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Italian coronavirus deaths rise to 29, number of cases climbs above 1,000 29 Feb 2020 - 08:32 pm
A man disguised in a ghost outfit walks around a near-deserted Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II luxury mall on February 29, 2020, in central Milan, northern Italy.  AFP / Miguel MEDINA
Northern Italian schools, universities to stay closed because of virus 29 Feb 2020 - 05:31 pm
A worker disinfects a public bus against COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, in Skopje on February 29, 2020.  AFP / Robert ATANASOVSKI
US raises travel advisory for Italy amid coronavirus outbreak 29 Feb 2020 - 10:41 am
Tourists wearing protective face masks walk in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in the centre of Milan, on February 28, 2020, after COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, spread to Italy. AFP / Miguel Medina
Greece tightens border with Turkey as migrants approach 28 Feb 2020 - 06:09 pm
Migrants walk to the Turkey's Pazarkule border crossing with Greece's Kastanies, in Pazarkule, Turkey, February 28, 2020. Reuters/Huseyin Aldemir
German states report total of 20 new coronavirus cases 28 Feb 2020 - 01:13 pm
 The members of the coronavirus crisis management group
EasyJet to cancel flights as coronavirus hits demand 28 Feb 2020 - 12:38 pm
 FILE PHOTO: EasyJet planes pictured at Tegel airport in Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
Germany eyes tax breaks to counter coronavirus impact 27 Feb 2020 - 05:23 pm
A sign of the village of Gangelt is seen near Heinsberg, western Germany, on February 27, 2020. AFP / Ina Fassbender
UK sets out post-Brexit trade plans 27 Feb 2020 - 11:14 am
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Germany in warning over a virus epidemic 27 Feb 2020 - 11:01 am
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Georgia reports first coronavirus case in the country 26 Feb 2020 - 11:34 pm
A woman holds a candle in Svetitshoveli Cathedral, an Orthodox Christian cathedral located in the historic town of Mtskheta, in Tbilisi, Georgia on February 19, 2020. (Özkan Bilgin / Anadolu Agency)
Which countries are affected by coronavirus in Europe? 26 Feb 2020 - 11:34 pm
A man wearing mask stands outside the San Siro stadium after Serie A match was cancelled due to  the coronavirus outbreak in Lombardy and Veneto in Milan, Italy, February 23, 2020. Reuters / Daniele Mascolo
Why EU doesn't want to give Brexit Britain plain trade deal 26 Feb 2020 - 06:42 pm
Britain says it wants a simple free trade agreement such as the EU has with Canada or Japan, which would mean significantly more trade frictions than there are currently between the world's largest trading bloc and its fifth biggest economy. (AFP Photo /
Slovenia anti-migrant party leader nominated as PM 26 Feb 2020 - 06:42 pm
Janez Jansa, president of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) addresses media during a press conference after a meeting with Slovenian president Borut Pahor (unseen) in Ljubljana, on February 26, 2020. AFP / Jure Makovec
Concern over Italian fans' visit to France after virus outbreak 26 Feb 2020 - 05:59 pm
Members of sanitation services sanitise a vaporetto public waterbus in Venice on February 26, 2020, after the COVID-19 outbreak has spread to northern Italy.  AFP / ANDREA PATTARO
Down Syndrome no obstacle for aspiring French politician 26 Feb 2020 - 02:03 pm
Eleonore Laloux, a young woman with Down syndrome, poses at her home in Arras, northern France, on February 13, 2020. AFP / DENIS CHARLET
Switzerland confirms first case of coronavirus 25 Feb 2020 - 08:57 pm
A staff reads his mobile device after a news conference of the WHO-China joint mission on COVID-19 coronavirus at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, 25 February, 2020. Reuters/Denis Balibouse
Tear gas on Greek islands in face-off over migrant camps 25 Feb 2020 - 06:48 pm
Riot police walk on a road near the town of Madamados as demonstrators protesting against the construction of a new controversial migrant camp on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, on February 25, 2020. AFP / Manolis Lagoutaris
Assange lawyer accuses US of peddling lies 25 Feb 2020 - 06:48 pm
A supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange posts a sign on the Woolwich Crown Court fence, ahead of a hearing to decide whether Assange should be extradited to the United States, in London, Britain February 25, 2020. Reuters/Henry Nicholls