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Facebook, a US tech giant known for abusing its users' private data, has filed a complaint at the EU court in Luxembourg, saying the EU Commission's data request was too broad and would affect its employees' medical and financial information.

Ukraine's military officials said there were two breaches of the ceasefire on Monday when pro-Russian separatists opened fire with grenades and small arms, Reuters reported. "I assure that in case the enemy violates the ceasefire and threatens their lives, the response of the armed forces will be immediate and decisive," said commander Volodymyr Kravchenko in a statement. A full ceasefire in eastern Ukraine took effect from Monday.

The EU and China will hold on Tuesday a high-level trade and economic dialogue via videoconference. The meeting will be co-chaired by European Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis and vice-premier of the Chinese state council Liu He. Discussions will be focused on the coronavirus crisis, global economic governance and taxation cooperation, but also about the reform of the World Trade Organization and the ongoing negotiations for an investment agreement.

Spain's health emergency chief, Fernando Simón, on Monday thanked Belgium and the UK for discouraging trips to Spain, saying less tourists reduces the risk of cases of imported coronaviruses. "I thank the Belgians for not coming to Spain; that's one less problem that we have to deal with," Simón said during a press conference on Monday. The statement has triggered strong criticism from the several political parties in the opposition.

Germany has rejected a proposal by US president Donald Trump to allow Russian president Vladimir Putin back into the Group of Seven (G7), according to DW. "We need Russia to solve conflicts such as those in Syria, Libya and Ukraine," German foreign minister Heiko Maas told the Rheinische Post newspaper in an interview published on Monday. Russia was expelled from the G7 in 2014 after its annexation of Crimea.

The European Council on Monday appointed the 22 prosecutors of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), who will work together under new European chief prosecutor Laura Codruţa Kövesi. The decision suffered a delay because of Malta's difficulties in appointing three candidates meeting the conditions of experience and independence set by this body. The EPPO is responsible for prosecuting and bringing to judgment crimes against the financial interests of the EU.

The World Health Organization head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned on Monday that the number of cases worldwide has doubled in the past six weeks, The Guardian reported. "Covid-19 has changed our world," he told reporters. Ghebreyesus will convene later this week the WHO's emergency committee to revaluate the situation - a procedural requirement six months after the agency's declaration of a public health emergency of international concern.

Germany's health minister Jens Spahn announced on Monday plans to make tests mandatory for people returning from risk-risk areas, DW reported. "We must prevent returning travellers from infecting others unnoticed and thus triggering new chains of infection," Spahn tweeted. The new measure would go into effect next week and the tests would be free of charge. Germany has recorded over 206,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus.

Spanish foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said an "inflexion point" has been reached in the dispute over oil- and gas-drilling in the eastern Mediterranean, during a news conference in Ankara with Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on Monday. "We have reached some inflexion point mainly on the drilling in the eastern Mediterranean and this was a useful dialogue with Mevlut to deescalate tensions that exist," Gonzalez Laya said.

Several European countries are now warning citizens not to visit Spain, after an increase in Covid-19 cases this month. However, Spanish foreign minister Arancha González Laya has insisted that Spain is still "a safe country".

Italy is experiencing a surge of 'nuovi poveri' [the new poor]; people who managed - barely - to make ends meet before the pandemic, and now find themselves in a very difficult situation.

Several businesses around Naples have been hit with €1,000 fines as they were responsible "during a commercial transaction" for customers and clients who did not wear a mask in an enclosed space, France24 reported. Besides the fines, businesses could be forced to close for a period between five to 30 days. France will also introduce fines of €135 for people who do not wear a mask in public spaces indoors.

Poland's state-owned coal-mining firm, Polska Grupa Górnicza (PGG), is to announce sweeping mine closures following talks with trade unions on Tuesday, industry sources told the Reuters news agency. Reductions in output could be in the 10 percent to 50 percent range, amid ideas to phase out coal power in the Silesia region entirely by 2036, the two sources said. Poland produces 80 percent of its electricity from the CO2-pollluting source.

Poland might uphold a treaty against domestic violence after all, its ruling party has said, amid an outcry by the EU and Council of Europe.

Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann has questioned the landmark agreement on the EU's €750bn recovery package reached by EU leaders last week - calling for control mechanisms that can ensure funds "are used sensibly and efficiently," DW reported. "I consider joint debt for wide-ranging transfers to be fundamentally dubious," Weidmann said in an interview published Sunday. Weidmann also said the EU still needs to show its ability to respond in crisis.

French far-right protesters, from the Normandy branch of Generation Identity, on Saturday held a racist protest outside the office of black politician Sira Sylla, holding banners that read "help the French, not the Africans," BBC reported. The signs reference a proposal for the reduction in fees on money transfers to African countries. Responding to the protests, Sylla tweeted that she is determined to continue working for African-French relations.

Russian president Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that his country's navy would be armed with hypersonic nuclear-strike weapons and underwater nuclear drones, Reuters writes. "The widespread deployment of advanced digital technologies that have no equals in the world, including hypersonic strike systems and underwater drones, will give the fleet unique advantages and increased combat capabilities," Putin said, adding that the navy would get 40 new vessels this year.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control decided over the weekend to turn Belgium to 'Code Orange' for the coronavirus, after a surge of new infections in several regions across the country. The incidence for the whole of Belgium is now at 21.2 positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the previous 14 days. This follows the decision of the Belgian government to make face masks mandatory from Saturday.

Ukraine's military officials said on Sunday that their troops "have begun preparations" for the latest ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, due to start on Monday, DW reported. This follows an agreement reached by Ukrainian, Russian and OSCE negotiators last week. Moscow occupied Ukraine's Crimea peninsula in 2014 and backed the rebellion in the east.

The UK's government has decided to reimpose a two-week quarantine on all travellers arriving from Spain after a surge of coronavirus cases in the Spanish regions of Catalonia and Aragón. The quarantine requirement took effect from midnight on Saturday, but failure to comply could result in fines of up to €1,000. The UK also changed its travel recommendations and now recommends avoiding any non-essential trips to Spain.