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Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:58:39 +0100
'We can't wait any longer': Joe Biden signs executive orders to address climate crisis
The directives aim to offset the worst effects of global warming, and include plans to conserve land and water, double offshore wind energy, and move to an all-electric federal vehicle fleet.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:43:05 +0100
Serbia has second fastest COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Europe thanks to China
The President of Serbia has compared the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine in Europe to the sinking of the Titanic - saying the rich are being saved while the poor of the Balkans are being left to drown.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:27:35 +0100
COVID-19 vaccine: Fraudsters seek to cash in on UK's race to inoculate against coronavirus
The Cube, Euronews' social media newsdesk, has spotted huge numbers of online users sharing screenshots of scam emails and texts.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:03:56 +0100
Poland abortion law: Protesters take to streets again as near-total ban comes into force
The controversial ban on abortion in nearly all circumstances was delayed by the government due to widespread protests over the measure.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 19:49:00 +0100
Alexei Navalny: Police raid offices and apartments of jailed Kremlin critic
The raids come after protests across Russia at the weekend demanding the release of Navalny.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 19:22:30 +0100
COVID variants: Which ones have been identified and how transmissible are they?
Here's what we know about the coronavirus variants that have emerged in the UK, South Africa, Brazil and California

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 19:04:16 +0100
Ukraine and Hungary pledge to ease tensions over border region of Transcarpathia
The two countries have clashed over whether ethnic Hungarians in western Ukraine should be allowed to use their native language.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 19:00:56 +0100
Polish MP suspended by ruling Law and Justice Party after taking COVID-19 vaccine
Zbigniew Girzyński admitted he had been vaccinated in his role as a university lecturer but said he "did not ask anyone for any priority in the queue".

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:50:44 +0100
Nikos Dendias and Péter Szijjártó break down the EU's pending issues
EU Foreign Ministers met to discuss some of the bloc's most pressing issues on Monday. We talk to the Hungarian and Greek foreign ministers about potential sanctions on Russia, vaccines, Turkish relations and much more.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:30:27 +0100
Holocaust Memorial Day: Auschwitz survivor educates public after recovery from COVID-19
Lily Ebert, 97, survived Auschwitz and COVID-19. Now she and her great-grandson are writing a book together.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:01:49 +0100
Dutch police arrest 131 people on 'calmer' night of curfew protests
Authorities said the fourth night of a national coronavirus curfew on Tuesday passed more peacefully than the previous three nights of rioting.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:43:16 +0100
Spain snowstorm: Madrid’s farming sector estimates €6 million loss from Filomena
It's been more than two weeks since Storm Filomena - and the consequences are still visible in Madrid’s countryside.  

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:32:46 +0100
Spain earthquakes: Tremors cause minor damage in south of country
Three earthquakes over 4.0 magnitude and around 40 aftershocks were felt across the region in just a few minutes

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:19:48 +0100
‘He hasn’t learned lessons’: Johnson and Starmer lock horns as UK COVID-19 deaths pass 100,000
Boris Johnson has been accused of failing to learn lessons from his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as the UK became the first country in Europe to surpass 100,000 COVID-19 deaths.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:32:16 +0100
Romania criminalises creating fake social media accounts
It comes after a case in Braşov in December 2018 where a man had threatened his former girlfriend with uploading compromising photos.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:04:03 +0100
German start-up company makes 120,000 FFP2 masks a day
Most countries in Europe now require people to wear facemasks on public transport and in shops. In Germany, new rules allow only medical masks to be worn on public transport and supermarkets. Euronews has visited one small factory in the German capit...

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:01:45 +0100
Holocaust memorial day: thousands of names being projected onto the French Embassy in Berlin
76 years ago, the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in occupied Poland was liberated. The day is commemorated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year, pandemic restrictions in Germany mean the anniversary is being mostly marked virtually.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:01:16 +0100
French and Malian troops kill 100 jihadis in offensive in the Sahel
Jihadist insurgents still control large areas of the Sahel desert region after violence erupted in northern Mali in 2012.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:31:17 +0100
Photos of the Holocaust: What Nazi family albums and propaganda images tell us today
A selection of archive photographs shows the suffering of Jewish victims at the hands of their Nazi persecutors during the Holocaust in WWII.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 07:05:17 +0100
Thousands of Indian farmers return to protest after challenge to PM Narendra Modi over farming laws
One protester was killed and 80 police injured after farmers stormed a symbolic fort in New Delhi on India's Republic Day in a mass protest on Tuesday against PM Narendra Modi.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 07:00:27 +0100
Holocaust Memorial Day: Plans unveiled for vast memorial complex at Ukraine's Babyn Yar
The ravine near Kyiv was the site of one of the worst Nazi massacres of Jews and ethnic Poles during the Second World War

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 06:50:13 +0100
New US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vows reversal of Trump's 'America First' foreign policy
Blinken said he would set about reversing the Trump-era "America First" policy, reaching out to longstanding allies who the former president allienated.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:32:16 +0100
Dutch police out in force to prevent further anti-lockdown rioting
Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb posted a video message on Twitter, asking rioters: “Does it feel good to wake up with a bag full of stolen stuff next to you?”

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:56:44 +0100
French teachers strike in Paris over government's response to COVID-19
Teachers complain of working conditions, low pay, and a bungled pandemic response.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:00:04 +0100
Brexit regrets for UK fishermen as catch values halve due to border delays
“I think, if we knew this was going to happen, I honestly think things might have been different, people would have voted differently,"

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:37:02 +0100
Biden raises Navalny arrest, Russian hacking in first call with Putin
Unlike his immediate predecessors, Biden has not held out hope for a “reset” in relations with Russia.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:05:03 +0100
Global COVID-19 cases pass 100-million milestone
A third of all confirmed cases around the world are in Europe.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:58:54 +0100
Albin Kurti: Former Kosovo PM barred from February 14 general election
Election authorities have ruled that Albin Kurti is an ineligible candidate because he has been sentenced for a crime in the last three years.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:54:28 +0100
Russia guilty of violations during 2008 war with Georgia, says Europe's top court
President Salome Zurabishvili described the ruling as “historic."

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:28:21 +0100
Netherlands welcomes US return to the climate change debate
The virtual meeting aimed to produce an agenda for dealing with effects such as rising sea levels, extreme weather and crop failure.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:37:50 +0100
'Grassroots anti-myth' website aims to bust COVID misinformation
"People need to know what these people in the public eye have been saying. And they need to know that these people in the public eye have been really irresponsible ... I hope that the outcome will be more understanding of the reality of COVID," co-fo...

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 17:46:41 +0100
UK becomes first in Europe to record more than 100,000 COVID-19 deaths
BREAKING: UK becomes first in Europe to record more than 100,000 COVID-19 deaths

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 16:47:19 +0100
Norway fines Grindr dating app €9.6m over data privacy breach
It comes after a complaint by the Norwegian Consumer Council, which had alleged that users' personal data was being shared unlawfully for marketing purposes.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:40:52 +0100
COVID-19 vaccine: Which country in Europe has immunised the most people?
With vaccinations underway in the majority of Europe, who is making the fastest progress?

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:40:01 +0100
Swedish chief who resigned over pandemic holiday appointed to new role
Weeks after offering his resignation over his controversial holiday to the Canary Islands, Dan Eliasson has been appointed Director-General of the Government Offices in Sweden.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:55:29 +0100
By hosting the G7, Boris Johnson plans a post-Brexit 'global' Britain
Having fully disengaged from the European Union, Britain's prime minister plans to use the G7 summit of advanced economies to promote a different kind of global collaboration

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:15:12 +0100
Navalny video: Putin says lavish palace claim is 'manipulation'
The Russian president said that the only interesting moment of Navalny's investigation was the part about wineries that were reportedly also part of the estate.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:49:26 +0100
Nearly 600 tonnes of rubbish and debris removed from Bulgarian river
A giant mass of rubbish that clogged a dam has finally been cleaned up in Bulgaria. Nearly 600 tonnes of garbage and debris were removed from the Iskar river near the capital Sofia.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 07:13:35 +0100
House delivers Trump impeachment article to Senate, testing his sway over Republicans
Arguments in the Senate trial will begin the week of Feb. 8, and the case against Trump, the first former president to face an impeachment trial.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 06:47:11 +0100
Twitter's 'Birdwatch' pilot programme to allow users to flag misinformation
The company said Birdwatch will not replace other labels and fact checks Twitter currently uses — primarily for election and COVID-19-related misinformation and misleading posts.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:26:03 +0100
Dutch police clash with rioters in third night of violence
At least 70 people have been arrested amid reports of looting in Rotterdam, as demonstrators take to the streets against a national coronavirus curfew.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:33:17 +0100
Rudy Giuliani: Donald Trump's lawyer sued for demafation by Dominion Voting Systems
American voting machines manufacturer Dominion has sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over alleged false claims made during the 2020 United States Presidential election.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:01:11 +0100
Consultations for new Italian government to begin Wednesday after PM Conte offers resignation
President Mattarella is to begin "consultations" with the various political parties, starting with the smallest first, to see whether a new coalition can be formed.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:34:07 +0100
Giulio Regeni: Family of murdered academic complain over Italy selling arms to Egypt
A month before the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of Giulio Regeni, an Italian academic who was tortured and killed in Egypt, Italy delivered a frigate to Egypt.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:17:12 +0100
Europe's patient zero: Meet the French doctor who treated the continent's first COVID-19 case
"Be careful, when I notify the authorities, it will be like I've pushed a button," a woman at the Institut Pasteur had told him as officials learned of the first COVID-19 case in France.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:32:07 +0100
Montenegro will be 'corona-safe' for summer tourist season, minister says
Since January, Montenegro has allowed unrestricted international arrivals - one of only a handful of countries worldwide to do so. But since January 25, that excludes arrivals from Great Britain.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:24:44 +0100
COVID-19 vaccine rollout is about more than just buying jabs, says expert
"Many countries have failed to recognise the need to get an entire systems approach to this," said Professor Martin McKee. "It's not just a matter of buying the vaccine, getting it into the country."

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:16:18 +0100
Man tries to smuggle 74 live chameleons into Vienna in suitcase
Some of the animals had been hidden in socks and empty ice-cream boxes. Sadly, two chameleons did not survive.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:11:39 +0100
COVID-19: Four further Italian regions reopen their secondary schools
Other regions will be holding off at least until the end of January.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:51:51 +0100
Moderna vaccine should work against UK and South Africa COVID variants
US biotech firm says its vaccine protects against all emerging strains but is developing the booster for the South Africa one "out of an abundance of caution"



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