A scientific committee advising the French government warned that the country could lose control of its spread "at any time."
Authorities suspect the animals transmitted the virus to a number of workers at the farm.
The deal was sealed after intense negotiations that saw threats of walkouts, vetoes and fierce opposition from the Netherlands and Austria.
EU officials have drawn up a stimulus plan that would see 500 billion euros handed out as grants and subsidies and a further 250 billion as loans.
Merkel's last major role on the international stage comes as the 27-member club faces its deepest recession since World War II.
The Netherlands has been commended for its "intelligent lockdown" approach.
Air France has suffered a significant reduction of its services, which resulted in high operating losses.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Charles skipping the Invictus Games this year isn't a snub to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
The 300-million-euro ($330 million) building was built in less than two years after Amsterdam won an EU-wide contest to host the agency.
The Netherlands has become the first country worldwide to put Amber Alerts on ATMs.
ING has paid 775 million euros for failure to implement a law aimed at preventing money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
A new report claims that the US is wasting billions of dollars upgrading nuclear bombs based in Europe that are no longer an effective deterrent and could be a security liability.
A 13,500-year-old carved bison bone dredged from the North Sea is the oldest piece of Dutch art ever found.
All Dutch adults to automatically become organ donors unless they opt out under new law approved by Senate in the Netherlands.
Aweys Shikhey, 38, from Tottenham, north London, was described as 'a terrorist hiding in plain sight' as the Old Bailey heard he also wanted to gun down Spurs supporters with AK47.
NBC commentator Katie Couric made the bizarre statement during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
The Netherlands won gold, silver and bronze in the women's 3,000m speed skating event - and fans took aim at Trump.
A group of British citizens living in the Netherlands hoping to retain their EU citizenship despite Brexit have won the right to take their case to the European Court of Justice.
Stone Age grave on banks of River Vecht gives up its secrets to archaeologists.
Three people were killed in Belgium and the Netherlands, and at least eight people died in Germany as powerful winds ripped roofs off buildings, toppled trees and blew trucks off the road.
Group calling themselves "Right in Resistance" post pictures of dummy decapitated corpse in anti-Muslim threat.
Replica of Noah's Ark breaks free and causes chaos, crashing into boats moored in harbour of Dutch fishing village Urk.