Category: World
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German police start removing climate activists from Lützerath
A police operation is underway to remove protesters from the village of Lützerath in western Germany. The authorities have started building a fence around the village telling the activists to leave. Around a thousand climate protesters have been occupying the village for more than two years over plans to expand the nearby massive open-cast mine. The…
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“Sleepless nights are ahead of us” Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić
Eleventh-hour talks in Brussels aimed at diffusing tensions between Kosovo and Serbia have ended without a result. The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell, said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti of showing “unconstructive behaviour,” in particular, Kosovo. Serbia – Kosovo tensions Long-simmering tensions between Serbia and its former province mounted again…
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Finland's Sanna Marin apologises for lack of action on rights of indigenous Sámi people
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has said she’s sorry for delays in acting on new human rights legislation for indigenous Sámi people. It comes after Euronews highlighted ongoing problems with the Sámi Parliament Act, which Marin’s government had promised to pass in their current legislative programme. Four of the five parties in government are understood to support…
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Latvia prime minister's New Unity party wins general election — early results
The centre-right New Unity party of Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš won Saturday’s election, according to provisional results, with its 19% of the vote putting him in a position to head another coalition government. The results – with 91% of districts counted – mean Latvia should remain a leading voice alongside its Baltic neighbours Lithuania…
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World Health Summit: Gates Foundation commits extra €1.23 billion to eradicate polio worldwide
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will commit €1.23 billion to the effort to end polio worldwide. The money will also be used to stop outbreaks of new variants of the virus which may evade existing vaccinations. The announcement was made at the World Health Summit, being held in Berlin. Pakistan has reported…
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Police discover €1.4m of cocaine inside wheelchair upholstery
Italian border police have discovered more than 13 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside a motorised wheelchair at an airport near Milan. The drugs were found stuffed into the wheelchair’s leather upholstery by sniffer dogs, authorities said on Friday. When the cocaine was found, the man using the wheelchair stood up and walked away without assistance. The suspect…
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'Europe can count on Angola' for energy, President João Lourenço tells Euronews
The impact of the war in Ukraine is being felt far beyond the European continent. In a bid to cut its dependence on Russian gas, Europe is keen to shore up its energy supply and look for alternative sources. As the war in Ukraine passed its one-year mark, and following the visit of French President Emmanuel…
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Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni skirts EU clash in new €35 billion budget plan
Italy’s new government, headed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, signed off a new budget on Tuesday with a €35 billion spending plan and fiscal policies that seem intent to avoid a collision course with Brussels. The recently appointed premier hopes the spending boost will prompt a faster recovery in what is the Eurozone’s third largest…
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Boris Johnson bags £1 million for speeches since resignation as UK PM
Boris Johnson has raked in more than 1 million pounds (1.16 million euros) in paid speeches since resigning a few months ago, according to a document published on Wednesday. The former UK prime minister, who was forced to quit in September amid a string of scandals related to sexual misconduct in his party and drunken…
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Small village in Belgium wins EuroMillions jackpot of €143 million
In a small village in Belgium, a group of 165 people won hundreds of thousands of euros right in time for the holiday season. The winners are from the small village of Olmen in the province of Antwerp. And on Tuesday, they learned that they had all won the EuroMillions lottery after each contributing €15….
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US commits an additional €677 million in military aid for Ukraine
The US and European allies met at the US Ramstein airbase in Germany to discuss stepping up military aid for Ukraine. Contributions of state-of-the-art artillery and other systems, mainly from the US, have helped turn the tide of the war. And today’s meeting saw the US contributing an additional $675 million (€677 million) in heavy…
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Serbia's reluctance over Russia sanctions could hinder EU ambitions — EU Commissioner
Comments made by EU Vice-President Margaritis Schinas to Euronews suggest that Serbia’s reluctance to support EU sanctions against Russia could threaten the country’s ambition to join the European Union. Speaking to Euronews Serbia in Belgrade on Friday, Schinas said that “many leaders are looking around and they expect everybody to share the communality of the project in…
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Food banks are essential to disaster relief — there should be no discussion over it
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. For over a year, the world has been experiencing the tragic consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Beyond the human toll and suffering in eastern Europe, the war has exposed and exacerbated…
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Gaza war propels journalist deaths toward annual record – report
A leading press freedom NGO has detailed a shocking rise in the killing of reporters on the ground over the last year. ADVERTISEMENT The number of journalists killed around the world last year was close to an all-time annual high, a key NGO has found, with the war in Gaza by far the largest cause…
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Euronews: 2022 Review of the year – the war in Ukraine
As 2022 comes to a close, we take a look at how the events in Ukraine unfolded after Russia invaded the country on 24 February. Bucha, Ukraine – March Dead bodies of civilians were found in the town of Bucha, near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv after Russian troops retreated at the end of March there. The atrocities…
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Finland's indigenous Sámi politicians clear new human rights law hurdle
The Sámi Parliament in Finland has voted to approve the draft of a controversial piece of legislation that would make sure their right to self-determination is enshrined in Finnish law. The Sámi are the EU’s only recognised indigenous group, and are found in Finland and Sweden, as well as Norway and Russia. Members of Parliament in…
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Time is running out — those saving lives in earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria desperately need us
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Time is running out. It’s now been a week since two massive earthquakes over 7.6 in magnitude hit southern Turkey and north-western Syria. The death toll — now at more than 35,000 —…
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Germany pledges to support Ukraine as ‘long as necessary’ during Élysée Treaty anniversary
France and Germany are celebrating their decades-long friendship with a day of talks Sunday on Europe’s security, energy and other challenges. Germany’s entire Cabinet is in Paris for joint meetings during the 60th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty. And 300 lawmakers from both countries are coming together at the Sorbonne University to mark the treaty…
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Google claims a Supreme Court defeat would transform the internet — for the worse
CNN — An unfavorable ruling against Google in a closely watched Supreme Court case this term about YouTube’s recommendation engine could have sweeping unintended consequences for much of the wider internet, the search giant argued in a legal filing Thursday. Google, which owns YouTube, is fighting a high-stakes court battle over whether algorithmically generated YouTube…