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Sat, 13 Feb 2021 08:06:36 +0100
Myanmar coup: UN passes watered down resolution calling for release of Aung San Suu Kyi
The UN passed the resolution on Saturday, but was watered down after pressure from China and Russia.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 22:59:29 +0100
British barrister Karim Khan elected next International Criminal Court prosecutor
Khan, an assistant U.N. secretary-general, was widely seen as the favorite to get the job. But neither Khan nor any of the other candidates garnered enough support to be appointed by consensus, prompting Friday’s election in the U.N. General Assemb...

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 22:39:16 +0100
Happy Lunar New Year: Welcome the Year of the Ox!
It's one of the globe’s biggest annual celebrations with approximately one-fifth of humanity taking part in the festivities. Though the pandemic has closed temples and severely limited travel and family gatherings, many traditional celebrations ARE...

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 21:09:23 +0100
Europe's air passenger numbers 'at lowest level since 1995' last year
Passenger traffic in European airports has fallen by 70.4% in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, regressing to its 1995 level, according to ACI Europe.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:59:13 +0100
Ukraine sides with US over Chinese takeover of engine company
Analysts believe the decision could lead to a cooling of the relationship between Ukraine and China, with the latter in turn looking to Russia for closer relations.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:49:36 +0100
Italy politics: Former ECB chief Mario Draghi to be sworn in as prime minister
The former European Central Bank Chief will be sworn in at ceremony at the Quirinal Palace at noon.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:45:55 +0100
Belgian police officer sentenced for fatally shooting two-year-old migrant girl
A Belgian police officer who fatally shot Mawda Shawri during a high-speed chase has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and given a one-year suspended prison sentence.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:49:15 +0100
Love during lockdown: How has the world been dating during the COVID pandemic?
With the places where people would usually meet or get together closed, singles were forced to reassess dating during the pandemic. Europeans and those from further afield told Euronews their different tales of love during the pandemic.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:27:05 +0100
All hypotheses still on the table over COVID-19's origins, WHO chief says
The World Health Organisation's director-general's remarks come after the team visiting China suggested a leak from a lab was 'very unlikely'

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:43:08 +0100
Nurses in poorer countries 'left behind' in COVID-19 vaccination race
On the frontlines, but at the back of the queue: health workers are still waiting for vaccines in most low-and-middle-income countries.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:12:41 +0100
Jailed Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng wins Martin Ennals Award
Allegedly tortured while in prison in China, Yu Wensheng switched from being a successful corporate lawyer to fighting for human rights before he was arrested.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:02:23 +0100
Europe's big freeze, Greek student protests and other key events in pictures
The key stories of the week, captured by photographers around the world.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:00:47 +0100
The unheard pain of abortion in Poland
A recent ruling by Poland's Constitutional Tribunal has made its already tough abortion law even stricter. On Unreported Europe we take a look at the implications of this law on those most affected by it.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:52:33 +0100
France's health authority recommends single vaccine shot for people who have had COVID-19
France's High Authority for Health said that as people who have previously contracted COVID-19 retain "an immune memory", a single dose of vaccine "will thus act as a booster."

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:39:09 +0100
Facebook limits content shared by Myanmar military to stop the spread of 'misinformation'
Facebook has pledged to reduce the distribution of all content on Facebook pages and profiles run by the Myanmar Military “Tatmadaw”, as well as accounts linked to the armed forces spokesperson Brigadier-General Zaw Min Tun.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:02:32 +0100
Red Hand Day 2021: COVID-19 pandemic 'increases risk of children being recruited by armed groups'
According to the UN, in 2019 alone, more than 7,740 children, some as young as six, were recruited and used as soldiers around the world.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:08:01 +0100
Turkey tornado causes injuries and topples crane on country's Aegean coast
It struck in the coastal town of Çeşme, near Izmir, uprooting trees, capsizing yachts and knocking down a crane.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:06:45 +0100
Post Brexit bureaucracy bites British store in Brussels
‘There are 250 different product categories that will require 250 different types of paperwork that will need to be submitted to the customs’, store manager Ryan Pearce

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:19:21 +0100
Czech MPs refuse to extend the state of emergency despite government pleas
Government ministers have warned the move will further worsen the country's COVID-19 situation and might cause the struggling health system to collapse.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:50:05 +0100
How poorer countries on the EU's fringes are still without COVID-19 vaccines
Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and the Republic of North Macedonia are among the countries still empty-handed.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:27:54 +0100
Kosovo jails Serbian army reserve for 12 years for war crimes
A Kosovo court has jailed a former Serb army police reserve officer for 12 years for crimes during the country's 1998-1999 war.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:22:11 +0100
Explosions in Indian fireworks factory kill 11, injure 34
Those injured in the blasts at the factory in Tamil Nadu state's Virudhunagar district were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, police officer Raj Narayanan said.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:56:08 +0100
Weapons and IS flag found amid bomb attack arrests in Denmark and Germany, say police
Authorities in Germany and Denmark initially announced eight arrests on Thursday and detained six others on Friday.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:42:05 +0100
COVID-19 vaccine rollout: Russia's Sputnik V jab will be used in the EU for the first time on Friday
It becomes the first EU country to use the Sputnik V jab after European officials said no application had been received for a rollout across the bloc

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:13:11 +0100
Russia 'ready' for a break in relations with the EU, says Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
'If you want peace, prepare for war', says Lavrov as the EU considers sanctions over conflicts in Eastern Europe and opposition leader Alexei Navalny's detention

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 11:10:43 +0100
Catalonia prepares to head to the polls for Sunday's regional elections
People in Catalonia are heading to the polls this Sunday. For close to a decade, elections have been dominated by the pro-independence movement but this time healthcare and the economy have taken centre stage.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 10:31:04 +0100
French village inherits 2 million euros from Austrian Jew it housed during WWII
In Chambon sur Lignon, only one person remembers Erich Schwam, who died at the end of December at the age of 90 in Lyon, leaving no relatives behind.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:03:49 +0100
Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition leader back in court on slander charges
This is a separate charge from a 2014 fraud and money-laundering embezzlement conviction, for which Navalny was sentenced to jail earlier last week.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 08:18:09 +0100
Yoshiro Mori: Tokyo 2020 president resigns after saying women talk too much
Yoshiro Mori had initially refused to step down but conceded on Friday after more than a week of non-stop criticism.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 23:15:18 +0100
Chick Corea, Grammy-winning jazz pianist, dies aged 79
The jazz musician won a staggering 23 Grammy Awards and could posthumously win this year.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:48:50 +0100
Rioters acted on Trump's 'orders,' Democrats say in impeachment trial
House Democrats prosecuting former US President Donald Trump's impeachment said on Thursday the Capitol rioters believed they were acting on "the president's orders”.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:26:16 +0100
MEPs raise safety concerns over a new nuclear plant in Belarus
Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, which built the plant, has rejected claims the Astravets facility is unsafe, saying the design conforms to the highest international standards.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:03:45 +0100
Germany to reinstate border controls over coronavirus variant
The interior minister says border controls and restrictions will be temporarily imposed on neighbouring regions in the Czech Republic and Austria from Sunday evening.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 19:22:05 +0100
Portugal urged to extend its national COVID-19 lockdown until Easter
A study suggested that sticking with the lockdown, and keeping schools closed, through the end of March would bring down the number of COVID-19 intensive care unit patients to around 300.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 19:06:12 +0100
China says BBC World News taken off air for 'serious content violation'
Chinese state media say the BBC news channel has failed to be 'true and impartial'. Last week China's state broadcaster's licence was revoked in the UK.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:27:42 +0100
Norway deports foreign truck driver for driving without snow chains near Arctic Circle
Norway has deported a truck driver who was stopped by police twice within an hour for driving without mandatory snow chains near the Arctic Circle.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 17:48:58 +0100
Alexei Navalny: Russia warns citizens against unauthorised protests on Valentine's Day
Russia's Interior Ministry has warned citizens they could face criminal sanctions if they participate in planned demonstrations on Valentine's Day.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 17:23:08 +0100
Meghan Markle wins her privacy claim over letter to estranged father
BREAKING: Meghan Markle wins her privacy claim over letter to estranged father

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 17:02:09 +0100
Belarus: Critics slam Lukashenko's alleged bid to introduce political reform
Lukashenko, in power for over 26 years, declared to the 2,700 delegates present on Thursday that they would be able to draft constitutional reforms. The opposition has branded it a sham.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 16:23:23 +0100
These baby pandas will make your Chinese New Year
Watch these baby pandas make their first public outing in China, just in time for the New Year’s celebrations.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:57:38 +0100
Mario Draghi is Italy’s best hope but the issues he'll face are huge | View
The fact Draghi's government depends on such a disparate group of political parties will restrict his room for manoeuvre and make it hard to reach consensus, argues Dr Luigi Scazzieri

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:36:27 +0100
Amid a pandemic, Italian town rebuilds its earthquake-hit basilica
A tale of resilience in central Italy.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:20:55 +0100
Netherlands offers payment of 'appreciation' to Srebrenica veterans
The Dutch government has offered to pay veterans of a United Nations peacekeeping mission that failed to prevent the massacre at Srebrenica in 1995.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:12:10 +0100
Holidays in UK and Europe: is it worth making plans?
Sean Tipton, a spokesman for travel association ABTA, says he thinks things are slowly improving.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 13:11:24 +0100
Alexei Navalny's wife Yulia Navalnaya reportedly arrives in Germany
The details of Yulia Navalnaya's trip to Germany are still unknown but the decision to travel seems to have been taken very quickly.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 12:50:27 +0100
Can Italy's disparate parties realign themselves under Mario Draghi?
Cecilia Sottilotta, Assistant Professor of International Relations and Global Politics at the American University of Rome says it's difficult to believe these very diverse parties are actually coming together.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 10:59:33 +0100
Countries curb diplomatic ties and weigh sanctions on Myanmar
In Brussels, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said European foreign ministers will meet Feb. 22 to review the 27-nation bloc’s relations with Myanmar.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 10:45:28 +0100
Calais migrants willing to risk freezing temperatures to cross the channel
Authorities have opened emergency shelters where the migrants can get a hot meal and a bed for the night. Local NGOs claim little information has been made available about sites and say migrants won't use them if they are located too far from crossin...

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:55:17 +0100
Trump impeachment: Democrats present incitement case showing new video of Capitol riot
Videos of the siege have been circulating since the day of the riot, but the graphic compilation amounted to a more complete narrative, a moment-by-moment retelling of one of the nation's most alarming days.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 07:31:02 +0100
Conch shell found in French cave oldest known seashell instrument
The shell, thought to be around 18,000 years old, was found during the excavation of a cave with prehistoric wall paintings in France - and it still works.



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