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The often unsanitary conditions in refugee and migrant camps, like this one on Lesbos, pose a challenge for residents trying to avoid coronavirus.

The BBC’s Gavin Lee took a road trip in Europe’s Schengen area to see how free movement has changed.

Italy on Monday extended an economically crippling lockdown until “at least” mid-April to stem coronavirus infections that have claimed a world-leading 11,591 lives.

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Fabrizio Sala, the vice president of Italy’s Lombardy region, discussed the deadly coronavirus outbreak in his region, the epicentre of the pandemic in Italy. He sounded an optimistic note, saying “we have less people in our hospitals than other days” and said he was considering a partial resumption of economic activity “after April”.

The number of people who have died after testing positive for coronavirus in the United Kingdom rose to 1,408, according to figures released on Monday. This was a daily increase of 180, a smaller rise than the previous set of numbers.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday discussed closer cooperation on the coronavirus with US President Donald Trump, with the two agreeing on “consultations” about oil prices, the Kremlin said.

Glezos, a prominent Greek whose act of defiance against Nazi occupation during World War Two was a rallying cry for the country’s resistance movement, died on Monday, authorities said.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday secured the right to rule by decree after his Fidesz party passed a law in parliament granting him open-ended extra powers to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

Thieves stole a painting by Vincent van Gogh overnight from the Singer Laren Museum in the Netherlands, its director said on Monday.

The sun may be shining in Spain but most areas look like ghost towns. Shuttered shops and police patrols now dominate the streets. This doesn’t sound like your typical Costa del Sol brochure.

The Singer Laren museum near Amsterdam had closed its doors earlier in March as part of nationwide restrictions because of coronavirus. Thieves have broken in and stolen a work by Vincent van Gogh.

Hungary’s leader has been granted greater powers to help fight the spread of coronavirus in a move critics are calling a power grab.

Critics accuse Prime Minister Viktor Orban of exploiting the coronavirus crisis to silence opposition.

France stepped up on Monday its calls for firms using state aid to keep afloat during the coronavirus crisis to not pay out dividends to shareholders this year.

Spain is the worst-affected country behind Italy, but ministers are hopeful the curve is flattening.

The Netherlands, Spain and Turkey have all said some Chinese-made equipment is substandard.

Spain’s health emergency chief Fernando Simon tested positive for coronavirus, health officials said Monday, as the number of confirmed cases rose to 85,195, surpassing China’s infection tally. 

As the number of cases globally soars, many countries build temporary hospitals for patients.

Moscow on Monday imposed a lockdown in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus as Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin asked regional authorities to make similar preparations.

Italian authorities said Sunday they would extend a month-long lockdown to stem the coronavirus pandemic, as the death toll in the country reached 10,779 after the number of fatalities rose by 756 in 24 hours. 

Britons may be subject to some form of lockdown measures for six months or longer, England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jenny Harries said on Sunday,warning the country faces a second wave of coronavirus if they are lifted too quickly. 

Football fans around the world are turning to Belarus to get their fix during lockdown as the game carries on in the former Soviet republic.

Spain awoke to its third week under near-total lockdown on Sunday, as the government met to approve a strengthening of measures and the coronavirus death toll rose by a record 838 cases overnight to 6,528.

In her first address to the nation on the coronavirus pandemic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel calmly appealed to citizens’ reason and discipline to slow the spread of the virus, acknowledging as a woman who grew up in communist East Germany how difficult it is to give up freedoms, yet as a trained scientist emphasizing that the facts don’t lie.

A titan of classical music, Penderecki was considered Poland’s greatest contemporary composer. He is best known for his tribute to the victims of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, as well as for film scores like "The Shining."

A French former cabinet minister and former president of the Parisian Haut-de-Seine administrative district has become one of the first high-profile politicians to die of COVID-19. Patrick Devedjian was 75.

Measures to target coronavirus may get tougher, Boris Johnson says in letter sent to every UK home.

While swathes of Europe are under lockdown, Sweden is allowing life to go on much as normal.

Hundreds of thousands of masks sent to Dutch hospitals have been recalled after tests showed they failed to protect the face or had defective filters. The Netherlands recently bought 1.3 million masks from China.

The number of coronavirus deaths in Spain has reached well over 6,000 as the country struggles to cope with the crisis.

The unity of EU members faces a new, painful test with the coronavirus crisis. If the bloc fails to stand up to it, the entire project might "lose its foundations," warned Italy’s Prime Minister Guiseppe Conte.

The coronavirus toll in Italy shot past 10,000 on Saturday and showed little sign of slowing despite a 16-day lockdown. 

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the Eurozone’s economy, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire issued a rallying cry to the nation’s supermarkets on 24 March: ‘Stock French products!’

The service usually only happens twice a year but was given as Italy’s coronavirus death toll passes 9,000.

The European police authority has warned that con artists are preying on fears of illness by offering fake masks, medicine, COVID-19 tests and even vaccines. Bernd Riegert reports from Brussels.

Skopje submitted formal accession papers on Friday, becoming the 30th member of the transatlantic military alliance. The move caps a week of EU diplomacy allowing North Macedonia to begin EU accession talks.

Stuck in lockdown for weeks now, Italians are looking for bright spots as they adapt to life with the coronavirus. A sense of dystopia mixes with a new feeling of community, reports Megan Williams from her home in Rome.

The Swiss museum had previously rejected claims filed by Curt Glaser’s descendants, saying they had not been purchasing purchased Nazi-looted art. Now both sides reached a compromise.

The British prime minister confirmed the news in a video on social media. Health Minister Matt Hancock has also tested positive for COVID-19, though so far both he and Johnson have only displayed mild symptoms.

How Ayesha, Tom and Nerea are cooking, singing and sewing their way into the weekend.

The EU has agreed to launch a new mission in the Mediterranean to monitor the UN-mandated arms embargo on Libya. NGOs are critical of the bloc’s policy on fighting human smuggling and arms trafficking.

Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the cities of Belgrade and Sarajevo are expressing strong and visible support for Croatia. For the first time in 30 years solidarity and care are overshadowing hatred in the Western Balkans.

Polish judges wanted the European Court of Justice to rule on the legality of the 2017 reforms. Poland’s government has been on a collision course with the EU due to its overhaul of the court system for several years.

Prime Minister Albin Kurti lost a no-confidence vote after being criticized for his handling of the pandemic.

The corona pandemic is not just a health hazard. A permanent mode of crisis can also endanger open societies. In a state of emergency, the course is set for an uncertain post-corona world.

After an Ukrainian advertising magnate was found dead in the home of former Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, police detained the politician on murder charges. Kozhara and his wife claim the businessman committed suicide.

Europe’s aviation traffic has slumped by 65%, leaving skies unblemished blue with few vapor trails. The COVID-19 viral pandemic has prompted the airports Paris Orly and London City to plan flight suspensions.

Workers from Central Asia are stranded after Russia closed its borders to try to stop the spread of coronavirus.