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Sat, 11 Dec 2021 10:45:22 +0100
We must better protect civilians from 'precision warfare' | View
More than 10,000 civilians were reportedly killed by explosive weapons in 2021. Next year will bring a crucial window of opportunity to keep people safer in conflict zones, notes Dmytro Chupryna, deputy director at Airwars

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 10:35:00 +0100
UK urges allies to unite against 'Russian posturing towards Ukraine'
The UK urged allies to present "a united front" against Russia, warning that the country would face "severe consequences" if it invades Ukraine.

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:49:33 +0100
Actor Andy Garcia gets Godfather-themed surprise from Bulgarian busker
A unique moment, captured on camera. Watch the busker's surprise when he finds out that the guy listening to him play the Godfather theme, is Andy Garcia.

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:41:10 +0100
Italian diocese apologises after bishop tells children Santa doesn't exist
A Roman Catholic diocese in Sicily apologised after reports emerged that a bishop had told children that Santa did not exist.

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 07:00:04 +0100
Watch top news stories today | December 11th – Morning edition
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 21:23:04 +0100
Booster dose raises protection against Omicron, UK study shows
Nearly 2,200 confirmed cases of the Omicron variant have now been detected in about 60 countries worldwide.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 20:29:06 +0100
Four Bulgarian parties agree to form centrist-led government
PP leader Kiril Petkov, 41, will be the coalition's nominee for prime minister.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 18:59:27 +0100
Germany has foiled planned Islamist attack, says security officials
A 20-year-old Moroccan-German suspect was detained by police in August after trying to buy weapons online.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 18:11:20 +0100
'State terrorism': Poland refutes Belarusian claims about diverted Ryanair flight
The plane was diverted to Minsk, where Belarusian opposition figure and journalist Roman Protasevich was arrested.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 18:00:05 +0100
Watch top news stories today | December 10th – Evening edition
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Fri, 10 Dec 2021 17:45:22 +0100
A factory showed the uglier face of Sino-Serbian partnership | View
Last month, the treatment of Vietnamese workers building Serbia's first Chinese tyre factory caused a scandal. The government must uphold the rule of law no matter how attractive the investment, writes Vuk Vuksanovic of the Belgrade Centre for Securi...

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 17:00:28 +0100
Bulgaria's vaccine battle: the mistrust driving COVID's surge
Bulgaria has the lowest rate of vaccination in the EU. Euronew's Julian Lopez investigates why the push to get more Bulgarians vaccinated has shaken the country to its core.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 16:04:31 +0100
Hungarian court avoids ruling on whether EU law has primacy in migration case
The Hungarian Constitutional Court said it could not rule on whether EU law took precedence over Hungary's constitution.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:50:28 +0100
'Final straw': Croatia's president accused of playing down war crimes
Once one of the most progressive voices in the country, Zoran Milanović has come under heavy criticism for a number of populist statements, culminating in the minimisation of wartime ethnically motivated murder in Zagreb.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:37:38 +0100
Nobel Peace Prize 2021: Journalists Dmitry Muratov and Maria Ressa receive their awards
The two journalists were recognised by the Nobel Committee for their "courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia".

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:17:52 +0100
Bosnian Serb entity holds vote on withdrawing from central institutions in Bosnia
Western countries have expressed concern that the move could trigger further division in Bosnia.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:43:15 +0100
Sustainable European livestock means a balance of trade-offs |View
The EU's agriculture policies are transforming the continent's livestock sector. But trade-offs must be carefully managed to prevent disaster, writes Didier Delmotte, president of the European Federation for Animal Health and Sanitary Security.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:36:56 +0100
COVID in Europe: Bulgaria's vaccination rate is the lowest in the EU
Only 26.4% are fully vaccinated.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:50:42 +0100
Germany introduces mandatory vaccination for healthcare workers
It comes ahead of moves to try and extend the mandatory vaccination to the entire population early next year.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:00:06 +0100
Watch top news stories today | December 10th – Midday edition
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Fri, 10 Dec 2021 11:25:46 +0100
Julian Assange: WikiLeaks founder can be extradited to the US, rules UK High Court
The US government has provided guarantees that the Wikileaks founder will not be held in one of America's notoriously-violent 'supermax' prisons.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 11:05:05 +0100
Germany's foreign policy could be Scholz's biggest headache | View
"Dramatic clashes inside the coalition about the direction of Germany’s foreign policy will be inevitable," writes Jacob F. Kirkegaard.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 10:02:53 +0100
Doctors want more transparency on COVID deaths in Hungary
Medical professionals say that more data on who is dying and whether they were vaccinated would help fight anti-vax sentiment.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:24:42 +0100
Mexico truck crash: Dozens killed after lorry packed with migrants crashes into bridge
It is one of the worst single-day death tolls for migrants in Mexico since the 2010 massacre of 72 migrants by the Zetas drug cartel in the northern state of Tamaulipas.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:35:20 +0100
COVID in Europe: Denmark, Norway and UK introduce new measures to combat Omicron spread
Here's a round-up of the COVID situation across Europe, where countries are tightening restrictions amid a spike in cases.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:25:00 +0100
Austria anti-vaxxers will be hit with €3,600 fine for refusing COVID-19 jab
Austria's vaccine mandate is due to begin in February and apply to everyone over the age of 14.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:00:04 +0100
Watch top news stories today | December 10th – Morning edition
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Fri, 10 Dec 2021 06:47:52 +0100
'Farce': China dismisses UK, Canada diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Games
Beijing promised 'countermeasures' in response to the move.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 06:38:25 +0100
US will help to end Ukraine conflict with Russia, Biden tells Kyiv
The US may push Kyiv to accept limited autonomy for Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine and quash the country's long-held desire to join NATO.

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 18:30:12 +0100
"European history is sometimes messed up, but it is also exciting." Romano Prodi
Euronews speaks to former European Commission President and two-time prime minister of Italy, Romano Prodi in the Global Conversation.

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 18:13:53 +0100
US President Joe Biden says defending democracy 'challenge of our time'
The two-day event, held by video link because of the COVID-19 pandemic, was billed by the White House as US leadership in an existential struggle between democracies and powerful autocracies or dictatorships.

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 18:00:07 +0100
Watch top news stories today | December 9th – Evening edition
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Thu, 09 Dec 2021 17:27:50 +0100
Russia warns Ukraine against mobilising forces ahead of Biden-Zelenskyy call
US President Joe Biden has threatened Russia with unprecedented sanctions if it invades Ukraine.

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:59:36 +0100
'Auf Wiedersehen Angela!' Merkel's best moments of 16 years in office
The 67-year-old hasn't disclosed any future plans but said earlier this year that she will take time to "read and sleep" and "then let's see where I show up".

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:15:45 +0100
No 'arm done? Italian prosthetic protester gets real COVID vaccine
He told the Italian media the vaccine “is the best weapon we have against this terrible disease”.

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:03:57 +0100
Boris and Carrie Johnson announce arrival of a baby girl
The baby is a sister to Wilfred, who was born in April 2020.

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:54:16 +0100
Six takeaways as Macron unveils priorities of French EU presidency
From reforming Schengen to defending Europe's social model, here are six key takeaways from Macron's speech as he unveiled France's priorities for its upcoming EU presidency.

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:40:16 +0100
Monitoring France-UK crossings will make migrants take more risks, says activist
"People who want to go to England will continue to take all risks to go. And adding a plane and two helicopters will not change things. It will only push people to take even more risks."

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 14:53:50 +0100
Hungary gives visa to Belarusian official expelled from Czech Republic
Vladimir Bazanov was arrested last month for illegally entering Czech territory, police said.

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 14:38:01 +0100
France threatens litigation if UK does not settle fishing licence row by Friday evening
The application still pending are for access to the sensitive 6-12 nautical mile zone.

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 13:27:56 +0100
Denmark arrests four over alleged leak of 'highly classified information'
The suspects are all current or former employees at Denmark's two intelligence services.

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 13:19:36 +0100
Denmark mink cull: PM Mette Frederiksen grilled over move to kill 15 million of the animals
The Danish government initially ordered the animals to be slaughtered despite having no legal right to do so.

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 12:00:04 +0100
Watch top news stories today | December 9th – Midday edition
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Thu, 09 Dec 2021 11:54:08 +0100
Greens reject bid for France's fractured left to unite ahead of presidential election
Left-wing candidates are trailing their right-wing counterparts in the polls ahead of the 2022 presidential ballot.

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 11:31:12 +0100
Daphne Caruana Galizia: Murdered journalist's son urges EU not to fund Malta pipeline
Matthew Caruana Galizia said it was "intolerable" and "unacceptable" that EU funds could support the pipeline.

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 10:26:26 +0100
Aye, have a dream: Scotland's renewed foreign policy push
“When the choice for Scotland is a pro-European, EU member state, independent Scotland, or a Boris Johnson Little Brexit Britain, I think people will vote yes [to independence]."

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 09:04:38 +0100
China worst offender as number of jailed journalists hits new record, says NGO
There were 293 journalists jailed for their work over the past twelve months, up from 280 in 2020.

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 07:25:17 +0100
New Zealand to ban future generations from buying cigarettes in bid to become 'smoke-free nation'
"People aged 14 when the law comes into effect will never be able to legally purchase tobacco," a top health official said on Thursday.

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 07:00:04 +0100
Watch top news stories today | December 9th – Morning edition
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Thu, 09 Dec 2021 06:30:49 +0100
Prominent Belarusian journalist Siarhei Satsuk arrested
Satsuk is the 30th journalist, who is currently in custody in Belarus, either awaiting trial or serving a sentence.



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