The measures come as Italy battles a third wave of the pandemic, with more than 20,000 new cases daily.

Thousands of Russian troops have allegedly massed near Ukraine, but Russia does not confirm it.

Mark Rutte is accused of lying and trying to sideline an MP during talks to form a governing coalition.

Mark Rutte won elections only last month but his future as prime minister is now in question.

Campaigners in Belgium are calling for urgent reform of the police after a series of high profile deaths in custody.

As a fire rages above them surgeons complete a heart operation in Russia's far east.

Thousands of people get fake bills for hundreds of euros' worth of pizza but fail to be amused.

They say demanding proof of a jab or test would be "dangerous" amid reports that trials are planned.

The EU accuses Beijing of harassing foreign journalists after John Sudworth's departure for Taiwan.

The costume worn by Anna Pavlova belongs in the Museum of London collection but rarely goes on display.

Marlène Schiappa condemns a scene in which young brides are supposed to prove their virginity.

Walter Biot has made no statement about allegations he spied for the Russians - but his wife has.

Germany is set to apologise to Namibia for a genocide more than 100 years ago - and to pay an as yet unknown amount of money.

Three months since the creation of the new Irish trade border, the BBC travelled with a lorry driver.

Critics argue the ships erode the city's foundations and cause flooding and pollution.

Are European countries relaxing restrictions put in place to control a new wave of infections?

A plan to ban hunting of wolves in north-west Spain worries farmers but is hailed by conservationists.

Coronavirus has forced France into a third lockdown and raised questions about President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership.

Ieva Lesinska faced an agonising choice after discovering the truth about her father.

Despite promises to work together, it has been far from plain sailing between the UK and the EU since Brexit.

Women in Italy who had an abortion or miscarriage discovered the fetus had been given a religious burial, in a grave marked with the mother's name, without their consent.

Prince Albert II of Monaco has weighed in on the controversial interview that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle gave to Oprah Winfrey.

The BBC investigates the disappearance of an Armenian church that changed hands in the recent Nagorno-Karabakh war.