The European Space Agency is currently recruiting astronauts from EU member states - and one country is serious about getting their candidate amongst the stars.

UN data shows that out of the 3,800 people who arrived in Italy by sea this year, 2,527 departed from Libya.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is 66% effective and protects against severe COVID-19, US regulators confirmed. They could authorise the vaccine within the coming days.

Plastic bags have been overtaken by face masks as one of the most common pieces of plastic waste. In fact, 102 million are thrown every week in the UK alone.

About 60,000 riders using bicycles and motor scooters mostly work without any kind of contract, pension contributions, paid holidays, sick leave or accident coverage.

Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa was given 72 hours to leave the country.

It's mostly thanks to coronavirus that another 1,200 words have been added to the German language this year. Here's some of the best.

Kosovars hate it and its president has warned EU diplomats of a plot to undermine it. But Kosovo's new leader-in-waiting Albin Kurti might just choose to ignore it.

The UK's Glastonbury, the largest greenfield music festival in the world, was in January cancelled for the second year in a row due to the pandemic.

The cocaine was found in more than 1,700 tin cans that had been filled with putty, Hamburg's customs office said.

Which would you prefer? In Serbia, people can select any of four jabs: the one developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, China’s Sinopharm, Russia’s Sputnik V and Oxford-Astrazeneca's.

Three jailed for helping ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn flee to Lebanon

"Today we are starting vaccinations with the Chinese batches," said Prime Minister Viktor Orban in a brief message on Facebook.

The Czech Republic health officials say hospitals are overwhelmed and they plan to ask for help from abroad when the numbers of remaining beds in hospitals reach 10%

Human rights campaigners hope the landmark ruling will set a precedent for other cases.

Euronews correspondent Shona Murray spoke to Sunday World reporter Patricia Devlin who has been targeted for her work in Northern Ireland.

The huge parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team.

San Marino isn’t an EU member and was excluded from the deals the 27-nation bloc negotiated with pharmaceutical firms.

Bookings to Spain, Greece and other destinations soared after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's announcement but there is still uncertainty surrounding international travel.

The country dealt with the virus relatively well until December, but has since seen cases soar largely due to the spread of the highly contagious British variant.

The former Capitol police chief and federal agencies blame each other for their failure to stop supporters of ex-President Trump from storming the building on January 6.

Two Democratic members of the US Congress have urged a dozen cable, satellite, and streaming TV companies to crack down on health and political misinformation.

The gold star had to be cut free from the wreckage and has undergone surgery for what his agent said were 'serious injuries' to his legs.

How the Romantic poet lives on: scientists from the Institute for Digital Archaeology have 'virtually recreated him' thanks to Computer Generated Imagery.

The case relaunched in December centres on an actress in her twenties who has accused the star of sexually assaulting her twice in August 2018.

Europe’s most active volcano has been lighting up the Sicilian night sky with eruptions.

Ukraine has accused Russia of violating human rights and carrying out "targeted assassination operations of alleged opponents".

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the growth of digital labour platforms. Now their workers need better social protection, says the International Labour Organization.

For more than a week protests have raged over the jailing of rapper Pablo Hasél, whose sentence has ignited a heated debate over freedom of expression in Spain.

Rescue workers in Egypt were still searching for at least five people missing after a boat sank in Lake Mariut near Alexandria on Monday night.

The businessman is regarded as one of the most influential figures in Latvian politics.

Turkey's Minister of Defence said that four Greek fighter jets had flown close to the ship TCG Cesme, but Athens has denied the allegations.

The coup was declared a failure when the king appeared on television to support the new democratic government. Before his televised speech, the country had been holding its breath for the 18 hours that the ordeal at the Parliament lasted.

200 coffins fall into Ligurian Sea after Italy landslide

It will be the first legal case in EU history where one member state sues another for environmental reasons, according to the European Environmental Bureau.

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From one extreme to another, the temperatures across Europe have been on a rollercoaster journey this winter.

The 60-year-old man is alleged to have participated in the robberies in Cologne and Frankfurt between 2018 and 2019.

State TV reported the country had officially begun restrictions on nuclear inspections, in what is seen as a bid to pressure the west into lifting sanctions and restore the 2015 nuclear deal.

The Lanarca salt lake is a "fantastic wetland" that is important for flamingos migrating from Turkey in the winter months, according to Martin Hellicar, the director of BirdLife Cyprus.

The US is the worst-affected country in the world when it comes to deaths and cases, and accounts for 1 in 5 of the global fatalities.

Hong Kong's chief executive gave support to electoral changes that would likely cement Beijing's control over the city's politics.

Melia, chairman of the United National Movement, is accused of organising “mass violence” during anti-government protests in 2019.

Mijalkov, a first cousin of conservative former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, is accused of masterminding phone taps on more than 20,000 people, including politicians, judges and journalists between 2006-2016.

On February 18, 2021, Facebook hit back at publishers and the government with a sudden decision to block news on its platform across the entire country.

"The money hasn't been thrown to the wind," Lukashenko told Putin amid reports he had come to Russia seeking another loan for Belarus.

The world’s most famous electronic music duo, Daft Punk, have announced they are splitting up.

The official Facebook page of Myanmar's military was removed for "repeated violations", the social network said.

"Government modellers have indicated opening schools, both primary and secondary, will probably increase the infection rate at a time when we're not getting anything like enough protection from the vaccine."

Sweden's Security Service says that Russia is "one of the main intelligence threats" against the country.