Hungary’s government will decide on Saturday whether to extend a moratorium on loan repayments for companies and households that is due to expire at the end of this year, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday.

Poland's ruling right-wing coalition was on the brink of collapse on Friday, with leaders mulling a minority government or fresh elections after MPs broke ranks over the adoption of a controversial animal rights bill, AFP reports

Leading scientists in the prestigious Karolinska Institute in Stockholm are working on a pioneering treatment involving llamas and alpacas in the fight against Covid-19, news wires reported. After immunizing Tyson, a 12 year-old alpaca in Germany, with virus proteins, the team at the institute have isolated tiny antibodies, known as nanobodies, from his blood that bind to the same part of the virus as human antibodies and could block the infection.

The Romanian army received its first shipment of US Raytheon Patriot surface-to-air missiles on Thursday, part of an effort to bolster its defences. “Romania has just become a safer nation by hosting these Patriot missiles on its territory,” PM Ludovic Orban said cited by Reuters at the receiving ceremony at a firing range on the Black Sea shore.

Italy's PM Giuseppe Conte on Thursday welcomed European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's announcement that the Dublin Regulation, whereby migrants must register in the EU country they arrive, will be overhauled, ANSA reported.

A Greek police operation is underway on the island of Lesbos to move thousands of migrants and refugees left homeless after a fire destroyed their overcrowded camp into a new facility on the island, AP reported. Police said on Thursday morning’s operation included 70 female police officers who were approaching asylum-seekers with the aim of persuading them to move to the new camp in the island’s Kara Tepe area. No violence was reported as the operation began.

Dozens of migrants, including children, have been discovered hiding in a refrigerated truck, Austrian police said on Wednesday after arresting a suspected member of a network smuggling people through the EU.

A huge blaze broke out overnight at the port of Ancona, ANSA reported. The fire caused several explosions and a tall column of smoke. Firefighters have brought the fire under control but they expect to keep working throughout Wednesday too extinguish it completely.

The Spanish capital will introduce selective lockdowns in urban areas where the coronavirus is spreading faster, regional health authorities announced Wednesday.

Poland on Wednesday included France in the list of countries with a ban of  passenger flights due to coronavirus rise. At the same time flights to Romania, Albania, Malta and Kosovo will now be allowed, Polish Radio reported.