27 May 2015 | Euronews
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France Hollande warns against resurgence of anti-Semitism during Pantheon ceremony France holds a sombre ceremony honouring four World War ll Resistance heroes during their internment in the Pantheon - the resting place for the nation's great. -
Russia Fifagate: 'I don't think bribery is likely,' says Russian anti-corruption official The Fifagate scandal has cast a shadow over the validity of Russia’s successful bid to host the 2018 World Cup. However, the chief of the country’s -
Sport Sevilla edge out Dnipro to retain Europa League crown Sevilla have successfully defended their Europa League crown with a hard-fought 3-2 win over Ukrainian outsiders Dnipro in Warsaw on Wednesday -
World News UEFA wants FIFA vote to be called off amid corruption turmoil European football’s governing body UEFA has called for Friday’s FIFA presidental election to be postponed. Incumbent Sepp Blatter is standing for -
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Switzerland EU and Switzerland agree to clamp down on tax evasion A deal has been signed between the European Union (EU) and Switzerland in an effort to clamp down on tax evasion. The European Commission (EC) -
Sport Volvo Ocean Race: Team Brunel claims leg 7 Team Brunel produced a superb display to claim the seventh leg of the Volvo Ocean Race in Lisbon on Wednesday. The Dutch boat, skippered by Bouwe -
Ukraine Eastern Ukraine: separatists 'will not push for independence,' says spokesperson The situation in eastern Ukraine seems to be at a crossroads: between a fragile and regularly-violated truce among pro-Russian rebel forces and -
Sport 'A sad day for football', but can Sepp Blatter ride it out? Nine of the defendants were FIFA officials and five were corporate executives. Those arrested included FIFA Vice President Jeffrey Webb, who is also -
World News FIFA 'did this over and over, year after year,' says US attorney general The US attorney general has told reporters in New York that FIFA officials used their positions of trust to solicit bribes. Loretta Lynch said: “They -
Albania Aleksandar Vucic becomes first Serbian leader to visit Albania Serbia’s prime minister has arrived in Albania for an historic visit. Aleksandar Vucic is the first Serbian leader to travel to the nation, with -
Business Line The winds of change in Spain, Poland and Samsung -
Germany Ship abandoned off German coast amid explosion fears A ship carrying fertiliser has been abandoned off the coast of Germany amid fears of an explosion. Resident along the North Sea coast, in the region -
Denmark Denmark calls national elections for June 18th Denmark’s prime minister has called national elections for 18 June. Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s centre-left Social Democrats are set to face stiff -
Yemen 'Deadliest day': reports of 80 killed in Saudi-led strikes across Yemen More than 80 people reported killed in what could be Yemen's deadliest day of bombing in over two months. Oxfam claims the country is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. -
Finland Finland: Eurosceptic party leader chosen as new Europe minister Finland’s new government has picked the leader of a Eurosceptic party as its new foreign and Europe minister. The selection of Timo Soini, who heads -
Germany Thousands evacuated in Cologne as WWII bomb is defused Around 20-thousand people have been evacuated from their homes in the German city of Cologne, as experts defused a Second World War bomb. The device -
Europe News EU calls for 40,000 asylum seekers from Italy, Greece to be relocated EU member states should take in some 40,000 asylum seekers, mainly from Syria and Eritrea, who land in Italy and Greece over the next two years, the -
Kosovo Kosovo corruption "omnipresent" despite EU's €111m-a-year mission -
Turkey Turkish government majority unsure ahead of national poll In Turkey’s general elections on June 7th, 19 parties will be competing for votes. These will include communists, liberals, Islamists and former -
My Europe Series Europe's open border dilemma; is Schengen a success? Europe’s Schengen zone celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. It allows citizens of 26 European Union countries to travel and go through -
Switzerland Football's most powerful figures await extradition to US Several of the global football industry’s most powerful figures are in detention waiting extradition to the United States after being arrested in -
Belgium Chaos hits Belgian airports as technical glitch downs domestic air traffic control system Flights in and out of Belgian airports have been disrupted due to a technical glitch at the domestic air traffic controller, Belgocontrol -
United Kingdom Britain's Queen outlines government priorities during state opening of parliament Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has outlined the government’s legislative agenda, during the official state opening of parliament at Westminster. One of -
Culture news Violin virtuosos compete in Brussels for prestige and a Stradivarius The twelve violin finalists in the Queen Elisabeth International Competition prepare for the grand final. -
My Europe Series Count me in: inclusiveness key to breaking down barriers in the Balkans Twenty years on from the ending of the devastating conflict in ex-Yugoslavia and divisions still run deep across the region. Political solutions have -
Switzerland "This is good for Fifa" world football's governing body reacts to arrest of senior executives Fifa has responded to the arrest of six of its senior executives at the request of US authorities on corruption charges. The organisation’s head of -
No Comment Mexico: protest in memory of the 43 missing students -
United Kingdom Watch live: Queen's speech sets out priorities for new UK government Follow the ceremonial opening of the British parliament after this month’s election won by Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative party -
Cinema San Andreas, big budget disaster movie on shaky ground California has been speculating on when the Big One will hit for years: a hypothetical earthquake of magnitude 8 expected along the San Andreas fault -
Culture news Renaissance man Da Vinci celebrated in major Milan exhibition The Palazzo Reale in Milan is celebrating the archetypal Renaissance man Leonardo Da Vinci with the largest ever exhibition of his works organised in Italy. -
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Gaza Israel strikes Gaza after alleged militant rocket attack Israeli aircraft have struck a number of sites in Gaza. It comes after Palestinian militants allegedly fired a rocket, which landed near the Israeli -
Switzerland 'Rampant corruption:' US orders arrest of senior FIFA executives FIFA is reeling after Swiss police arrested seven senior executives, including two vice presidents, at the luxury Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich in a -
Switzerland Swiss police arrest several senior Fifa executives in a morning raid at a five-star hotel in Zurich Swiss police have arrested a number of Fifa executives following a morning raid on a five-star hotel in Zurich. The arrests were made at the request -
Brazil Italian mafia boss arrested in Brazil after 30 years on the run An Italian mafia boss who had been on the run for 30 years has been arrested in Brazil. Pasquale Scotti was captured in the northeast city of Recife -
Madagascar Madagascar lawmakers vote to remove president Madagascar’s parliament has voted to remove President Hery Rajaonarimanpianina from office. It’s thought 121 of 125 lawmakers backed the move -
USA Chancellor Merkel heads Forbes most powerful women list - again! German Chancellor Angela Merkel has topped the Forbes most powerful women list for the fifth year running. In at number two is US presidential -
USA US hands looted artifacts back to Italy The United States has returned 25 artefacts that were looted from Italy and later ended up in top museums universities and private collections -
Afghanistan Afghan security forces kill gunmen in battle at a Kabul guest house Police in Afghanistan surrounded a guest house in the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul late on Tuesday night, when heavily armed gunman stormed -
France France honours four WWll Resistance heroes The coffins of four World War ll Resistance figures were escorted through the streets of Paris yesterday ahead of today’s official ceremony where -
Denmark Danish radio station's rabbit execution sparks angry backlash Radio 24syv killed a baby rabbit live on air saying it wanted to highlight hypocrisy over animal welfare and provoke a debate.