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SPAIN - 26/01 21:55 CET

Spain: NATO plane crash kills 10, injures 21

Ten people were killed and 21 others injured when a NATO fighter jet crashed at an airbase in central Spain. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy

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Euronews cartoonist 'elbartho' sketches his own…

FRANCE - 26/01 17:33 CET
Auschwitz prisoner’s tattoo like a tomb stone

Auschwitz survivor Elie Buzyn reflects on the marks of inhumanity that untold millions of people suffered from 70 years ago. He…
GERMANY - 26/01 17:16 CET
Merkel speech opens Auschwitz anniversary events

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed an audience gathered in Berlin for an event marking 70 years since the liberation of…
ALBACETE - 26/01 17:04 CET
Ten killed in Greek fighter plane crash in Spain

Ten people were killed and another 13 people were injured after a Greek fighter plane crashed during NATO training in Spain on…
GREECE - 26/01 16:53 CET
Eurogroup leaves door open for Syriza to at least partially renegotiate “if necessary”

Monday’s Eurogroup meeting in Brussels had to deal with a potential crisis…
ITALY - 26/01 16:24 CET
Picture this: a safe way to transport priceless paintings

At Rome’s National Gallery of Ancient Art crate up “Narcissus”, a masterpiece by Caravaggio, in preparation for a long journey…
GREECE - 26/01 15:52 CET
Greece’s Syriza juggling the promises it made

What future for Greece under the leadership of Alexis Tsipras? Five years of belt-tightening got too much for many Greeks to…
ATHENS - 26/01 15:30 CET
Greek singing legend Demis Roussos dies aged 68

Greek singer Demis Roussos, one of music’s most unlikely international superstars, had died aged 68. Early hits like ‘Rain and…
UNITED KINGDOM - 26/01 15:27 CET
Royal Academy exhibits Rubens

In London, the Royal Academy of Arts has opened the first major exhibition providing an overview of the life and works of Peter…
FRANCE - 26/01 15:25 CET
Versace opens Paris fashion week

Spring 2015 Couture Fashion Week has opened in Paris with Atelier Versace’s spectacular show featuring
ATHENS - 26/01 15:17 CET
A new era for Greece: Alexis Tsipras is sworn in as prime minister

Leader of the left-wing, anti austerity Syriza party Alexis Tsipras is sworn in as Greek Prime Minister. A known atheist, he did…
GERMANY - 26/01 14:48 CET
Germany’s IFO business confidence index rises again

Germany’s IFO business confidence index, complied from 7000 company executives, has risen for a third straight month on the back…
RUSSIA - 26/01 14:45 CET
Russian stocks, bonds and rouble all slide on weak oil and Ukraine fighting

More bad news on the oil price and fears of the repercussions of intensified…
POLAND - 26/01 14:17 CET
Holocaust Memorial Day: some key facts and figures

Holocaust facts and figures The Holocaust was the killing of around six million Jewish people by the Nazi regime from 1933 up to…
GREECE - 26/01 13:50 CET
European stockmarkets shrug off Syriza victory in Greece

After an initial two-hour wobble on the European markets following the victory of Syriza in Greece, things calmed down going…
LONDON HEATHROW - 26/01 12:01 CET
Laser scanning trees

Trees do the vital job of absorbing carbon dioxide, which contributes to global warming, and producing oxygen. But at the…
GREECE - 26/01 11:25 CET
Greece: Syriza forms anti-bailout coalition government

Fresh from his Syriza party’s crushing victory at Sunday’s polls in Greece, left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras has struck a deal to…
GREECE - 26/01 10:50 CET
Greeks react with delight and trepidation to Syriza election win

The people of Greece are taking in Syriza’s momentous victory in the snap general election. Both Greek and European markets fell…
POLAND - 26/01 10:30 CET
Auschwitz and other survivors who were ‘freed but never free’

Survivors of Auschwitz Birkenau, the German Nazi Concentration and…
GREECE - 26/01 09:31 CET
Triumphant Tsipras of Syriza seeks cross-party support in Greece

Amid the celebrations, the hard work begins for Alexis Tsipras whose Syriza party has swept to power in an overwhelming election…
GREECE - 26/01 04:48 CET
Celebrations as Syriza supporters look to a future without austerity

Jubilation in University Square in central Athens as thousands of Syriza supporters celebrated the landmark win by their…