As the Ides of March heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:
From Free West Media, France announces a complete shutdown of all public places.
From France24, French restaurants, cafés and "non-essential" businesses shut down.
From RFI, French ski slopes shut down.
From EuroNews, despite fears about the coronavirus, French voters go to the polls.
From VRT NWS, according to a Belgian epidemiologist, Italy's situation could soon come to Belgium.
From The Brussels Times, Belgium now confirms a total of 886 cases of the coronavirus.
From the NL Times, Dutch people race to buy last-minute cannabis and hash as coffeeshops are shut down due to the coronavirus.
From Dutch News, the Dutch government announces new measures in an effort to contain the coronavirus.
From Deutsche Welle, Germany will partially close its borders with several countries.
From the CPH Post, some developments in Denmark related to the coronavirus.
From Voice Of Europe, a Swedish priest allegedly smuggles a migrant out of a detention center in a suitcase. (If you read Swedish, read the story at Nyheter Idag and at Samhällsnytt.)
From Polskie Radio, a Polish researcher identifies a "key" enzyme that could lead to a drug to treat the coronavirus disease.
From Radio Prague, the Czech Republic has confirmed a total of over 200 coronavirus cases.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia closes or puts restrictions on businesses due to the coronavirus.
From Daily News Hungary, Hungary reports its first death from the coronavirus.
From Hungary Today, Hungarian President János Áder gives an address marking the anniversary of Hungary's 1848 revolution. (The Ides of March was a tragic date for Julius Caesar, but an important one for Hungary.)
From About Hungary, due to the coronavirus, Hungarian courts will take a break.
From Russia Today, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov points out that we're all going to die anyway.
From Sputnik International, Russian military police arrive in the Syrian region of Idlib to hold joint patrols with Turkish troops.
From The Moscow Times, a Moscow family returns from Germany and is put into quarantine.
From Romania-Insider, Romanian authorities recommend that citizens stay home as more coronavirsus-related restrictions are enforced.
From Novinite, Bulgaria confirms eight new coronavirus cases, bringing the country's total to 51.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria will give extra pay to medical professional on the front line against the coronavirus.
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria is currently among European countries least affected by the coronavirus.
From Ekathimerini, Greece restricts the number of people who can be in a supermarket at the same time.
From the Greek Reporter, Greece shuts its borders with Albania and North Macedonia, and suspends ferry services with Italy.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, early elections are on the table again in North Macedonia.
From Total Croatia News, an update about travel to and within Croatia.
From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia will shut down schools, public transportation and some businesses due to the coronavirus.
From the Malta Independent, two more people in Malta are caught breaking coronavirus quarantine rules.
From Malta Today, the Armed Forces of Malta rescues 112 migrants who had been stranded at sea for 48 hours.
From ANSA, 1,441 people have died in Italy from the coronavirus.
From Euractiv, Papal Easter events will go on even without people attending.
From SwissInfo, the Swiss army gets ready to join the response to the coronavirus.
From El País, measures against the coronavirus that are now in place in Spain.
From The Portugal News, some restrictions that are in place in Portugal.
From the Express, Prince William could act as regent for his grandmother the queen due to the coronavirus because she and Prince Charles are both over 70.
From the Evening Standard, three valuable Baroque paintings are stolen from an Oxford University gallery.
From the (U.K.) Independent, according to the U.K.'s health minister, residents over 70 years old will soon have to self-isolate for several months.
From the (Irish) Independent, all pubs and bars in Ireland are asked to close until March 29th due to the coronavirus.
From the Irish Examiner, four people are released from a hospital in Limerick, Ireland after recovering from the coronavirus.
And from The Conservative Woman, please welcome Naomi Seibt, a cure for the Gretavirus.
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