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Germany business morale worsens further: Is industrial competitiveness at risk?
Europe • 10:23 AM
4 min
German business confidence fell sharply in November, with the Ifo Index hitting its second-worst level since January. Rising costs, energy prices, and structural issues are eroding industrial competitiveness, while private sector activity hit a nine-month
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Russian forces capture UK citizen fighting for Ukraine, reports claim
Europe • 10:10 AM
2 min
British ex-soldier James Scott Rhys Anderson was reportedly captured by Russian troops in Kursk. If confirmed, his capture would represent the first known case of a Western national seized on Russian territory.
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Trading blows, Newsletter
Europe • 10:02 AM
6 min
This week's key events presented by Euronews' EU senior competition and trade reporter Peggy Corlin.
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EU has means to counter Trump tariffs, says trade lawmaker | Radio Schuman
Europe • 7:37 AM
2 min
Speaking to Radio Schuman, German socialist MEP Bernd Lange says that the EU has a whole range of measures to counter Donald Trump's trade policy towards the EU.
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Who is Romanian far-right presidential candidate Călin Georgescu?
Europe • 7:29 AM
3 min
Little-known Georgescu took a shock lead in Romania's presidential election on Sunday.
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Cargo plane crashes into house in Lithuania, killing at least 1
Europe • 6:54 AM
1 min
A Boeing 737 cargo plane operated by Swiftair crashed into a house near Vilnius Airport, Lithuania, killing one person and injuring another.
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Markets week ahead: Eurozone's inflation figures take centre stage
Europe • 6:11 AM
5 min
This week, US politics and geopolitical tensions remain a focus for investors. Economic data such as the EU inflation, the US GDP, and RBNZ's rate decision will take centre stage in regional markets.
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G20 Summit: Brazil's president urges developed nations to speed up initiatives on climate change
Europe • 5:24 AM
5 min
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's comments came the day after representatives of the G20 nations endorsed a joint statement that called for a pact to combat hunger, more aid for Gaza, an end to the war in Ukraine and other goals.
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'I feel totally useless': Anguish grows among Lebanese diaspora in France
Europe • 5:00 AM
8 min
Hundreds of Lebanese people demonstrated in Paris on Sunday to demand an immediate ceasefire since clashes between Israel and Hezbollah began a year ago.
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Baku's COP29 legacy: a new era in climate finance or too little, too late?
Europe • 5:00 AM
3 min
Several delegates stressed the significance of having reached an agreement and making progress in "difficult geopolitical times".
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Populist Calin Georgescu takes surprise lead in Romania's presidential election
Europe • 4:14 AM
6 min
After polls closed, 9.4 million people - just over 52% of eligible voters - had cast their ballots, according to data from the Permanent Electoral Authority.
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Borrell meets UNIFIL chief in Beirut, says peacekeepers have 'strong support' of EU
Europe • 3:24 AM
6 min
The meeting in Beirut comes days after four Italian soldiers were injured after two rockets exploded at a UNIFIL base in Shama, apparently fired by Hezbollah or one of its affiliate groups.
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Georgian protesters rally in Tbilisi ahead of first session of newly-elected parliament
Europe • 1:02 AM
4 min
The round-the-clock protests in Tbilisi follow the 26 October elections that kept the governing pro-Russian Georgian Dream party in power. Opponents say the vote was rigged and suspect neighbouring Russia of election interference.
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Yesterday
Polish opposition party chooses historian Karol Nawrocki as presidential candidate
Europe • 9:34 PM
5 min
The decision caps a weekend during which the country's two largest parties announced their candidates for an election that will decide the successor to incumbent President Andrzej Duda, whose second and final term ends in August 2025.
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Swiss voters say no to bigger motorways and easier evictions in referendum
Europe • 9:14 PM
4 min
The federal government argues that the volume of traffic on the motorway network has increased more than five times over the past sixty years.
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EU to allocate over €200mln to Lebanese military as ceasefire talks continue
Europe • 7:44 PM
2 min
The EU's Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell’s visit to Lebanon comes at the end of a Middle East tour related to the ongoing wars in Gaza and Lebanon. Before his visit to Beirut, Borrell visited Cyprus and Jordan.
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Anti-immigration and anti-fascism: Two opposing protests bring hundreds to the streets of Porto
Europe • 6:18 PM
3 min
The city of Porto was the scene of two demonstrations: an anti-immigration demo organised by the far-right Chega party and an anti-fascist protest organised by 28 social organisations. The protests took place on neighbouring streets, but never crossed pat
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Body of Moldovan-Israeli rabbi missing in UAE has been found
Europe • 4:50 PM
3 min
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Israel “will act with all means to seek justice with the criminals responsible for his death.”
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Done deal: What to expect from the funding deal agreed at UN climate talks
Europe • 2:59 PM
4 min
After a turbulent week in Baku, a deal was reached in the early hours of Sunday, 24 November. The big number to focus on is the $300bn a year that developing nations will receive from rich countries in climate funding by 2035, a far lower sum than the $1.
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Tens of thousands protest high rents in Barcelona
Europe • 10:00 AM
4 min
A large number of Spaniards took to the streets of Barcelona on Saturday night to protest a housing crunch and the high cost of renting an apartment in the city.
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Zelenskyy says 321 port facilities damaged in strikes raising fears for grain exports
Europe • 7:26 AM
5 min
Ukraine, known as the Breadbasket of Europe, is a major global supplier of grain and before the Russian invasion it regularly exported around six million tonnes of grain every month from its Black Sea ports.
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Polls open in what is expected to be first round of Romania's presidential election
Europe • 7:25 AM
6 min
There are 13 candidates in the running for Romania’s top job, including two clear favourites, but none of them are expected to gain an absolute majority, meaning the presidential race will go to a run-off on 8 December.
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Ukraine has reportedly lost 40% of land it had seized in Russia's Kursk region
Europe • 12:04 AM
4 min
Over 100,000 Kursk residents were displaced after Kyiv's troops came over Russia's western border in August.
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Saturday, november 23, 2024
Macron marks 80th anniversary of the liberation of Strasbourg during WWII
Europe • 9:29 PM
1 min
French President Emmanuel Macron attends commemoration ceremonies of Strasbourg liberation.
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Donald Tusk's party chooses Warsaw mayor as presidential candidate
Europe • 5:55 PM
3 min
Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski has been chosen by Prime Minister Donald Tusk's centrist Civic Coalition as its candidate for next year's presidential election, defeating Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski.
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Thousands demonstrate across France and Italy protesting violence against women
Europe • 5:09 PM
1 min
Violence against women and girls remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it.
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EU's top foreign diplomat meets Israelis and Palestinians at two-state solution conference
Europe • 3:19 PM
2 min
Asked whether he was optimistic about peace in the Middle East over the coming months, Borrell said "a ceasefire must come and it is absolutely essential."
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At least 11 killed and dozens injured in Israeli strikes on Beirut as diplomats push for ceasefire
Europe • 11:16 AM
2 min
The strikes came a day after heavy bombardment of Beirut’s southern suburbs and as heavy ground fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants continues in southern Lebanon, with Israeli troops pushing further into the country.
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NATO and Ukraine to hold emergency talks after Russia's hypersonic missile attack
Europe • 9:07 AM
3 min
NATO and Ukraine are set to hold emergency talks after Russia attacked a military facility in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro using an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile.
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Pro-Ukraine protests take place in European capitals as 1,000th day of war approaches
Europe • 7:32 AM
9 min
Protesters were out on the streets of cities such as Rome and Lisbon to denounce the Russian invasion which the UN estimates has killed or wounded more than 35,000 civilians since February 2022.
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Brussels, my love? After Baku - Has the COP process run its course?
Europe • 6:01 AM
3 min
In the latest edition of our talk show from Brussels, participants discussed the climate summit in Baku, the possible comeback of fossil fuels and the crisis of the electric car market.
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Massive car graveyard in Catarroja shows scale of Spain's devastating flooding
Europe • 3:26 AM
7 min
The catastrophic flooding, which mostly affected eastern Spain, began on October 29 when torrential rain battered parts of Valencia, with some areas receiving a year’s worth of rain in just eight hours.
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Antonio Tajani condemns attack on UNIFIL base which injured four Italian soldiers
Europe • 1:56 AM
4 min
The UNIFIL mission base in Shama in southern Lebanon was hit by rockets allegedly fired by Hezbollah or one of its affiliate groups.
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David Lammy and Jean-Noël Barrot warn of risk of attempted 'Putinisation' of the world
Europe • 1:01 AM
6 min
The two Foreign Ministers met in London a day after UK and French daily papers published a joint article in which they criticised the invasion of Ukraine and called for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Romanians overseas begin casting ballots ahead of Sunday's presidential election
Europe • 1:01 AM
7 min
The President of Romania's Permanent Electoral Authority said there would be a record number of polling stations abroad for the presidential election, totalling more than 950.
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Friday, november 22, 2024
Brussels warns Orbán over Netanyahu visit: it's your duty to comply with ICC warrants
Europe • 5:52 PM
4 min
Ignoring an arrest warrant by the ICC would breach international obligations and damage Hungary's reputation, Věra Jourová told Euronews.
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Russian opposition figures march against Putin in Berlin
Europe • 5:24 PM
2 min
Prominent Russian opposition figures led a march of at least 1,000 people in central Berlin on Sunday, against President Putin and his war in Ukraine
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Volkswagen workers' union threatens to shut down production plants in strike after talks collapse
Europe • 4:57 PM
2 min
Earlier this week, the workers announced that they were willing to accept pay reductions so that the company could continue to keep plants open and avoid mass layoffs.
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Fact-check: What do we know about Russia’s nuclear arsenal?
Europe • 3:41 PM
5 min
Moscow has lowered the bar for using nuclear weapons and fired a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead into Ukraine, heightening tensions with the West.
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German auto technology supplier Bosch to cut thousands of jobs
Europe • 3:28 PM
2 min
German auto technology supplier Bosch to cut thousands of jobs, citing stagnant demand for cars and new technology.
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Spain fines five low budget airlines €180m for 'abusive practices'
Europe • 2:49 PM
2 min
Ryanair, Easyjet, and Vueling are among the airlines being punished for charging passengers extra for hand luggage, among other things.
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University mobility programmes: Which countries attract the most EU students?
Europe • 2:42 PM
2 min
Spain and the UK are the top destinations, as over 360,000 undergraduate and master's students from the EU took part in a mobility programme of at least three months, the latest Eurostat data shows.
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At least two people dead in Ukraine after Russian airstike in Sumy
Europe • 1:28 PM
3 min
Local officials say an Iranian-made Shahed drone loaded with shrapnel specifically targeted individuals. Twelve other people were injured.
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Austria lifts long-held veto on the Schengen accession of Romania and Bulgaria
Europe • 11:51 AM
3 min
Budapest was the stage of a major breakthrough in Schengen after Austria agreed to lifts its veto on Romania and Bulgaria's accession.
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Modern, stubborn and on the streets: Dutch EU ombudsman hopeful sets out his stall
Europe • 10:07 AM
4 min
Reinier van Zutphen is one of six candidates from Estonia to Portugal vying to replace Emily O'Reilly, who's responsible for probing maladministration among EU bureaucrats for over a decade.
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Zelenksyy hopes Ukraine war will end in 2025 through diplomacy not fighting
Europe • 9:37 AM
9 min
Zelenskyy claimed that Ukraine's military has become one of the most powerful in the world but the country's military is bolstered by millions of euros in aid packages from Western allies.
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Will Trump steal the EU’s crypto crown?
Europe • 7:00 AM
4 min
Some hope a long-awaited new EU law will help the bloc attract innovative digital businesses — but it may have trouble competing with a new pro-crypto administration in the US.
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Why has the EU deforestation law become so politicised? | Radio Schuman
Europe • 7:00 AM
2 min
Germany's national elections are influencing the negotiations of EU deforestation law, which entered interinstitutional negotiations on 21 November, according to campaigner.
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Did Spain's government use a false helicopter crash tweet to distract from the Valencia floods?
Europe • 6:46 AM
6 min
Spain's leading news agency EFE has been under fire over the past week for accidentally publishing misinformation on two separate occasions.
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Putin says new 'Oreshnik' missile test on Ukraine a response to NATO aggression
Europe • 3:57 AM
7 min
In a national television address, the Russian leader said Moscow was conducting “combat tests” of the new missile system after Ukrainian strikes earlier this week using US and British missiles.
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Polish PM Tusk's party holds presidential primary to choose candidate
Europe • 12:41 AM
4 min
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk will not run in the Civic Coalition's contest, which is between the foreign minister and Warsaw's mayor.
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Record number of aid workers killed worldwide in 2024, UN says
Europe • 12:34 AM
2 min
According to the United Nations, at least 281 humanitarian workers have died so far this year, with most of them killed in the war in Gaza.
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Pistorius says he won't run for chancellor candidate in February's snap elections
Europe • 12:23 AM
7 min
The announcement, which Boris Pistorius made in a video posted to SDP social media channels, clears the way for incumbent chancellor Olaf Scholz to run for a second term.
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Thursday, november 21, 2024
Iceland volcano erupts for seventh time in a year but experts say activity has peaked
Europe • 11:24 PM
4 min
The volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula Lying had been dormant for around 800 years before the geological systems suddenly sprang back into life in 2021.
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Russia has tested a new intermediate range missile in strike on Ukraine, says Putin
Europe • 7:19 PM
3 min
Putin’s announcement came hours after Ukraine claimed that Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile overnight at the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro.
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French trade minister flags defensive trade tools for Trump presidency
Europe • 6:19 PM
2 min
As the 27 trade ministers gathered for the first time since Donald Trump's re-election, the use of defensive trade tools against the US could be an option in case of Trump's aggressive trade policy, according to French minister Sophie Primas.
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Russia stops selling gas to OMF, Austria's main provider
Europe • 5:32 PM
7 min
Russia's state-owned oil and gas company Gazprom stopped selling gas to OMF, Austria's main provider on Saturday.
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What are Storm Shadow and ATACMS, the UK and US-made missiles being used by Ukraine?
Europe • 5:00 PM
7 min
Ukraine is firing foreign-made missiles directly into Russian territory for the first time. We take a look at what these weapons can do
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'Putin told me he did not want Ukraine to exist' - Former EU Commission chief, José Manuel Barroso
Europe • 4:40 PM
3 min
Former EU Commission José Manuel Barroso said Putin told him he didn't want Ukraine to exist as an independent state. He said he told him his goals during the twenty five meetings he had with him during his tenure.
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Finnish police detain five over violence in Nigeria
Europe • 4:22 PM
2 min
Authorities allege the prime suspect promoted violence through social media while living in Finland.
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