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Thu, 01 Jul 2021 09:19:18 +0200
EU leaders shouldn't rely solely on the Commission to act against Hungary’s anti-LGBT law | View
"EU leaders have to realise that once things turn nasty it is not enough to solely rely on a guardian of the treaties which they practically castrated over the past couple of years."

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:09:10 +0200
China will not be bullied, Xi Jinping tells Communist Party centenary crowd
Those who try to bully China will end up with "broken heads and bloodshed", President Xi Jinping told a mass gathering in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 23:27:48 +0200
Prison officers in Italy suspended after video of beating of inmates released
Surveillance videos published by the Il Domani newspaper showed club-wielding officers beating, kicking and punching inmates at the Santa Maria Capua Vetere prison in Naples.

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 21:47:25 +0200
Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who oversaw Iraq war, dies aged 88
Donald Rumsfeld, who served four US presidents, oversaw the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003 and was blamed for the long and costly war that followed.

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:01:47 +0200
Bill Cosby freed from jail after sex assault conviction overturned by Pennsylvania court
The highest court in the state of Pennsylvania found an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented the disgraced actor from being charged.

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:15:36 +0200
Dancing from Delhi to Dubai
Famous dancer and choreographer, Anup Bhardwaj, discusses his life and love of dancing and what he's looking to do in the future.

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 18:12:59 +0200
Two former allies of ex-Serbian President Milosevic convicted of war crimes by UN court
A United Nations court has convicted two former allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic of aiding and abetting crimes committed during the Bosnian war.

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 18:00:49 +0200
China's Communist Party celebrates its 100th anniversary, looks to cement its future
The week-long celebrations focus on the party's early struggles and recent achievements, discarding decades of mismanagement.

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 17:36:03 +0200
Euro 2020: Who is in the quarter-finals and how did they get there?
Euro 2020 has already been a hugely exciting tournament - and there are still seven games to go. Here's how the quarter-finals have shaped up

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 16:19:50 +0200
Italian police accused of racism over viral video of arrests in Milan
A group of black youths were beaten and arrested by the carabinieri in a central area of ​​Milan on Sunday morning.

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 15:43:34 +0200
Kim berates North Korean officials for 'crucial' virus lapse
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated top officials for failures in coronavirus prevention that caused a “great crisis".

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 15:07:17 +0200
Lampedusa: Seven dead, nine missing after migrant boat capsizes off Italian island
A migrant boat carrying an estimated 60 people overturned off the island of Lampedusa just as rescue crews were arriving, authorities said.

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 10:54:45 +0200
Sweltering heatwave linked to sudden deaths in western Canada and US Northwest
The heat wave is caused by what meteorologists describe as a dome of high pressure and worsened by human-caused climate change, which is making such extreme weather events more likely and more intense.

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 10:41:56 +0200
Biden to visit site of Florida building collapse as death toll rises to 16
149 people remained unaccounted for on Tuesday evening. No one has been pulled out alive from the ruins since the first hours after the building fell last Thursday.

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 09:49:00 +0200
NASA and ESA to test nudging asteroids off collision course with Earth
It's World Asteroid Day! And to celebrate, Euronews looks at two missions launching into space that will see how potentially dangerous asteroids could be nudged off course by flying a spacecraft into them.

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 08:01:46 +0200
Post-Brexit residency: Many EU citizens face uncertainty as UK deadline arrives
Wednesday is the deadline for applications for the UK government's post-Brexit "settled status" scheme for EU nationals living in the country.

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 07:29:28 +0200
G20 talks in Italy yield pledge to fight hunger in Africa and climate change
G20 foreign and development ministers agreed to boost efforts to fight hunger and climate change but there was discord over vaccine policy.

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 06:42:33 +0200
Russia targets investigative journalists with raids amid independent media crackdown
Police raided the homes of journalists from the Proekt online outlet. The website was investigating the wealth of Russia's interior minister.

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 23:13:48 +0200
Last German, Italian troops leave Afghanistan after nearly 20 years deployed
Germany's last troops left Afghanistan on Tuesday after almost 20 years deployed in the country.

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 20:51:17 +0200
Euro 2020: England beat Germany to book place in quarter-finals
England have beaten Germany 2-0 at Wembley to progress to the quarter-finals of Euro 2020.

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 19:50:56 +0200
António Costa: Europe needs "reform and investment"
"Only those who want to be part of the Union are in the Union and those who are in the Union are there because they share those values and those values are not conditional" - Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa, gives his insight into the pande...

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 19:43:46 +0200
'Czech your racism': Hundreds of Romanians protest Stanislav Tomas death
Tomas died after being violently arrested by police in the Czech Republic

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 18:54:56 +0200
French MPs legalise IVF for lesbians, single women
The new law will expand access to fertility treatments such as artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization (IVF), currently reserved only for infertile heterosexual couples.

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:25:47 +0200
Jacob Zuma, former president of South Africa, given jail term for contempt of court
Zuma failed to show up for a hearing on corruption charges stemming from his time as leader.

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 16:58:57 +0200
Spain’s government approves draft law on transgender rights
The Spanish government has approved the first draft of a bill that would allow citizens over the age of 14 to legally change gender without a medical diagnosis or hormone therapy.

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 16:41:46 +0200
Northern Ireland: Who's right in the EU-UK dispute over the Brexit protocol?
The Brexit treaty Boris Johnson signed with Brussels keeps Northern Ireland aligned to EU rules to keep an open Irish land border, but has brought trade friction with the rest of the UK.

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 12:45:29 +0200
Romanian government faces motion of confidence in parliament
Left-wing opposition parties have accused Romanian Prime Minister Florin Citu of "leading the country towards the abyss".

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 11:19:21 +0200
Chris Whitty: England's chief medical officer harassed by members of the public
Police are investigating video footage which appears to show England's chief medical officer being harassed by two men in a London park.

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 10:42:41 +0200
Bruno Candé: Portuguese man convicted of racist murder of black actor
A Portuguese court has sentenced a 76-year-old man to more than 22 years in prison for the racist murder of black actor Bruno Candé.

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 07:51:04 +0200
Greece: Police recover Picasso and Mondrian paintings stolen from Athens museum in 2012
Police say they have recovered the artworks nearly a decade after their theft from Greece's biggest state art gallery in Athens.

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 07:33:29 +0200
Ethiopia declares immediate, unilateral cease-fire in Tigray region
The cease-fire could calm an eight-month war that has caused suffering to hundreds of thousands and destabilized Africa's second most populous country.

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 07:14:12 +0200
COVID-19: UK confident about July reopening despite soaring cases
Britain's new health secretary says he sees "no reason" for social restrictions to remain beyond 19 July despite an ongoing rise in new coronavirus infections.

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:51:02 +0200
Facebook: US judge dismisses government antitrust lawsuits in blow to regulators
In a blow to regulators, a federal judge dismissed antitrust lawsuits saying they didn't provide enough evidence to prove Facebook was a monopoly.

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 00:00:03 +0200
Euro 2020: Switzerland beat France after match goes to penalties
Switzerland are through to the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 after the day’s second goal-fest saw them beat France in a penalty shootout.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:07:59 +0200
COVID: Russia records new daily deaths records in Moscow and St Petersburg
Russia has recorded new daily deaths records for coronavirus in Moscow and St Petersburg, surpassing previous records set over the weekend.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 21:29:06 +0200
Polish Catholic Church reveals hundreds of new sexual abuse claims
From July 2018 to the end of 2020 368 cases of sexual assault, committed between 1958 and last year, were reported to the Polish Catholic Church.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 21:22:32 +0200
Euro 2020: Spain beat Croatia in eight-goal thriller to progress to quarter-finals
Spain’s two goals in extra time saw them knock out Croatia and progress to the quarter-finals of the European Championship.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 19:38:13 +0200
Czech Republic demands damages from Russia over 2014 depot explosion
The Czech Foreign Ministry said they had summoned Russia's ambassador on Monday to call for compensation.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 19:35:31 +0200
Greek teens offered €150 in vouchers if they get a COVID-19 jab
Bad news, you can't spend it all on booze.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:47:01 +0200
Germany stabbing: Man arrested after two hospitalised in Erfurt attack
Police launched a manhunt after the stabbing but have since arrested a suspect.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:15:51 +0200
Grandfather picks up wrong child from nursery
Italian authorities have launched disciplinary proceedings against a nursery school after a grandfather mistakenly picked up the wrong child.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:02:24 +0200
Neanderthals discovery: Bones found in Israel 'from last survivors of once very dominant group'
After years of study, scientists reported bones found in an Israeli quarry are 120,000 to 140,000 years old, and probably belonged to a group closely related to Neanderthals.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 16:55:14 +0200
Anger after Czech President Miloš Zeman calls transgender people 'disgusting'
Czech President Milos Zeman told a television interview on Sunday that he finds transgender people 'disgusting'.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 16:18:13 +0200
COVID-19 vaccines: 10-month interval between AstraZeneca doses improves immune response — study
Researchers from the Oxford Vaccine group said on Monday that an inter-dose period of up to 45 weeks resulted in increased levels of antibodies and enhanced immune response against COVID-19.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:49:55 +0200
Greek trio arrested for trying to sell priceless Roman statue for €40,000
One of the three found the statue in his garden and asked the other two to sell it, police say.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:19:48 +0200
UN racism report: States should 'deliver redress' including reparations, says human rights chief
The report from Michelle Bachelet, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, offers a sweeping look at the roots of centuries of mistreatment faced by Africans and people of African descent, notably from the transatlantic slave trade.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:42:04 +0200
Ensuring 'lasting defeat' of IS on agenda at Global Coalition summit
The summit in Rome is co-chaired by the Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi di Maio, and his American counterpart, Anthony Blinken, and will be attended by more than 80 international delegations.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:25:01 +0200
Czech Republic: Milovice commemorates 30 years since the withdrawal of Soviet troops
The former Soviet military base has marked the moment with a parade of floats reconstructing this important moment in its history.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 10:49:06 +0200
Brussels Economic Forum 2021: How can Europe build a new post-pandemic economy?
On June 29, international policymakers, academics, civil society and business leaders will come together at the Brussels Economic Forum.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 06:56:11 +0200
US airstrikes target Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria
The airstrikes were launched in response to drone attacks by Iran-backed militias on US troops, the Pentagon said.



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