Chancellor Angela Merkel says some shops could reopen next week but recommends face masks in public.

Worrying cases of domestic abuse have emerged across Europe after weeks of confinement.

Small shops are allowed to open up in Austria, but the worst-hit areas of Italy are holding back.

About 156 people on a German rescue ship off Sicily must undergo health checks on another vessel.

Pope Francis reads a virtual Easter message instead of addressing crowds amid the virus lockdown.

Boris Johnson has said he owes his life to the NHS staff treating him for coronavirus.

Pope Francis has urged people not to "yield to fear" over coronavirus, calling on them to be "messengers of life in a time of death".

Locals in the north-east can now travel after the court said the ban was "disproportionate".

EU ministers reached the deal after long talks, pledging support for countries hit hard by coronavirus.

Europe's Easter celebrations are extraordinarily constrained by the pandemic.

Mauro Ferrari says he lost faith in the system, but EU science officials say he was asked to leave.

EU finance ministers suspend talks on a recovery fund after 16 hours, amid deep divisions.

Italy and Spain accuse northern European countries of not doing enough to help in economic crisis.

Vietnam welcomed nearly 3.7 million international tourists in the first three months of 2020, down 18.1 percent from the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

As the worst-hit northern region sees improvements, concerns are growing over poorer southern areas.

With Vietnam’s main agro-forestry-fishery export markets after China such as the US and Europe being hit by the new coronavirus-caused acute respiratory disease (COVID-19), Vietnamese exporters are suffering.

Vietnam Airlines said on March 16 that it has created the most favourable conditions for Vietnamese citizens in Europe who want to return home amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19.

Schools close, museums shut, sports events are off and lockdowns widen as the coronavirus spreads.

Flights from European countries other than the UK will be suspended for 30 days, the president says.