2015-04-23

Turkey

Ex-foes come together at Gallipoli for centenary of World War I battle

Commemorations are underway at Gallipoli in Turkey to mark the centenary of one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. A student choir from

23/04/2015

Sport

Bobsleigh, Volleyball and Sochi triumph in the inaugural SportAccord awards

The winners of the SportAccord Euronews awards were announced in Sochi. Mariusz Wlazly scooped the Sportsman of the year gong. The Polish volleyball

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Iraq

Iraq: UN team visits camp for families who have fled Ramadi fighting

A senior UN delegation has visited camps in Baghdad for Iraq’s internally-displaced people – 2.7 million of whom have fled their homes since January

23/04/2015

Italy

How the EU has struggled to cope with Mediterranean migrant influx

In October 2013, images of 111 coffins, four containing children, shocked the world. They were lined up in a shed on the Italian island of Lampedusa

23/04/2015

Armenia

Armenia remembers: 1.5 million victims of 1915 massacre canonised

Armenia remembers those who died in 1915: 1.5 million people are canonised in the country's main church.

23/04/2015

World News

Hubble Space Telescope: NASA releases 25th birthday snapshot

It is an anniversary image that is out of this world! For the 25th birthday of the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA has released a celestial snapshot

23/04/2015

USA

Obama apology after hostages killed in US attack on al Qaeda

An American and an Italian who had been held hostage for several years by al Qaeda in the border region of Pakistan and Afghanistan were inadvertently killed in a US counter-terrorism operation in Jan

23/04/2015

Belgium

EU leaders gather for migration summit

European leaders bowed their heads during a minute of silence for the 800 migrants who drowned off the coast of Libya on Sunday while attempting to

23/04/2015

World News

Euronews Sportaccord winners in Sochi

The winners of the euronews Sportaccord awards were announced in Sochi. Mariusz Wlazly scooped the Sportsman of the year gong. The Polish volleyball

23/04/2015

Armenia

US band rocks for peace

Rock band System of a Down might look like unlikely ambassadors for a peace mission to reconcile an international dispute that has festered for 100

23/04/2015

World

Turkey insists it has nothing to hide on 100-year-old Armenian tragedy

Turkey's EU minister places most blame on Armenian position for failure to resolve 1915 massacre issue that has poisoned relations for 100 years

23/04/2015

USA

Obama apologises after al Qaeda hostages killed by US forces

President Obama has apologised after two Western hostages were accidentally killed when US forces attacked an al Qaeda base on the Afghan-Pakistani

23/04/2015

Culture news

Budapest theatre event returns after succesful debut year

The two-week programme of the Madách International Theatre Meeting has brought together 20 productions from 13 countries in Budapest. After the

23/04/2015

France

France facing 'biggest terror threat in history,' says prime minister

France is facing the biggest terror threat in its history, says the prime minister, as police arrest a man suspected of planning attacks near Paris.

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Amnesty International protest over migrant crisis in Europe

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Armenia

Turkey marks 100th anniversary of Armenian massacre

Silvard Atajyan was three years of age when mass killings were taking place in southern Turkey in 1915. She was saved by French soldiers along with

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Baby George for Saint George's Day

23/04/2015

Belgium

EU leaders hold emergency summit on Mediterranean migrant deaths

Seeking solutions to the Mediterranean migrant crisis, European Union leaders have gathered for an emergency summit in Brussels. Greece and Italy are

23/04/2015

United Kingdom

Seven things to know about England on St George’s Day

Here are seven things to know about England to coincide with the country’s annual celebration, St George’s Day. Great Britain, United Kingdom and

23/04/2015

Russia

Why does this man want his head transplanted?

Someone has to go first. So why not me? That is the attitude of Valery Spiridonov who is hoping to have his head transplanted onto a different body

23/04/2015

Germany

German rail strike causes major disruption nationwide

German rail union GDL has extended a 66-hour strike to passenger routes, causing hundreds of commuter and long-distance trains to be cancelled. Some

23/04/2015

France

France: Five terror attacks thwarted, says prime minister

'Five terror attacks thwarted recently,' says the French prime minister, as police arrest a man for allegedly plotting attacks on churches in a Paris suburb.

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The Calbuco volcano erupts in Chile

23/04/2015

Cinema

The Super Sequels coming soon

Looking at Hollywood offerings there are three films in the pipeline which are part of huge franchises. To begin with the new trailer for ‘Batman v

23/04/2015

Spain

Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca was executed during civil war, papers reveal

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Italy: Naval vessel brings hundreds of migrants ashore

23/04/2015

Malta

800 victims of Mediterranean Sea tragedy remembered in Malta

Twenty-four coffins for the only bodies recovered from the Mediterranean’s worst-ever migrant disaster were carried from Malta’s morgue to a funeral

23/04/2015

World News

Gallipoli peninsula tourists help keep battle memories alive

Every day, tourists visit Seddulbahir, the site of the battle, in their hundreds. It is almost like a pilgrimage to gain an understanding about what

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Next Series

A satellite revolution in oceanography

Satellite technology is creating a revolution in oceanography as researchers have a flood of new data to understand our planet's oceans and better study climate change. In this edition of Space we hea

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Next Series

The Astronaut Academy: "We focus on leg muscles and back muscles"

23/04/2015