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Macron and Putin discuss Libyan crisis in videoconference meeting
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AP Photo/Michel Euler, PoolFrench President Emmanuel Macron "is confident" France can "move forward" with Russia on a number of…
Migrant rescue operations continue in the Mediterranean despite COVID-19 pandemic | #TheCube
Flavio Gasperini / SOS MEDITERRANEEFifty-one migrants have been rescued off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy, after their wooden boat was found adrift and in distress at midday on Thursday.The NGO vessel Ocean Viking, operated…
Coronavirus updates: WHO warns global cases could reach 10 million next week
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AP Photo/Frank AugsteinThe latest developments:World Health Organization warns COVID-19 cases could reach 10 million next week.US, Russia, Brazil on draft list of countries banned from travelling to bloc from 1…
Coronavirus live: Germany and Portugal reimpose localised restrictions
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AP Photo/Armando FrancaKey updates:England will further ease lockdown restrictions from July 4Germany reimposes lockdown in county with causes linked to slaughterhouseTop-ranked Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic…
‘A rapist in your path’: This Chilean feminist anthem is spreading around the world
Women perform "A Rapist In Your Path," in a demonstration against gender-based violence in Santiago, Chile
- Copyright AP Photo/Esteban Felix - Esteban Felix "And the fault wasn’t mine, not where I was, not how I…
Watch back: New European Commission marks 10th anniversary of Treaty of Lisbon
Copyright REUTERS/Johanna Geron European leaders marked ten years since the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force on the first official day of the new European Commission. The new EU leaders made statements before European Parliament…
Microplastics are ‘omnipresent’ in European rivers, scientists say
Copyright Pixabay/Matthew Gollop Researchers have found that microplastics are omnipresent in European rivers.Scientists found the pieces — less than five millimetres in size — in 100% of water samples taken from nine major…
UK PM Boris Johnson says all Conservative candidates back his Brexit deal
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses his supporters in front of the general election campaign trail bus in Manchester, Britain November 15, 2019.
- Copyright Frank Augstein/Pool via REUTERS British Prime Minister…
French bishops back payments to sex abuse victims
Copyright Assemblée plénière des évêques de France/YouTube French bishops voted on Saturday in favour of a plan to offer payments to people who were sexually abused as children by members of the Catholic clergy.The French bishops…
Watch: Chefs team up with archaeologists to cook up Roman-era delights
Lamb stew with oxygarum; wild boar and venison stuffing; and cibarium bread.These were some of the Roman-era delights cooked up at a special banquet in Spain.Archaeologists and chefs teamed up to reinterpret food from more than 2,000 years…
North Macedonia PM calls for snap election after EU membership talks blocked
North Macedonia should have a snap general election, the country’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said on Saturday, after a bid to start EU membership talks were blocked.The European Council said on Friday it was not going to begin formal…
Portugal parliamentary election 2019: Who are the main parties?
A rally of the Portuguese Social Democrats in Lisbon
- Copyright REUTERS More than 20 political movements will be in the running as voters head to the polls for parliamentary elections in Portugal on Sunday (October 6).But who are the…
Europe moves to support circuses that follow best practises
FILE PHOTO: Elephants perform during a rehearsal for new show of Swiss National-Circus Knie in Rapperswil
- Copyright REUTERS Arnd Wiegmann Touring circuses have a 250-year-old history in Europe, often visiting as many as a hundred…
Spain launches €300 million plan to soften tourism blow of Thomas Cook collapse
Copyright REUTERS/Borja Suarez Spain's government has announced a recovery plan worth 300 million euros to combat the economic fallout of the collapse of British tour operator Thomas Cook, acting Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto said on…
Euronews answers: The Council of Europe turns 70, but what does it do?
The headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France
- Copyright AFP It is the organisation that is often confused with similarly worded European institutions. But, this year, the Council of Europe stands out: it is…
Watch live: UK Parliament sits again as Speaker asks for civility
Speaker John Bercow is asking MPs not to treat each other as enemies
- Copyright REUTERS The UK's junior minister for Brexit has told MPs the government intends to get a new deal with the EU ahead of the 31 October deadline for…
Exclusive: Europe’s children of the so-called Islamic State
This week, Euronews brings you a series of exclusive reports on "Europe’s Children of ISIS": the victims — and heirs — of one of the most brutal terrorist organizations the world has ever seen. We will ask "What the future…
Greek police arrest suspect in 1985 TWA aircraft hijacking
Copyright REUTERS/Jamal Saidi/Files Greek police have arrested a 65-year-old Lebanese man suspected of involvement in the 1985 hijacking of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) plane in which a US navy diver was killed. The man was apprehended…
France to give more people iodine tablets after expanding nuclear security cordon
France will give out free iodine tablets to around 2.2 million people living close to nuclear plants to help protect them from radiation in case of an accident. The country's nuclear regulator agency ASN said on Tuesday people living within…
Spain’s political stalemate comes to a climax this week | Euronews explains
Copyright REUTERS/Sergio Perez Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has embarked on a last-ditch mission to get out of the political stalemate and avoid the fourth national election in as many years.Spain has been in…