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Fri, 15 Oct 2021 09:57:08 +0200
Euronews Debates | Profit vs public good: How can innovation benefit everyone?
Join Euronews' debate on Tuesday 19 October at 15:00 CEST. Our panel of experts representing the public and private sectors, as well as consumers, will discuss the challenges of building a digital economy that is both inclusive and competitive.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 09:52:16 +0200
Italy braces for protests as COVID pass becomes mandatory for workers
Thousands demonstrated at the weekend over COVID passes being made mandatory for employees to enter their workplaces.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 07:36:34 +0200
Italian judge halts Giulio Regeni trial, orders police to find accused
The judge said it was not clear that the police officers accused of killing Regeni knew that they were on trial.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 06:13:47 +0200
Samuel Paty murder: One year on, what impact has the teacher's killing had in French schools?
Some teachers admit they are choosing their words very carefully.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 21:46:24 +0200
Norway unveils new centre-left minority goverment amid suspected terror attack
Two of the new ministers in Norway's government are survivors of the 2011 far-right massacre on Utøya island.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 21:24:36 +0200
Italy ship captain convicted after sending 101 migrants to Libya in 2018
The verdict is the first of its kind in Italy and has been welcomed by the human rights group, Amnesty International.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 21:02:07 +0200
'Love is in the Bin': Shredded Banksy artwork sells for nearly €22 million at auction
'Love is in the Bin': Shredded Banksy artwork sells for nearly €22 million at auction

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:33:13 +0200
Pegasus Project consortium wins first Daphne Caruana Galizia journalism prize
The consortium of journalists behind the Pegasus Project investigation into malware from Israel-based NSO Group has won the first top European Union journalism prize.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:28:18 +0200
Dozens evacuated on Greek island of Evia after storms and floods
Evia suffered devastating fires over the summer, leaving the area more vulnerable to flash floods.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:16:46 +0200
Eastern Europe in midst of COVID surge as vaccinations lag
Russia recorded yet a new record in daily COVID-19 deaths on Thursday while infections are soaring in Hungary and Ukraine.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:01:46 +0200
Energy crisis: Putin says Russia ready to supply more gas to Europe
The Russian president has dismissed as “absolutely out of the question” suggestions Russia has been using gas supply as an economic weapon against Europe.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:48:20 +0200
Meet the graffiti artist-turned-MP who wants to see Moldova and Romania become one country
Many Romanians would like to see Moldova and Romania as a single country. Most Moldovans don't agree.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:59:11 +0200
Giulio Regeni: Murder trial of four Egyptian police officers opens in Rome
Four high-ranking Egyptian security officers are being tried in absence of the 2016 murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:50:33 +0200
Belarus threatens to prosecute subscribers to certain social media channels
Belarus' Main Directorate for Fighting Organised Crime has said that citizens who subscribe to "extremist Telegram channels and chats" are also criminally liable.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:43:21 +0200
La Palma volcano: 300 more residents evacuated after fresh earthquakes
Three hundred more citizens have been evacuated from their homes as the lava flows continue to advance northwest.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:14:10 +0200
'Arrivederci': Final flight for Italy's troubled airline Alitalia
The final flight, from Rome to Cagliari, brings to an end the company's financially troubled history.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:47:18 +0200
Deadly clashes in Beirut after protests against port explosion judge
At least five people have been shot dead in Beirut during a demonstration against the judge investigating last year's deadly port explosion.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:39:41 +0200
Anastasia Vasilyeva: Russian court imposes restrictions on Navalny's doctor over protests
Dr. Vasilyeva was accused of encouraging Russian citizens to take part in opposition demonstrations and violate COVID-19 safety rules.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:30:43 +0200
Dozens killed as fire rips through building in Taiwan
The blaze started about 3 am local time and continued for hours overnight before rescue workers brought it under control.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:21:07 +0200
Pigs pile up as Brexit and COVID leave UK farms with butcher shortfall
British farmers call for urgent action to address a shortage of abattoir butchers which led to a backlog of pigs on farms.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:45:30 +0200
Legal row could see Poland become a second-class member of EU | View
"The consequences of Warsaw assaulting the EU legal order could be far-reaching, potentially turning Poland into a second-class member of the bloc."

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 13:38:47 +0200
France threatens UK with 'retaliatory measures' over fishing licence dispute
"We have been very patient, too patient (...) The British do not want to give a certain number of licences not because they lack information but because they have made this political choice," France's Europe minister said.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 12:35:14 +0200
Women taken from African mothers sue Belgium for crimes against humanity
The five women, all born between 1945 and 1950, filed their lawsuit last year amid growing demands that Belgium reassesses its colonial past.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:25:49 +0200
Bulgaria slammed over 'irreversible' ecological impact of Black Sea shipwreck
A cargo vessel carrying over 3,000 tonnes of nitrogen fertiliser has been stranded off Bulgaria's northern coast for more than three weeks.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:08:30 +0200
On Bosnia's border with Croatia, migrants look to Europe as winter nears
Hundreds of migrants have set up a new improvised camp in northwest Bosnia, determined to brave worsening weather and tough Croatian border police for a chance to reach Western Europe.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 08:32:17 +0200
'Grief and despair': Norway mourns after deadly Kongsberg attack
Norway’s domestic security agency, PST, said on Thursday the bow and arrow attack which left five people dead "currently appears to be an act of terrorism".

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 07:05:01 +0200
Japan's new leader dissolves parliament, paving way for new elections
At the announcement, all 465 lower house lawmakers stood up, shouted “banzai” three times and left.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 22:47:07 +0200
France to extend COVID-19 state of emergency until July 2022
The French government will ask lawmakers to extend its COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency until July 2022.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:44:06 +0200
Bulgarian coal miners protest for job security amid EU closures
Organisers of the protest said they were defending Bulgaria’s energy independence.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 20:26:33 +0200
Poland close to approving €350m border wall to stop migrant crossings from Belarus
Poland's lower house of parliament has passed a draft bill on constructing a new wall at the Belarusian border following an influx of migrants.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 20:05:42 +0200
‘Concrete measures’ needed to fight anti-Semitism says Swedish PM
A conference on Wednesday focused on the receding memory of the Holocaust and the rise of anti-Semitism views on social media.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 18:37:15 +0200
Invest in local disaster response: it saves lives and money | View
Floods and wildfires across Europe this summer should remind us of the need to strengthen local response networks, say European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič and Red Cross Secretary-General Jagan Chapagain.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 18:05:15 +0200
Afghanistan: EU humanitarian aid package 'not enough', says International Crisis Group
On Tuesday the European Union announced a revamped humanitarian aid package worth €1 billion to deal with the aftermath of the Taliban takeover.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 17:38:47 +0200
Poland's Jarosław Kaczyński to resign as deputy prime minister in 2022
The leader of the ruling Law and Justice will step down from his government role to focus on party affairs, according to the PAP state news agency.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 17:33:08 +0200
Suspect threatened to kill Dutch PM Mark Rutte, court documents show
A man arrested in July had threatened to kill Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte, according to court documents.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:36:19 +0200
Northern Ireland Brexit row: What is the EU's olive branch to the UK to try and solve the dispute?
The proposals outlined by Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič aim to ease trade complications but will likely not meet UK demands to replace the Brexit protocol.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:32:12 +0200
Girl, 8, found alive after two days lost in German-Czech border forest
An eight-year-old German girl has been found alive after being lost for two days in a forest on the German-Czech border.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:23:19 +0200
Statue swap in Mexico City as indigenous woman replaces Colombus
It comes as Mexico moves to erase symbols of the Spanish colonial era.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:04:34 +0200
Germany sees sharp rise in migrants arriving via Belarus
From January to July this year, 26 people travelling via the “Belarus route” arrived in Germany without authorisation. The number grew to 474 in August, 1,914 in September and 1,934 during the first 11 days of October.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:52:33 +0200
'The edge of chaos': Clashes between Kosovo police and ethnic Serbs during smuggling raids
Tensions between Kosovo and Serbia are already high after a border dispute over vehicle licence plates.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:41:31 +0200
Hubert Germain: Decorated French Resistance fighter dies aged 101
Hubert Germain, the last of an elite group of decorated French Resistance fighters who helped liberate France from Nazi control in World War II, has died.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 14:47:07 +0200
Europe's energy crisis: Five charts to explain why your bills might go up this winter
The price of natural gas is six times higher than last year, with the costs driving up overall inflation in Europe.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 14:25:15 +0200
Northern Ireland Protocol: Can the big gaps between the UK and EU positions be bridged?
The EU Commission is offering concessions that are likely to fall short of the UK's demands, leading to fears of a further deterioration in relations and even a trade war.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 14:20:42 +0200
Record 6,000 drop in Paris pupil numbers amid COVID and remote working
Paris' deputy mayor said it was down to a declining birth rate and the effects of the COVID pandemic.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:41:47 +0200
Eric Zemmour: Meet the right-wing TV pundit set to shake up France's presidential race
With six months to go before France's next presidential election, a new personality has burst onto the scene: Eric Zemmour.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 09:21:16 +0200
Belarusian hacktivists claim drone attack on riot police base in Minsk
Footage of the incident showed loud bangs and flashes emanating from part of the compound.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 08:41:59 +0200
Squid Game becomes Netflix's biggest series with 111 million viewers in first month
The series has been hovering at the top of the charts on Netflix in over 80 countries.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 07:04:49 +0200
Fan unrest as Hungary draws at England; Poland walks off
The disorder in London happened around kickoff after England players taking a knee had been booed by the visiting fans.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 06:51:57 +0200
Dutch royals can enter same-sex marriage and not give up throne, Prime Minister says
The issue has arisen as the heir apparent, Princess Amalia, will turn 18 in December.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 23:39:52 +0200
Christmas dinner: How suppliers are struggling with labour shortages in post-Brexit Britain
Farming is one of several sectors suffering from an acute lack of workers, as official figures on Tuesday showed a record 1.2 million job vacancies in the UK.



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