17 June 2015 | Euronews
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Sport 2015 European Games: Gazyumov hands hosts Azerbaijan wrestling gold The inaugural European games continued in Baku, Azerbaijan on Wednesday. Gold medals were on offer at the Baku Shooting Centre. Zorana Arunovic -
Hungary Hungarian fence is 'barrier to asylum seekers' says UNHCR Hungary has announced plans to build a fence four-metres high along its border with Serbia to keep out illegal migrants. Many of those seeking to -
Greece Life in the shadow of debt -
Greece Greeks rally ahead of eurozone crunch talks As the sun set over Athens, thousands gathered outside of parliament for an anti-austerity demo, but could the sun also be setting on Greece's future in the eurozone? -
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Greece Athens rallies against austerity ahead of eurozone crunch talks It may be 31 degrees Celsius in Athens, but the political temperature is at boiling point and the Greeks appear to be in a defiant mood. We’re -
France Miss Renzi tucks in, French minister makes a Royale apology After France’s environment minister called on people to stop eating a certain chocolate spread to save the rainforests, the wife of Italy’s prime -
Greece Debt history capsized Greece Greece reached today’s impasse by coming clean about a secret, to begin with. Soon after he was elected to lead the country in autumn 2009, the prime -
Denmark What you need to know about the Danish legislative elections -
World News Record 59.5 million people displaced by conflict worldwide in 2014 -
Sport Barcelona star Neymar named in transfer fraud lawsuit Barcelona’s troubled transfer saga took another twist on Wednesday. Neymar has been named in a lawsuit concerning his transfer. Brazilian investment -
Europe News Belgium marks 200th anniversary of Waterloo Belgium will mark Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo from Thursday to Sunday with a three-day-long recreation of the battle. It saw the allies bring an -
Georgia Escaped white tiger shot after killing a man in Tblisi The death toll following the floods in the Georgian capital Tblisi has risen to 20 following the death of a man who was savaged by a white tiger that -
World News Migrant crisis putting European unity to the test As EU countries flounder over proposals to deal with the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, the Pope has criticised nations closing their doors to those he said were seeking protection. -
Ukraine Radioactive waste repository opens in Chernobyl exclusion zone A new central repository for radioactive waste has opened in the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine. The facility has been funded by the UK and the -
United Kingdom I hope you’ll sleep through my music, says British composer -
Europe News Major firms should no longer exploit fiscal loopholes to pay less tax -
West Bank Palestinian unity government resigns Hamas blasts unilateral decision The Palestinian national unity government, formed to heal the split between Fatah and Hamas has resigned. An inability to exert any influence in the -
Business Line Europe's top court gives the ECB a boost and Air France wages "war" against its pilots In this week’s Business Line, we examine the verdict of Europe’s top court which came down in favour of the European Central Bank’s bond-buying -
China Hong Kong wants 'two systems' promise honoured For 79 days last autumn, thousands of citizens blocked Honk Kong’s main streets. The Umbrella Movement beginning late 2014 opposed Beijing’s plan for -
Hungary Hungary to close Serbian border with anti-migrant fence The Hungarian government is to go ahead with a plan to erect a four-metre high fence along its border with Serbia to keep out illegal migrants. Many -
Greece Greece seeks 'honourable compromise' but will not shirk the big 'no' Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has made it clear that the government wants to reach an “honourable compromise” to solve the debt crisis. He was -
Culture news Waterloo fan finishes model replica after forty years A Belgian Battle of Waterloo enthusiast has completed a model of the momentous day in 1815 he started four decades ago. -
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World News Wikipedia wins the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation The Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation has been won by the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. There were 24 nominations from 10 -
Hungary UNHCR starts poster campaign in Hungary to counter government anti-migrant initiative Billboards warning migrants to obey Hungarian laws, and not take Hungarian jobs have been going up around the country as part of a government -
World News Waterloo - How the world would be different if Napoleon had won Leading up to the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, euronews asks, "What if Napoleon had won and defeated the combined Anglo and Prussian armies?" -
World News Napoleon, one of the founding fathers of Europe? Waterloo and the Napoleonic era are major markers of European history. Whether from the perspective of Napoleon or his opponents, the emergence of a European theme was born -
Sport Baku European Games: Day Four Highlights -
Switzerland Fifagate: Swiss investigators look into 53 cases of possible money laundering Swiss authorities announce they are investigating 53 cases of possible money laundering linked to the Fifagate scandal. -
Georgia Tiger kills man after escaping Tbilisi Zoo during floods -
World Greek debt crisis is “absolute supremacy of capital over humans” Pro tempore president of Celac – the Community of Latin American and Carribean States – Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa was in Brussels to take -
Cinema Animation industry and festival fans flock to Annecy Annecy International Animated Film Festival - where the backdrop of the French Alps mixes with much more than cartoons... -
USA A very tragic day: Ireland pays tribute to victims of Berkeley balcony collapse Ireland pays tribute to those who lost their lives in the tragic balcony collapse in Berkeley, California. -
China Protesters slam Hong Kong's electoral reform debate as a sham Until Friday (June 19) Hong Kong’s Legislative Council is debating the political reforms that will shape the next elections. In the lead-up to the -
Turkey 'Father' of Turkish politics, Suleyman Demirel, dies aged 90 Known as the 'Father' of Turkish politics, former prime minister and president Suleyman Demirel has died, aged 90. -
South Korea Eight new cases of MERS in South Korea South Korea’s health ministry has recorded eight new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or MERS, bringing the total to 162. So far 19 people -
USA "Me? Rich?" US presidential hopefuls play middle-class card -
Turkey Former Turkish PM Suleyman Demirel dies at 90 Former Turkish Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel has died at the age of 90. In a career that stretched over nearly half a century he served as the -
Economy Austria on mediation mission as tension rises in eurozone Tensions are rising in the eurozone and after a day of bitter recriminations between Greece and the EU Commission President , Austria’s Chancellor -
World News Michelle Obama promotes girls' education initiative America’s First Lady, Michelle Obama met Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife during a visit to the UK promoting her “Let Girls Learn” -
Belgium Social media leak scuppers history exam in Belgium Education authorities in Belgium have cancelled the history paper for this year’s high school diploma after it was leaked on social media. The -
North Korea North Korean teenage soldier defects to the South A North Korean soldier has defected to the South via the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone. He’s thought to be of the lower ranks and in his late -
Iran Iran buries 175 military divers killed in 1980s Iraq war Almost three decades on, Iran has laid 175 military divers to rest. They were captured during the 1980 to 1988 war with Iraq. Dug up from the Iraqi