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A wildfire approaches the Olympic Academy, foreground, in ancient Olympia, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021.

Site of first ancient Olympics at risk as fires rage in Greece

The archaeological site of Ancient Olympia - where the first ancient Olympic Games were held - is at risk as fires continue to wreak havoc in Greece.

Travellers arrive from a Eurostar train at St Pancras Station in London, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020.

England lifts quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers from France

Members of the Lithuania State Border Guard Service patrol on the border with Belarus, near the village of Purvenai, Lithuania

Lithuania warned over pushing back asylum seekers at Belarus border

Belarus' opposition activists Maria Kolesnikova, foreground, and Maxim Znak, behind her, attend a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021.

'Freedom is worth fighting for': Prominent Belarus dissidents on trial

Excess mortality rates are historically deemed to be better gauges of pandemic death tolls.

What’s the true figure for COVID deaths in your country?

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DRC's dynamic drive to move ahead after Covid

DRC's drive to move forward

Eco-design, the way to make products greener before they've even been produced

Eco-design, the way to make products greener before they've even been produced

Mugham, the unique Azerbaijani musical tradition handed down over generations

Mugham, the unique Azerbaijani musical tradition handed down over generations

UNCOVERING EUROPE - looking beyond the headlines to find the real European stories

How much do you really know about other European countries? We delve beneath the surface to find the stories that matter.

Editors of Belsat TV during the recording of one of their programmes

The raid that killed off Belarus' last independent media platform

People wait in line for a COVID-19 vaccine during the vaccination at Belgrade Fair makeshift vaccination center, Serbia, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021.

How vaccine doubts have put the handbrake on Serbia's rapid rollout

Loyalists opposed to the Northern Ireland Protocol protest in Newtownards town centre, Northern Ireland, Friday, June 18, 2021.

Is there a way out of the Northern Ireland Protocol stalemate?

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Activists hold portraits of activist Vitaly Shishov, leader of the Belarusian House in Ukraine, during a rally in front of the Belarus Embassy in Kyiv, August 3, 2021.

Ukraine steps up protection of Belarusian exiles after activist death

A health worker prepares a shot of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in La Paz, Bolivia, Aug. 3, 2021.

WHO calls for COVID booster jab moratorium until the end of September

A man uses a water hose during a wildfire in Adames area, in northern Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021

'The night was hell': Wildfire destroys homes on outskirts of Athens

Pedro Pichardo, of Portugal, competes in the final of the men's triple jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo.

Today at the Olympics: Portugal's Pichardo wins triple jump gold

Fields burn following a hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory, near the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021.

Israel launches airstrikes on Lebanon in response to rockets

Roman Shukhevych, second from left, pictured with a battalion created by the German Nazis in 1942

Ukraine mulls giving hero status to alleged war criminals

A young woman holds a picture of Belarusian activist Vitali Shishov outside the Belarusian embassy in Kyiv, August 3, 2021

'No one is safe': Tears and fears at Kyiv vigil for dead Belarusian

Tunisian soldiers cordon-off the Parliament in the capital Tunis, following a move by the president to suspend the country's parliament and dismiss the Prime Minister.

Tunisia grapples with its biggest political crisis in a decade

OLYMPICS: Tokyo 2020

FILE - In this July 16, 2021, file photo, people crowd the street in the Kabukicho area, Tokyo's entertainment district.

Tokyo reports record daily COVID cases amid Olympics

A climber scales a cliff face

Sport climbing: The best holidays in Europe for beginners

Harrie Lavreysen of Team Netherlands competes during the track cycling men's sprint at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021

Today at the Olympics: Dutch teammates tie for cycling record

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Anti-vaccine protesters march during a rally in Paris, Saturday, July 17, 2021.

Who are France's anti-vaccine rule protesters and what do they want?

Participants walk towards the Parliament building at Budapest Pride 2016

What's it like to be LGBT in Hungary amid Orban's rights crackdown?

Norwegian flags and flowers are laid in Sundvollen, close to Utoya island in 2011.

Breivik attack: 10 years on, has Norway tackled its far-right problem?

Pink said on Twitter she was "proud" of the Norwegian women's beach handball team.

Pink will pay fines for handball players who refused bikini bottoms

A woman holding the national and an EU flag takes a part in a rally titled "Walking for Justice," organized by the ruling Social Democrats, starting outside parliament in 2020

Republic of Northern Macedonia

Could North Macedonia be the graveyard of the EU's ideals?

Uniform regulations are defined by the International Handball Federation.

Norway fined for not wearing bikini bottoms at beach handball match

Are European arms fuelling wars and conflicts worldwide?

Unreported Europe

Are European arms fuelling wars and conflicts worldwide?

The Russian Nord Stream 2 pipe-laying ship ‘Akademik Tscherski’ moored at the port of Mukran on the island of Ruegen, Germany

Ukraine and Poland slam deal to complete Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline

Cry Like a Boy: The Podcast

A Euronews original podcast on men challenging universal gender stereotypes.

Cry Like a Boy is an original Euronews series and podcast that explores how the pressure to be ‘a man’ can harm families and entire societies.

Podcast | Liberia’s army of peace: The women who stood up to warlords

Cry Like a Boy is an original Euronews series and podcast that explores how the pressure to be ‘a man’ can harm families and entire societies.

The women who redefined the frontline in Liberia's brutal civil war

After exploring the role of traditional masculinity in Liberia’s civil war (1989-2003), we rejoin Liberian journalist Carielle Doe to delve into the aftermath of the conflict.

Liberia's invisible war wound: from glorious warriors to black sheep

People pass by an AIDS Healthcare Foundation awareness billboard in Maputsoe, Lesotho, on January 31, 2020.

Strong men get tested, says Lesotho teen activist born with HIV

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French President Emmanuel Macron, center, speaks with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right

EU states must do their fair share for bloc to hit climate aims | View

"Each member country must do its fair share through home-grown policies to help achieve a common European objective."

People hold a banner "Roma Lives Matter" during a rally to honor a Roma man Stanislav Tomas who died after police officers held him in Teplice, Czech Republic, June 26.

Europe's silence over Stanislav Tomas clouds Roma memorial day | View

"The silence of our political leaders in Europe to his death stood in contrast to the vocal statements that surrounded the death of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, last year."

A future European Health Union must take the demands of the frontline workers into account.

There can be no EU Health Union without intensive care medicine | View

The EU must tear down bureaucratic barriers that prevents ICU professionals from working across member states and learning from one another, write professors Maurizio Cecconi and Elie Azoulay.

People march during a gay pride parade in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, July 24, 2021.

Hungary's LGBT vote isn't democracy but tyranny of the majority | View

Hungary's LGBT vote isn't democracy but the tyranny of the majority, writes Maria Sjödin.

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The lavender fields have become a popular spot for instagrammers

Moldova’s picture perfect lavender fields smell incredible

Belgrade has become a major tourist hub for COVID-free travellers looking to journey elsewhere.

Quarantine loophole sees major boost in tourism from India to Serbia

These are the best cities in Europe for canals

The 7 best European canal cities that rival Venice

We need to get the travel industry moving again, says UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson: We need to get the travel industry moving again

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King-Thompson climbing the building

Free climber scales London skyscraper in climate stunt

A free-climber who was imprisoned two years ago for climbing the U.K.'s tallest skyscraper scaled another building on Tuesday, this time to draw attention to climate change.

The lavender fields have become a popular spot for instagrammers

These picture perfect lavender fields in Moldova are part of a comeback story

Sunbathers take advantage of the fine weather on the beach on the coast at Margate, east of London on May 31, 2021.

England's coastal residents suffer lower life expectancy and more mental health problems

Tunisian soldiers cordon-off the Parliament in the capital Tunis, following a move by the president to suspend the country's parliament and dismiss the Prime Minister.

Tunisia grapples with its biggest political crisis in a decade

Fire in Athens suburb destroys homes, vehicles

Fire in Athens suburb destroys homes, vehicles

King-Thompson climbing the building

Free climber scales London skyscraper in climate stunt

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Fire in Athens suburb destroys homes, vehicles

Fire in Athens suburb destroys homes, vehicles

Enrico Caruso film restored after 100 years unites voice with pictures

Enrico Caruso film restored after 100 years unites voice with pictures

The best of Dubai on a budget

The best of Dubai on a budget

Yuja Wang embraces Mozart’s darker piano concerto

Yuja Wang embraces Mozart’s darker piano concerto

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Europe

People stand in front of Kemerkoy Thermal Power Plant, right, as a wildfire approaches in the background, in Milas, Mugla, Turkey, Aug. 3, 2021.

Turkish power plant 'at risk of being destroyed' by wildfires

Belgian customs arrest 45, seize million of counterfeit cigarettes

France promises €100 million to Lebanon at international conference

World

Tsimanouskaya sought refuge in Europe after accusing team officials of trying to force her to leave the Tokyo Games early.

Dissident Belarusian sprinter arrives in Poland

'Politicians hide behind their immunity' Lebanese activist says

UK artists can tour in 19 EU countries without a visa

Business

Professor Sarah Gilbert holding her new Barbie doll.

Life in plastic, it's fantastic! COVID vaccine scientist gets Barbie

Food delivery apps offer discounts to boost vaccine uptake in the UK

Europe's economy bounces back from a double-dip recession

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Sport

Kristian Blummenfelt being helped by other athletes after winning the 2020 Olympic triathlon.

Has climate change made Tokyo 2020 the hottest Olympics in history?

Welcome u-turn as Simone Biles decides to return for gymnastics final

Italy's Marcell Jacobs sprints from unknown to Bolt’s successor

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Culture

Slipknot band member Joey Jordison at a news conference bout the death of bassist Paul Gray on May 25, 2010, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Slipknot founding drummer Joey Jordison dies at 46

United Arab Emirates

Akmo, the artist who found her voice in Dubai

Italian cartoonist Gio is the big winner at the World Press Cartoon 2021

Sci-tech

The Nauka module seen approaching the ISS on July 29

International Space Station incident was much worse than you thought

Russian module knocks International Space Station out of position

Zuckerberg: The metaverse is the 'ultimate social technology'

Travel

Twitter users joined in to share their equally positive Airbnb experiences

Is this the best Airbnb review of all time?

Turkey wildfires: Tourists impacted and how you can help

Italy has the highest number of people unable to afford a holiday

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