Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Beyond coronavirus: The news stories that shaped Europe in 2020 The coronavirus pandemic is not the only event to touch the lives of Europeans. Here are just some of the stories to make the headlines during the year of COVID-19. 31/12/2020
Now playing Next World News How COVID-19 upended life in Europe throughout 2020 COVID-19 submerged Europe's hospitals, tanked the economy, and forced us to avoid other people. One year since it was first reported in Wuhan, here's how the virus changed life in Europe. 31/12/2020
Now playing Next Turkey Scientists say they've made a 10-second COVID test that's 99% accurate A 10-second COVID-19 test without a nasal swab - how does that work? 31/12/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Spain and UK reach deal on placing Gibraltar in EU's borderless zone Immigration checks at the land frontier between Spain and Gibraltar will end, while Spanish border officials will be stationed at Gibraltar's airport 31/12/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom UK fishermen face new uncertainties over post-Brexit trade deal EU-based fleets catch up to eight times as many fish in UK waters as British fishermen do in EU waters, according to UK government data. Which is why Brexit made sense for so many British seaside towns. 31/12/2020
Now playing Next Belgium Belgium pledges €200,000 to make period products more accessible The decision, announced on Tuesday, follows on from the landmark decision in Scotland last month to make period products free for all. 31/12/2020
Now playing Next World News Lockdown, social distancing, quarantini: The 2020 pandemic lexicon From talk of flattening the curve to doomscrolling: how the coronavirus pandemic hijacked our vocabulary. 31/12/2020
Now playing Next USA California records America's second case of the new COVID-19 variant The first case was confirmed in a man in his 20s in Colorado. He is not believed to have travelled recently. 31/12/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom 'A farce and failure': Experts slam MPs' scrutiny of post-Brexit deal The process saw both UK Houses of Parliament recalled for just one day on Wednesday (December 30). 30/12/2020
Now playing Next Belgium EU and China agree on investment deal that was seven years in making The European Union and China have tentatively agreed on a business investment deal after seven years of discussions. But concerns about the country's human rights record may stand in the way of it being signed off. 30/12/2020
Now playing Next USA Boeing Max returns to US skies with first passenger flight American Airlines flew a Boeing 737 Max with paying passengers from Miami to New York on Tuesday, the plane’s first commercial flight in US skies since it was grounded after two deadly crashes. 29/12/2020
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Drivers stranded in Dover at Xmas suffered ordeal 'worse than prison' Local volunteers from Britain's Polish community tried to help the drivers who were stuck in a traffic jam in Dover for Christmas. 29/12/2020
Now playing Next World News Belarus was Europe's most dangerous country for journalists in 2020 Reporters were caught up in the mass arrests that followed the disputed reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus 29/12/2020
Now playing Next USA Nashville bombing suspect told neighbour: 'The world won't forget me' Investigators are still trying to find a motive for the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville, Tennessee. 29/12/2020
Now playing Next World News 2020 wasn't a great year on Earth - but what about in space? With so much of the planet's population stuck at home for large parts of the year, 2020 has at least been a good one for looking up at the sky and taking in the wonders of the cosmos. 28/12/2020
Now playing Next World News COVID helped cut homelessness in Europe. But what about post-pandemic? “Many people have not been evicted because of eviction moratoria, but, at some point, that will be lifted and it will create a spike in homelessness.” 28/12/2020
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Life after Brexit: What will the rule changes mean for people in 2021? In the first of our two-part series, Euronews examines what the end of the Brexit transition period will mean for people on both sides of the Channel — including residency, travel and exchanges. 28/12/2020