As the month of March and the first quarter of 2020 come to a close, here are some more things going on:
From The Portugal News, the Portuguese people will continue to live under coronavirus containment measures.
From El País, the Spanish cabinet introduces new measures against the economic effects from the coronavirus.
From France24, according to President Macron, France will "rapidly ramp up" the production of respirators and face masks.
From RFI, Orly airport, which serves Paris, indefinitely closes its doors to commercial traffic.
From SwissInfo, what researchers in Switzerland are doing to defeat the coronavirus.
From ANSA, flags in Italy fly at half-mast.
From Voice Of Europe, armed police guard supermarkets in Italy in response to looting. (If you read Italian, read a related story at Il Giornale.)
From the Malta Independent, eight people are fined in Malta for gathering in groups of more than three.
From Malta Today, non-essential travel is stopped between the islands of Malta and Gozo.
From Total Slovenia News, some people in Slovenia fear that coronavirus-related measures could turn the country into a police state.
From Total Croatia News, the recent earthquake in Zagreb, Croatia has not resulted in a surge of coronavirus cases.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, the E.U. grants Serbia €6.9 million to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
From Balkan Insight, a court in Bosnia and Hercegovina lifts restrictions on the movement of a Turkish citizen.
From Ekathimerini, five Greek municipalities will be placed under lockdown due to the coronavirus.
From the Greek Reporter, according to a new scientific study, the volcanic eruption of Santorini occured around 1560 BC.
From Novinite, Bulgarian and Romanian medics go to Austria to help combat the coronavirus. (The article cites but does not link to the site Euractiv.)
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria grants a grace period so people can purchase face masks.
From Radio Bulgaria, according to Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, Bulgaria's strict measures against the coronavirus have been effective.
From Romania-Insider, Romania will take part in trials of a U.S.-made coronavirus drug.
From Russia Today, the head of a hospital visited by Russian President Putin tests positive for the coronavirus.
From Sputnik International, the Russian parliament's upper house passes a bill making the spreading of fake coronavirus information punishable with up to five years in prison.
From The Moscow Times, rights campaigners urge the Russian government to release some prisoners due to the coronavirus.
From the Hungary Journal, according to Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, Hungary is again under attack from "the international liberal mainstream".
From Daily News Hungary, despite the coronavirus, Hungarian food supplies are secure.
From Hungary Today, according to Hungarian official Zoltán Kovács, Hungary's coronavirus-related measures are in line with E.U. treaties. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)
From About Hungary, Hungarian army officers take command of 51 hospitals.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia's measures against the coronavirus seem to work.
From Radio Prague, thanks to a crowdsourced effort, Czech hospitals will soon receive free ventilators.
From EuroNews, Czech micro-breweries call for "beer paramedics" while under lockdown due to the coronavirus.
From Polskie Radio, Polish President Andrzej Duda signs a relief and stimulus plan to protect Poland from the economic effects from the coronavirus.
From the CPH Post, Denmark confirms a total of 2,815 coronavirus cases.
From Deutsche Welle, the clearing of German streets due to the coronavirus could result in pigeons starving.
From the NL Times, all Dutch schools and businesses already shut will remain closed through April 28th.
From Dutch News, deaths in the Netherlands from the coronavirus exceed 1,000.
From VRT NWS, Antwerp University launches its third coronavirus survey in three weeks.
From The Brussels Times, when in Belgium, don't spit. (If you read Flemish, read the story at De Standaard.)
From Free West Media, according to a professional society of ear, nose and throat surgeons in the U.K., loss of smell and taste may be a symptom of the coronavirus.
From Euractiv, as flights are grounded due to the coronavirus, airlines hunt for parking spaces for their planes.
From the Express, why former U.K. House of Commons Speaker John Bercow was opposed to Brexit.
From the Evening Standard, calls are made to test elderly hospital patients for the coronavirus before they are discharged.
From the (U.K.) Independent, the U.K.'s Labour Party calls for all non-essential workplaces to be closed due to the coronavirus.
From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland's Courts Service plans to try virtual courts due to the coronavirus.
From the Irish Examiner, don't put "hurtful" or "untrue" coronavirus stories on social media, says Ireland's health chief.
From The Conservative Woman, a former U.K. Supreme Court justice warns about liberty being put into lockdown.
And from Snouts in the Trough, correcting two recent media lies about the coronavirus.
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