The pandemic has swung the pendulum of political consensus away from the populists, eroding their approval ratings ahead of key parliamentary elections in 2021 and 2022.

Four people recently died after taking Russia's Sputnik V anti-corona jab in previously unreported cases, which are being taken "seriously" by the EU regulator, the European Medicines Agency.

The violence came as tensions have been building over Brexit, which has seen trade barriers put in place between Northern Ireland and the rest of Great Britain.

Despite the calls for coordination from Brussels, EU capitals started issuing a jumble of measures for the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine to respond to concerns over rare blood clots.

This week's snap election in Greenland resulted in a clear majority for the mining-sceptic IA party, in a historic change.

Beatings, forced sterilisation, police violence and fire bombings by right-wing extremists against Romani communities are still a reality in Europe. The corona pandemic only worsened this situation.