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Sat, 16 Oct 2021 10:37:07 +0200
U.S. vows to pay relatives of Afghans killed in drone strike
The US Pentagon said that it is committed to offering condolence payments to relatives of the 10 people who were killed in an errant drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 09:55:12 +0200
Islamic State claims mosque bombing in south Afghanistan
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that killed 47 people and wounded scores more.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 09:49:29 +0200
Norway’s newly-elected prime minister visits bow-and-arrow killings scene
It was a sombre first full day in office for Norway’s new prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre as he visited the close-knit former mining town of Kongsberg - that’s been torn apart by a bow and arrow attack that left five people dead.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 09:39:14 +0200
Fatal stabbing of British MP is terrorist incident, police say
Conservative MP David Amess was fatally stabbed during a meeting with constituents in Leigh on Sea.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 06:14:57 +0200
It’s time to make a commitment to protect the media | View
Four years after Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder, journalists in Europe are still under threat, writes Article 19's Europe division chief Sarah Clarke.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:43:20 +0200
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo is Socialists' presidential candidate for 2022
Hidalgo has been the mayor of Paris since 2014 and is one of a handful of women bidding to become France's first female president.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:01:56 +0200
Spanish Parliament begins debate on 'Only Yes is Yes' sexual consent law
The law would strengthen the country's penal code against rape by requiring explicit consent for sex acts, a move long demanded by assault survivors and women's rights groups.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:29:01 +0200
Afghanistan: Over 35 killed in suicide attack on Shi'ite mosque in Kandahar
IS is suspected of carrying out the attack on the Fatimiya mosque in southern Afghanistan, which comes a week after another deadly attack in the north.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:07:07 +0200
Cyprus to revoke 'golden passports' granted to 45 people after probes expose corrupt scheme
Procedures have begun to revoke the citizenships after an investment-for-passports scheme was cancelled in the wake of corruption revelations.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 17:18:33 +0200
La Palma volcano: Lava 'tsunami' as earthquake intensifies eruption
Huge rivers of molten rock have been spewing from the crater in recent days.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 16:23:42 +0200
EU executive summons Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian ambassadors over Belarus border crisis
The EU Home Affairs Commissioner questions Poland's treatment of migrants attempting to cross its border from Belarus after Polish police found the body of a Syrian migrant.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 16:10:44 +0200
Kongsberg attack: Perpetrator to be held for 4 weeks, banned from communication
Espen Andersen Braathen, a 37-year-old Danish citizen, is being held on five counts of preliminary murder and three counts of preliminary attempted murder.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:19:30 +0200
Mikheil Saakashvili: Thousands rally to call for release of Georgia's ex-president
Saakashvili announced a hunger strike hours after his arrest and his doctor said this week that his condition was deteriorating.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:11:48 +0200
Brexit back in play again as UK and EU restart talks on Northern Ireland Protocol
UK Brexit negotiator David Frost met EU Commissioner Maros Sefcovic for lunch in Brussels as both sides try to bridge gaps over post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:07:49 +0200
Sir David Amess: Boris Johnson hails one of 'nicest people in politics' after MP stabbed to death
A 25-year-old man is in custody and police have launched a murder probe following the death of the 69-year-old Conservative MP from Essex in southeast England.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 14:52:18 +0200
German election: Traffic light coalition moves closer to forming a government
If the talks are successful, Olaf Scholz will likely replace German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 14:24:43 +0200
Europe should take action against Hezbollah's growing strength | View
Europe as well as Lebanon is under threat from Hezbollah and must fully designate the group as a terrorist entity, argues the Counter Extremism Project's Hans-Jakob Schindler

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:56:34 +0200
UK lorry driver shortage: Hauliers slam new move to attract foreign workers as 'worst option'
The British government wants to increase the number of deliveries foreign lorry drivers can make in the UK to unblock the country's supply chain logjam.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:10:10 +0200
Janez Janša pushes far-right anti-Soros conspiracy theory in Twitter attack on MEP
Slovenia's prime minister accused 13 MEPs - one of which died earlier this year - of being “Soros puppets in the EU parlement (sic)".

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:48:10 +0200
Belgrade just hosted the biggest gathering of world leaders you've never heard of
Josip Broz Tito, Jawaharlal Nehru and... Aleksandar Vucic. Serbia's leader is making a pitch for the leadership of the Non-Aligned Movement.

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
Protests across Italy as COVID pass becomes mandatory for workers
Thousands have demonstrated 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 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
The UK government is issuing up to 800 temporary visas for foreign butchers to address a shortage of abattoir workers which has 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.



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