2015-06-11

Greece

Athens protest warns Greek government against debt deal with more austerity

With Greece under constant international pressure to make more cuts and reforms to secure bailout money – at home there was a strong warning not to

11/06/2015

Ukraine

Moscow accused of 'outright lies' over Ukraine

The US ambassador to the United Nations has accused Moscow of “outright lies” over the financing and arming of pro-Russian separatists in eastern

11/06/2015

USA

Scottish First Minister not received in White House while in Washington

11/06/2015

Romania

Romanian minister resigns over 'punks and prostitutes' comment

Romania’s transport minister has resigned over controversial comments he made criticising his countrymen living abroad. Ioan Rus caused uproar by

11/06/2015

Sport

Fencing: Italy and Germany win team gold on final day of European championships

It was a team effort on the last day of the European fencing championships in Montreux, Switzerland. Spearheaded by Olympic and individual European

11/06/2015

World

Sports United: All female crew Team SCA win Volvo Ocean Race leg

Being punched, kicked, choked, strangled, and suffering excruciating joint-locking doesn’t sound a whole lot of fun. But those were the occupational

11/06/2015

Spain

Spain: PP Party loses capital to leftist Ahora Madrid coalition

Manuela Carmena, of the leftist Ahora Madrid coalition, will be inaugurated as mayor of the Spanish capital on Saturday (June 13). Her party says she

11/06/2015

Musica

Cecilia Bartoli as Gluck's tragic heroine

“I pray to the almighty gods” is this year’s theme of the Whitsun festival in Salzburg, chosen by artistic director Cecilia Bartoli. The famous mezzo

11/06/2015

World News

FIFA media director De Gregorio quits; Blatter rejects European Parliament call to go now

The communications director of football's world governing body Walter De Gregorio is stepping down. Meanwhile FIFA's outgoing president Sepp Blatter has ruled out his immediate departure.

11/06/2015

South Korea

South Korea reports 10th death from MERS

South Korea reported on Thursday (June 11) a 10th death from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, also known as MERS. Some 3,800 people were kept

11/06/2015

World News

Swiss and Austrian police pursue Iran-P5+1 cyber-intruders

Swiss authorities have searched a house in Geneva and seized computer material in connection with a possible cyber attack on nuclear negotiations

11/06/2015

Belgium

IMF blasts Greece over lack of progress in debt talks

“Major differences” remain between Greece and its international creditors, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday, as officials tried to

11/06/2015

Europe News

EU meeting overshadowed by Greek debt talks

EU leaders met their counterparts from Latin American and the Caribbean on Thursday in a summit largely overshadowed by the ongoing Greek debt talks

11/06/2015

Russia

Space trio lands safely after 199 days in orbit

It was a happy landing for the three astronauts returning to earth this Thursday (June 11), after more than six months spent in space.

11/06/2015

Turkey

Turkey: Erdogan calls on politicians to 'put their egos aside'

With Turkey's political future hanging in the balance, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urges politicians not to allow egos to get in the way of forming a government.

11/06/2015

France

Anger at latest Paris auction of Native American artefacts

The latest batch of Native American artefacts were sold at auction in Paris on Wednesday in spite of condemnation from the US and others. Several

11/06/2015

Musica

From The International New York Times' Center stage: Teatro alla Scala

11/06/2015

China

China's crackdown on corruption: ex-security chief handed life sentence

Formerly one of the most powerful men in China, ex-Domestic Security chief Zhou Yongkang becomes the latest domino to fall in the president's crackdown on corruption.

11/06/2015

South Korea

Seoul takes economic action to cushion MERS impact

The respiratory infection known as MERS has parts of South Korea verging on paralysis. One village, Jangduk, 280 kilometres south of the capital

11/06/2015

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World's largest resort for dogs opens in Dubai

11/06/2015

France

Covering the Turkish Elections at Euronews

11/06/2015

France

Street art, with romantic twist, replaces Paris "love locks"

On the Pont des Arts in Paris, the controversial “love padlocks” – signed and locked by lovers onto the bridge’s metal grids – have been replaced by

11/06/2015

World News

Hundreds join search for missing Swedish teenager

More than 900 volunteers in Sweden are helping police in their search for a teenage girl who has been missing for four days. 17-year-old Lisa Holm

11/06/2015

Japan

Torrential rains in south Japan trigger evacuations

Japanese authorities urged more than 300,000 residents to evacuate their homes on Thursday as torrential rains battered the south of the country

11/06/2015

Culture news

James Last: a life in music

The German big band leader, James Last known across the world as ‘Mr Happy Sound’ is dead. He was born Hans Last in Bremen in 1929. He started his

11/06/2015

Greece

Tears as Greek state TV returns to air after austerity shutdown

11/06/2015

Iraq

US to send 450 more troops to train Iraqi forces fighting ISIL

The United States announced on Wednesday (June 10) it will deploy 450 more troops to train Iraqi government forces and help them try to retake territory lost to Islamic State militants.

11/06/2015

Cinema

Martin Kemp stars in the all action thriller "Age of Kill"

In “Age of Kill” Martin Kemp plays Sam a father who is forced to go on a killing spree in order to protect his kidnapped daughter. For Kemp, who is

11/06/2015

United Kingdom

British actor Sir Christopher Lee dies at 93

Veteran British actor Sir Christopher Lee dies at the age of 93

11/06/2015

My Europe Series

Jobless Youth: struggling programs, debating new solutions

11/06/2015