /Frederick Florin/AFP A record low number of voters turned out for French municipal elections on Sund

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What is the UK doing differently to tackle the crisis?

01:56 COVID-19 in EuropeSince the novel coronavirus first emerged in late December 2019, more than 131,479 cases have been recorded in 116 countries and territories.The worst-affected

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Eastern European nations demand EU funds for faster troop movement

The EU must provide funds to enable the faster movement of military forces across Europe, defense ministers from four Eastern European countries have said.EU and NATO members Latvia, Lithuania, Polan

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Only a third of managers in Europe are women

Recent statistics released by the EU's Eurostat agency reveal only one in three managers are women. /Echo/Getty Creative In Europe, more than 6.7 million people hold managerial positions, yet

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Can paying contactless rather than with notes and coins slow COVID-19?

00:52 People using contactless payments instead of traditional cash, such as banknotes, can help slow the spread of COVID-19, it has been suggested.The outbreak of the virus has so far

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Sinn Fein rises as most 'popular party' in Irish election

Nationalist party Sinn Fein won the popular vote in Ireland's general election, as shown by ballot votes on Sunday, with the one-time political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) disrupting cent

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French minister's 'impersonators' on trial for fraud

Gilbert Chikli listens to a translator in Kiev in 2017 during his trial for tricking dozens of French banks and businesses into handing over millions of euros (Credit: Sergei Supinsky/ AFP) A

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Brexit means damage limitation for UK's car makers

02:42 One of the most senior figures in the UK's car industry has again warned about the risk of tariffs as Brexit becomes reality.In the final hours before the UK exited the EU, Mike