Monday marks World Press Freedom Day, so amid what RSF has called a ‘dramatic deterioration in access to information’, Euronews takes a look at the 10 worst countries in Europe for press freedom.

Experts say the government’s lax rules about election rallies fueled the outbreak.

“The continuous loss of life calls for an urgent change in approach to the situation in Libya and the Central Med.,” the IOM said in a Twitter post.

A missing finger from a giant statue of the Roman Emperor Constantine has been reunited with his hand after being missing for over 500 years.

Fans are angry about the European Super League and the Glazer family's attempt to take the club into it.

Iranian state TV had previously reported that Iran had agreed to release five detainees in return for cash.

A team of astronomers believe they have calculated how dense the heaviest known neutron star is.

A German shipping company has loaded 59 containers of toxic materials on to a vessel in Beirut as part of the clean-up after last year's devastating chemical blast

“It's not very often you get to wake up on the space station and go to sleep in Houston."

The flagship Costa Smeralda set off from the port of Savona after being landbound since December when the Italian government banned cruises due to the coronavirus crisis.

The protests come just days ahead of a vote to elect new members of the 129-seat devolved Scottish Parliament at Holyrood.

Hospitals in India have been overwhelmed by the number of coronavirus patients.

The deal would make the Shanghai-based Fudan University campus the first Chinese university campus in the European Union.

The shooting broke out when Tajik officials tried to mount surveillance cameras to monitor the water supply facility

There are fears that few will be able to afford to be immunised at private clinics, and even state governments could struggle to cover the cost of vaccines charged by drug companies.

A relaxation of some of the regulations surrounding the coronavirus pandemic have been introduced in several European countries.

“We have yet to come to an understanding on the most critical points. Success is by no means guaranteed, but not impossible.”

SOS Mediterranee said some passengers told rescuers they were beaten by smugglers based in Libya and forced to embark despite high waves.

Many Slovaks have told Euronews they still trust Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, despite a dispute over its quality.

Eastern Orthodox Christians are able to have bigger Easter celebrations this year as lockdowns in many countries are eased.

As well as being pregnant, researchers believe the young woman was rich.

The crowd danced the night away free of masks and social distancing.

In an historic move Germany has agreed to repatriate hundreds of Benin Bronzes in the Humboldt-Forum museum in Berlin to Nigeria next year.

Protests have taken place everywhere from Indonesia to Istanbul to Paris and the U.S.

The American-made vaccine joins AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson in receiving the WHO's emergency use listing.

The largest study of its kind confirmed minority ethnic groups in England had a higher risk of testing positive for coronavirus, as well as hospitalisation, admission to intensive care, and death.

On Friday a festive gathering in northern Israel turned into one of the country's worst-ever tragedies, with at least 45 people killed in a stampede.

French farmers staged a 'tractor protest' at the European Parliament in Strasbourg over new EU agriculture proposals they say are too 'green'

The key stories of the week, captured by photographers around the world.

People with government-issued coronavirus immunity cards can now go indoors to restaurants, theatres, cinemas, spas, gyms and other recreational venues.

A fire in a COVID-19 hospital ward in western India killed 18 patients early on Saturday.

The US will restrict travel from India citing a devastating rise in COVID infections and the emergence of new variants.

At least 21 people died and as many as 90 people were injured after a suicide truck bombing in Afghanistan on Friday.

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Ousmane is one of the thousands of migrants stuck in the Canary Islands desperately trying to get to mainland Europe. Many want to leave and many more keep arriving. Local populations are struggling to manage the financial costs creating social tensi...

President of the EU Parliament David Sassoli and Vice President of the European Commission Věra Jourová were among the eight officials Russia sanctioned.

“I feel like that from one side, the enemy is shooting at us, and from the other side in Kyiv, people are trying to hit us economically.”

Several European countries have vowed to keep fighting extremism in Africa's Sahel region.

French authorities said the stabbing inside the police station was an Islamic extremist attack.

Since 2019, around 100 municipalities have declared themselves free of "LGBT ideology", following support from Poland's ruling conservative Law and Justice party.

For the next few days, there will be no goal clips, lineup announcements, or even title celebrations. This means that if Manchester City clinches the Premier League trophy on Sunday it will not celebrate the title on social media.

Switzerland long had a reputation as a haven for tax dodgers to squirrel away their money to avoid fiscal authorities abroad. But Swiss authorities have been at pains to try to change the country’s image.

Less than three months before they begin, the head of the Tokyo Olympics organising committee says the games could be held behind closed doors.

President Milos Zemen cast doubts over whether the Russian Secret Service was to blame for a deadly explosion in 2014.

The countries ahead on vaccinations, relatively speaking, are those outside the EU, like Serbia and the UK. Hungary is the exception, but Budapest has bought doses from Russia and China to boost its stocks.

More than 386,450 new cases were reported across India on Friday, as the army opened up its hospitals. Meanwhile, Brazil became the second country to officially top 400,000 COVID-19 deaths.

The two central Asian countries have traded fire in a dispute over a large area of territory.

Previous attempts to ban menthol cigarettes in the US faced pushback from lobbyists and members of Congress.

At least 44 people and injured some 150 others early Friday following a crush during the celebrations of Lag BaOmer at Mount Meron.

Prime minister Antonio Costa announced Portugal would move on to the next step of easing COVID restrictions 48 hours earlier than scheduled.