Europe

The first lorry, driven by Slavi Ivanov Shumeykov, has loaded onto Le Shuttle at the Eurotunnel in Folkestone, Kent, after the UK leaves the single market and customs union, and transitional trading arrangements expired at 11pm UK time (PA)

First lorry passes through controls at Eurotunnel after UK leaves single market

December 31, 2020

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shows the signed EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement at the European Council headquarters in Brussels (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

EU officials sign post-Brexit trade deal with UK

December 30, 2020

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard believes it is the party’s ‘duty’ (Fraser Bremner/Scottish Daily Mail)

Scottish Labour to vote against giving consent to Brexit trade deal

December 29, 2020

Dr Bernhard Ellendt injects the Covid-19 vaccine into nursing home resident Edith Kwoizalla, aged 101, in Halberstadt, Germany (AP)

Germany and Hungary begin Covid-19 vaccinations

December 26, 2020

Medical staff receive part of a Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine shipment at the UZ Leuven hospital in Leuven, Belgium (Nicolas Maeterlinck, Pool via AP)

Covid-19 vaccine shipments arrive across EU before rollout

December 26, 2020

Lorries have been stopped from entering the Eurotunnel (Gareth Fuller/PA)

‘Clock is ticking for products to survive’ France border closure

December 21, 2020

People queue for a throat and nasal swab at a Covid-19 testing facility of the Municipal Health Authority GGD, in Utrecht, Netherlands (Peter Dejong/AP)

New coronavirus strain reported in three European countries, says EU agency

December 21, 2020

Medical workers at a site for coronavirus testing in Vienna, Austria (Ronald Zak/AP)

Expert warns too early to relax restrictions despite flatter virus curve in EU

November 30, 2020

A Christmas tree illuminates the Old Town Square in Prague (Petr David Josek/AP)

In Pictures: Pandemic puts paid to Christmas markets around Europe

November 29, 2020

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko (Maxim Guchek/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

Belarus president says he will leave position if constitution changes

November 27, 2020

Mink look out from a pen on a farm near Naestved, Denmark (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Hundreds of culled mink resurface after burial in Denmark

November 26, 2020