More than 5,000 people are arrested amid demonstrations for the jailed opposition leader.

The Commission chief announces a "step forward" after criticism over EU handling of vaccine plans.

Barcelona say they will take "appropriate legal action" against Spanish newspaper El Mundo after it published details of forward Lionel Messi's £492m contract.

A re-study of the prehistoric find from 1910 suggests interbreeding between two human species.

PM hails "milestone" in the race to vaccinate the most vulnerable, after a record day for UK jabs.

Swedish nurse Lisa Enroth will spend a week living alone in a lighthouse watching 60 movies.

Only essential travel from outside the bloc is allowed from Sunday, but a lockdown is resisted.

Protests have been taking place in Polish cities for the third night in a row following the introduction of a near-total ban on abortion.

Officials say the artwork depicted rainbow symbols alongside the most sacred site in Islam.

Marseille's match at home to Rennes in France's Ligue 1 is postponed after violent scenes at their training ground on Saturday.

Volunteers try to breathe new life into a Romanian resort once a playground for European elites.

See how much Iceland's Skaftafellsjokull glacier has retreated over the past 30 years.

The mayor of Amsterdam has angered coffee shop owners, who fear that drug gangsters could step in.

A 90-year-old Austrian man leaves a gift to Le Chambon-sur-Lignon in France for saving his family.

As vaccines are rolled out, questions have been raised about how spares should be allocated.

EU commentators and leaders express annoyance at the delays in distribution of Covid vaccines.

Unauthorised protests take place to demand the release of the jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

The prominent anti-Putin campaigner decried his detention as "illegal" in a video link hearing.

The EU commissioner for health calls upon the pharmaceutical company to meet its "responsibilities".

Already a difficult day, honouring those killed by the Nazis will be different this year, as the pandemic prevents survivors and their families being together.

A local shopkeeper is left devastated as her shop is torn apart by looters during lockdown protests.

There was looting and vandalism across several Dutch cities as protests turned violent.