As a country deeply entrenched in its Catholic roots, euthanasia – a practice condemned by the Church’s teaching – has long been a deeply controversial topic.

Officials said at least five of the dead in the riot at Litoral penitentiary in Guayaquil were beheaded.

Irmgard Furchner, who was between 18 and 19 years old at the time of the events and lives in a home for the elderly near Hamburg, is to be tried for "complicity in murder in more than 10,000 cases", according to the prosecution.

Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have declared states of emergency at their borders with Belarus over an influx of migrants.

Magdalena Andersson was unanimously nominated to become the next party leader of the ruling Social Democrats.

Members of Russia’s Communist Party allege the vote was rigged after their defeat in races in the Russian capital.

Kishida promised action on COVID-19 resurgence and to counter China in the region.

French lawmakers backed its use in late July but worked in the bill then that any extension past November 15 would need their approval.

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Just 47% of Slovenian adults have been inoculated, a much lower protection rate than the EU average of 64%.

The last general election six months ago failed to produce a governing coalition in the Netherlands.

From measuring gas emissions to assessing damage, the Sentinel satellites of the European Copernicus network have been providing crucial data.

A group of hooded youths backed by the extreme right-wing political group targeted a rival gathering at a school in Thessaloniki.

It came as General Mark Milley called the 20-year war in Afghanistan a "strategic failure"

The Dutch consumer watchdog said Samsung had exerted "undue influence" on the price of television sets sold by several online retailers.

Nearly 34,000 Jews were killed within two days in 1941 at a ravine near Kyiv when the city was under Nazi occupation.

Jadot will be hoping to capitalise on a strong showing from the Greens in last weekend's German election.

Poland introduced a near-total ban on abortions earlier this year.

The Taliban largely funded their insurgency on the production and trade in opium but have since signalled they would ban it.

The leaders of the two parties that are expected to determine who will become Germany’s next chancellor have started talks, claiming they have found some common ground.

"Angela Merkel had more luck in pushing the climate agenda abroad than at home - in Germany, she had no choice but to balance between competing demands from powerful car and coal industries."

North Korea said on Wednesday it successfully tested a new hypersonic missile, which it implied was being developed as nuclear capable.

Will the move prompt fresh protests?

Lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano which erupted ten days ago on La Palma in the Canary Islands has reached the ocean, a phenomenon that produces toxic gases.

The UK has been grappling with fuel shortages for days, and shelves are emptying at supermarkets - but the driver shortage that is causing this is also a problem across Europe.

France has been criticised by northwest African countries for cutting the number of visas available to citizens from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.

Survivors of the November 2015 terror attacks on Paris began recounting their trauma in the presence of over a dozen accused in court.

"Instead of erecting barbed-wired fences and walls, European politicians should show true leadership and acknowledge that it is the men, women, and children of Afghanistan – not Europe’s external borders – that need protection," writes Danish R...

“Heavy industries were the pride of socialist countries and economies, and this feeling persists.”

Concerns have been raised about potential mutations of the coronavirus in mink, which could affect the future effectiveness of vaccines.

Mikheil Saakashvili, who is based in Ukraine, says he plans to return to Georgia to help "save the country".

Shortage of truck drivers "not surprising after reopening post-Covid" and "Brexit has aggravated this but is not the main cause", professor of economics and public policy Jonathan Portes told Euronews.

Critics say the new constitution could further cement President Lukashenko's grip on power after months of mass protests.

Brent crude touched $80 a barrel on Tuesday for the first time in three years as markets grappled with the prospect of widespread fuel shortfalls heading into the end of the year.

Russian authorities have opened a criminal case against imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his closest allies.

Just 33% of adults in Romania have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 amid a surge of new infections.

The statue was unveiled during a ceremony attended by the former prime minister Giuseppe Conte in Sapri, in the southern Campania region.

At least 16 people were injured in the blast on Tuesday morning at a residential building in the city of Göteborg.

Sheriff Tiraspol is up against the might of Real Madrid on Tuesday.

Metropolitan police charged a 36-year-old man with the murder of the 28-year-old primary school teacher on Monday.

"Six years ago ‘Dieselgate' broke. Up until now, not all consumers have been compensated," said EU Commissioner Didier Reynders.

Ireland, the only EU country sharing a land border with the UK, will receive €1.1 billion, while France will benefit from €735 million.

The narrow winners of Sunday's election, the centre-left Social Democrats of Olaf Scholz, underlined their hopes of a quick start to coalition talks

Kyiv said the deal was a "purely political, economically unreasonable decision" that was taken "to the detriment of Ukraine's national interests and Ukrainian-Hungarian relations".

Residents in several of the Canary Island's neighbourhoods have been confined to their homes due to fears of toxic gas emissions.

Hunt played in the 4-2 victory over West Germany in the 1966 final at Wembley Stadium for England's only major football title.

Dutch police have increased security around Prime Minister Mark Rutte, after receiving signals of a possible attack by criminals linked to the drug trade, a Dutch newspaper reported on Monday.

A new atlas ranking European countries on their abortion policies was published on Tuesday.

The pharmaceutical giant is worried its vaccine will be too late in reaching the market.