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The next six months will show whether investing in renting is profitable, or whether the second apartment is just capital protection - the Polish daily "Puls Biznesu" reports.more

A budget "unprecedented in size and scale" to meet the challenges of both Covid-19 and a Brexit trade deal has been unveiled by Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe.more

Keir Starmer called for a two- to three-week national 'circuit breaker' lockdown across England to prevent the NHS being overwhelmed, urging Boris Johnson to act in a dramatic escalation of his criticism of the government’s approach. more

Boris Johnson's three-tier lockdown policy has cleared the House of Commons after hours of objections from disgruntled Tory backbenchers.more

Canary Islands authorities have introduced a ban on smoking in the streets. The new law, which has been in force in the Spanish archipelago since yesterday, is justified by the possibility of coronavirus contamination through nicotine smoke.more

A further 143 people in the UK have died with the virus - more than double the previous day's figure. Public Health England calls the rise "hugely concerning", with cases increasing in older age groups.more

The government's scientific advisers called for a short lockdown in England to halt the spread of Covid-19 last month, newly released documents show.more

UK unemployment rose to 4.5% in three months, the highest level in more than three years, and the number of layoffs was the highest since 2009, the National Statistics Office (ONS) reported.more

Heathrow airport, the busiest in Europe until the coronavirus pandemic, dropped out of the top 10 in August. The west London hub carried just 18 per cent of the passengers in that month compared with August 2019.more

After a short-term infection with the coronavirus, the outgoing US President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail. At a rally in Florida, he threw face masks into the crowd and said he was immune to infection.more

Londoners who flout coronavirus restrictions are less likely to be fined than people in most other regions of England and Wales, police data shows.more

Over the last 24 hours, 4,122 new SARS-CoV-2 infections were detected in Germany, and 13 more people died due to the coronavirus, informed the Berlin Institute of Robert Koch (RKI).more

Health officials have confirmed 825 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland. The total number of confirmed cases is now 45,531.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson argued yesterday that the three-step system of epidemic restrictions announced a few hours earlier was a "balanced package". However, the Chief Medical Officer of England expressed concerns as to whether it was sufficient.more

Krzysztof Wolicki, president of the Polish Funeral Association, called for resignation from mass grave visits on November 1.more

A charity supplied by our Food For London Now campaign has warned of a sharp increase in food poverty in London as the second wave of the coronavirus takes hold.more

More than half of business representatives in Poland are concerned about this year's results of their companies, and 68 percent. believes that the effects of the pandemic are severe for businesses, according to the Kantar Global Business Compass study.more

The Liverpool City Region will be on the "very high" Covid alert level from Wednesday, Boris Johnson has announced. Confirming new three-tier restrictions, the PM said pubs, bars and betting shops will close on Merseyside.more

The UK today announced 13,972 new coronavirus cases and 50 more victims as Boris Johnson plunged millions of people into deeper lockdowns. Today's new infections are up just 11 per cent from last Monday, when 12,594 cases were recorded, but triple the 4,368 recorded on Monday, September 21. Data on September 28 was rendered invalid due to a counting blunder at Public Health England (PHE). more

The governments of Spain's four autonomous communities have announced new epidemic restrictions due to the increase in Covid-19 cases. They enter into force on Monday in Navarra and parts of Asturias and Madrid, and from Tuesday in the province of Granada in Andalusia.more

The Bank of England has moved a step closer to adopting negative interest after writing to banks asking them how ready they would be for the ground-breaking move.more

Italy is preparing fresh nationwide restrictions, including on private parties, in response to a recent spike in new coronavirus cases, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Sunday.more

British Airways (BA) chief executive Alex Cruz is stepping down from the role with immediate effect, owner International Airlines Group (IAG) has said.more

French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Monday he did not rule out local lockdowns in France due to a resurgence of new coronavirus infections. more

Slovakia will put in place stricter measures from Thursday to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, including a requirement to wear face masks in public and limits to public gatherings, its health minister said on Sunday.more