From this Pentecost weekend Belgians can again travel to neighbour countries to visit family or for shopping. This possibility was banned as a non-essential movement due to the coronavirus lockdown since March 20. 

Sunday afternoon, the forecourt square of the iconic Paris Cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris has been reopened to the public and the barriers removed for the first time since the ravaging fire on the night of 15April last year. It was authorised by order of the Police Prefect following the favorable notice from the Ile-de-France Regional Health Agency.

The European Union on Saturday urged US President Donald Trump to rethink his decision to cut American funding for the World Health Organization amid global criticism of the move, as spiking infection rates in India and elsewhere served as a reminder the global pandemic is far from contained.

Britain and the EU will attempt to revive their imperilled trade talks on Tuesday, entering a crucial week of negotiations that could mark the final hope for a deal.

Germany and the European Commission have reached agreement on a giant Berlin-funded rescue plan for coronavirus-hit Lufthansa, a Commission spokeswoman and a source close to the negotiations said Friday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has declined an invitation from the US President Donald Trump to the upcoming G7 summit "given the overall pandemic situation," a government spokesman said on Saturday.

The Spanish government approved on Friday the creation of a minimum income worth €462 ($514) a month for the poorest, news wires reported. “Today is a historic day for our democracy,” Deputy PM Pablo Iglesias, leader of the leftist Unidas Podemos, said at a press conference.  Finance Minister Maria Jesus Montero called the guaranteed minimum income scheme “a giant step in the fight against inequality in our country.”

A Möbius strip, which takes the shape of a loop with only one edge and one side. Regardless of the point and direction in which one traces it, the ribbon has one continuous surface. This logo with a symbolic message will brand the Germany’s Presidency of the Council from 1 July.

The European Union said on Friday that China's imposition of a security law on Hong Kong had damaged ties with Beijing, but that imposing sanctions would not solve the crisis.

The role of research and innovation for the economic recovery and for strengthening of societies’ resilience following the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, were among the key points of the discussion of the EU research ministers, held on Friday and led by the Croatian Presidency of the Council.