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Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:24:48 +0200
Milan food waste scheme among first winners of Prince William's Earthshot Prize
The Italian city's project, which distributes waste food to those in need, took one of the awards at the Earthshot progamme which seeks new ways to tackle environmental challenges.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:35:22 +0200
Facebook plans to hire 10,000 workers in EU to build 'metaverse'
Facebook says the five-year investment in a new computing platform is "a vote of confidence in the strength of the European tech industry."

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 07:53:47 +0200
French ambassador ordered to leave Belarus, embassy says
France's embassy did not give a reason for Nicolas de Bouillane's expulsion by the Belarusian foreign ministry.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 07:11:59 +0200
Hungary's opposition chooses conservative Peter Márki-Zay to run against Orbán next spring
The independent mayor won Sunday's opposition primary race, heading a six-party opposition coalition to lead a challenge to Hungary's right-wing populist leader.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 19:57:14 +0200
Hope, conflicted morality as Newcastle fans welcome Saudis
It was a day of celebration even before kickoff against Tottenham on Sunday at St. James’ Park with Newcastle under Saudi ownership.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 19:30:57 +0200
March commemorates massacre of Algerians in Paris
Demonstrators in Paris marked 60 years since the police killed dozens of Algerian protesters.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 19:04:06 +0200
Musical celebrating life and works of Bob Marley set for London stage
A musical about the reggae legend and pioneer, Bob Marley, opens in London's West End after a six-year wait.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 18:25:32 +0200
Lausanne discovers soil has been polluted with dangerous chemicals for more than years
The citizens of Lausanne, Switzerland are reeling after discovering that the soil in parts of the city has been intoxicated with dangerous chemicals for more than 60 years.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 18:18:34 +0200
German Greens vote to support formal coalition talks in party congress
Germany's Greens voted in a party congress to support formal coalition talks with the Social Democrats and Liberals.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 17:11:20 +0200
Kosovo's municipal election: Centre-right opposition lead after early results
Sunday's elections passed off peacefully in Kosovo after increasing tensions with neighbouring Serbia in recent months.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 16:55:24 +0200
Austrian and Czech patients share Europe's first cross-border medical centre
Where the iron curtain once prevailed, doctors and interpreters now care for patients from both Austria and the Czech Republic.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 16:10:58 +0200
Heavy rains, landslides leave 18 dead in south India
Torrential rains swept through villages and flooded roads in the southern Indian state of Kerala.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 16:00:27 +0200
Iranian court upholds new 1-year sentence for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
An Iranian appeals court has upheld a verdict sentencing an Iranian-British woman long held in Tehran to another year in prison, her lawyer said on Saturday.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 15:26:14 +0200
US religious group says 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
A group of 17 U.S. missionaries including children was kidnapped by a gang in Haiti, a religious group said.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 13:49:04 +0200
Russia reports highest daily number of COVID-19 cases
Russia reported its highest daily number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic as the epidemic worsens in the country.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 13:01:59 +0200
Spotlight on politicians' safety after fatal stabbing of British MP
Amess was stabbed at a constituent meeting known as a surgery in Leigh-on-Sea on Friday and died at the scene. In 2016, MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed while on her way to a surgery.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 12:32:21 +0200
Lord of the plants: Irish baron 'rewilds' estate in the name of environmentalism
Randal Plunkett, the 21st Baron of Dunsany, has allowed his hereditary estate in the east of Ireland to return to the wilderness.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 09:38:35 +0200
Robert Durst hospitalised with COVID-19, his lawyer says
New York real estate heir Robert Durst, who was sentenced in a two-decade-old murder case, has been hospitalised after contracting COVID-19.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 19:30:01 +0200
NASA spacecraft takes off to visit asteroids around Jupiter in 12-year mission
A NASA probe called Lucy was launched into the sky to start a 12-year mission to explore asteroids, believed to be "fossils" of the early Solar System.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 19:15:50 +0200
Macron condemns as 'inexcusable' 1961 police crackdown on Algerian protest
French President Emmanuel Macron said the deadly police crackdown on a 1961 Algerian protest was "inexcusable" but did not issue a formal apology.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:48:00 +0200
Hungary's opposition vote to select who will run against Viktor Orbán
The political catchphrase amongst the opposition parties in the run-up to the spring election is "anyone but Orbán".

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 16:44:45 +0200
Tens of thousands demonstrate in Rome against neo-fascists
The protest comes a week after right-wing extremists forced their way into the headquarters of Italy's most powerful labour confederation.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 16:29:34 +0200
Turkey's Erdogan bids farewell to Merkel after 16 years
Angela Merkel’s final visit to Turkey as German chancellor saw two of Europe’s longest-serving leaders pay tribute to one another.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 15:01:59 +0200
CDU leader Armin Laschet takes 'responsibility' for election loss
The Christian Democrats obtained the worst result in their history in Germany's September legislative elections.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 13:31:46 +0200
Romania's hospitals overwhelmed with unvaccinated patients
"Some 90 per cent of the hospitalised patients are not vaccinated," Adrian Marinescu, medical director of the Matei Bals Infectious Diseases Hospital said.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 13:17:30 +0200
France pays tribute to beheaded teacher Samuel Paty one year on
French government officials paid tribute to teacher Samuel Paty who was beheaded last year by an 18-year-old Chechen refugee.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 11:28:27 +0200
Russia reports record 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day
Russia's COVID-19 deaths and cases have been mounting for weeks, reaching record highs since the beginning of the pandemic.

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
Suspect in fatal stabbing of British MP detained under terrorism act
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.



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