22 July 2015 | Euronews
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Greece Greece: tourists pack extra clothes for refugees along with sunscreen Arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos, tourists come to soak up the sun and relax in beautiful surroundings, but these holiday makers are not coming -
Sport Liverpool complete Benteke deal Liverpool added to their ranks on Wednesday when they completed the signing of Belgium international striker Christian Benteke The 24-year-old has -
Portugal Portuguese president announces general election Portuguese President, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, has announced that his country’s general election will take place on October 4, 2015. The ruling -
World News One step closer to slowing down Alzheimer's? Sufferers of early-onset Alzheimer’s could be one step closer to being offered a drug to slow down the progress of the disease. Lilly pharmaceutical -
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Sport Non-European for taskforce chair - UN special adviser on sport The United Nations’ special adviser on sport Wilfried Lemke says a European should not be considered for Chairperson of Fifa’s new reform task force -
Greece Domestic tourism in Greece suffers dramatic downturn as debt crisis deepens Domestic tourism in Greece has suffered a dramatic downturn as a result of the debt crisis with many Greeks unable to afford to take a holiday. The -
France France: farmers move blockades further south There has been a mixed reaction in France to news that the government has announced 1.1 billion euros worth of measures to support its livestock -
Sport Tour de France: Geschke claims maiden stage win, Froome maintains overall lead Simon Geschke of the Giant-Alpecin celebrated his first Tour de France stage win of his career on Wednesday after riding to success in stage 17. The -
Serbia Bosnia-Herzegovina presidency visits Serbia in effort to "relax" relations Members of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency have met Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade. The visit by Dragan Covic, Bakir -
Business Line Increasing Value Added Tax in Greece - but which countries are the VAT winners and losers? Greece started a new life on Monday. The banks have finally reopened after being closed for three weeks and the government initiated repayment of its -
Kenya Some Kenyans waiting for Obama risk disappointing no-show Kenyans celebrated warmly when Barack Hussein Obama won the US presidency in 2008. All these years later, the first mixed race American head of state -
World News Berlin uncovers 'biggest ever' crystal meth stash Police in Berlin say they have found the German capital’s biggest ever stash of crystal meth. Some 4.5 kg of metamphetamine, with an estimated -
Greece German tourists head for Greece in droves and aeroplanes Angela Merkel is not the most popular individual among Greeks as we speak. However, the Greek islands are popular with German tourists and despite -
United Kingdom One of oldest copies of Koran found in Birmingham library Birmingham University library claims to house one of the oldest surviving copies of the Koran in the world. Radiocarbon dating suggests fragments of -
Sport Athletes' village for 2016 Games close to completion With just over one year to go before the 2016 Rio Olympics, the athletes’ village is 85 percent complete – according to the company building it -
Sport Olympics: New stadium plans to be drawn up for Tokyo 2020 The internal wranglings over the main arena for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games have – for the time being – abated after Japan’s Olympic minister and -
World The students who are changing children's lives with 3D-printed limbs Six-year-old Brazilian boy Paulo Costa Boa Nova was born with a genetic defect that left him without part of his right arm. But now, thanks to a -
France Alzheimer's: cautious reaction to claims new drug could slow progression There has been a cautious welcome to news of a drug that appears to slow the pace of Alzheimer’s Disease. Data suggests the drug – Solanezumab – can -
USA What happened when a worker took Google to task over pay -
Myanmar Myanmar's 'free' election struggles to distance dictatorship Hope for change in Myanmar is approaching a crucial test. The Southeast Asian nation is preparing for the first free national ballot since 1990. The -
Italy Terror suspects arrested in Italy and Spain Italian police have arrested two men suspected of spreading threatening online messages in support of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, or -
My Europe Series Tips on countering the internet scammers “There are still countless scams on the internet. How can we recognise them and protect ourselves from cyber attacks?” asks Eloise in Paris. The -
China Artist Ai Weiwei's confiscated passport returned after 4 years A Chinese free speech advocate and who was held in secret detention for 81 days says that Beijing authorities have returned his passport. Ai Weiwei -
Europe News Juncker's plan to boost EU investment The European Commission has finalised an investment plan aimed at kick-starting economic investment across the European Union. Wednesday’s (July 22) -
Greece Key dates in Greece's funding talks with the euro zone -
United Kingdom Oldest fragments of the Koran found in Birmingham, UK A British university says fragments of a Koran manuscript found in its library were from one of the oldest surviving copies of the Islamic text in -
Ukraine French actor Gérard Depardieu 'a threat to Ukraine national security' French actor Gérard Depardieu has been banned from Ukraine because he is considered “a threat to national security,” according to reports on Tuesday -
Norway Norway: fourth anniversary of attacks in Oslo and on Utoya It is four years since the attacks on a government building and a youth camp on the island of Utoya claimed the lives of 77 people and changed -
Syria Spain warns discretion needed as journalists go missing in Syria Spanish authorities call for discretion in the case of three journalists missing in Syria since mid-July. -
Turkey Suruç: Turkish officials identify attacker On Monday this week, the square outside the Amara Cultural Centre in the Turkish town of Suruç, was thronged with well-wishers. They had gathered to -
Cinema Video game characters attack Earth in 'Pixels' Aliens send Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and other video game characters to attack Earth in ‘Pixels’ – a new sci-fi, comedy action movie hitting cinemas -
No Comment Two people die in Czech train smash -
World News How the EU is horribly split over sharing its refugee burden -
Economy Greek parliament votes on second set of bailout measures Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and bankers arrived for a meeting on Wednesday (July 22) as the country’s parliament prepared to vote on the -
USA Drone: the FAA investigates viral video of gun-firing device An investigation is underway in the US after a video appearing to show a home-made drone firing a handgun went viral online. VIDEO: Footage of -
Culture news Anti-ISIL cartoons and caricatures on show in Tehran Cartoons and caricatures depicting the self-proclaimed Islamic State militant group – and the international fight against it – have gone on show in -
Thailand Thailand: murder trial to resume of two Burmese men accused of murdering British holidaymakers The trial is due to resume in Thailand of two Burmese men accused of killing two British packpackers. The hearing will examine the reliability of -
Spain Spain: woman dies during bungee jump from bridge A British woman has died during a bungee jump from this bridge in Spain. It happened near the town of Lanjaron in Granada. The 23-year-old is -
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My Europe Series Liberland: utopian tax-free micronation or state of mind? Tucked away on the banks of the Danube is the tiny, would-be country of Liberland. The former Czech politician who declared himself its founder and -
Iraq At least 32 dead in explosions across Iraq Bomb attacks across Iraq have killed at least 32 people. The deadliest was a car bomb in a mainly Shi’ite area of Baghdad, which killed 16 people -
USA Texas murder probe into death in police custody Dashboard camera video involving a traffic stop in Texas of a woman later found hanging dead in her jail cell showed how the incident quickly -
Italy Italy condemned for violating gay rights over marriage The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Italy for failing to provide adequate legal protection for same-sex couples. Italy is the only -
USA Ragtime author E.L. Doctorow dies aged 84 The novelist and playwright E.L. Doctorow has died aged 84 in New York. He’d been suffering from lung cancer. In a 50-year career he published 10 -
World News Drone collision scare with Lufthansa flight sparks investigation A Lufthansa plane with 108 passengers on board nearly collided with a drone as it approached Warsaw’s main airport on Monday afternoon (July 20 ) The -
Greece Greece prepares for vote on more measures to secure bailout Tsipras rallies Syriza party ahead of parliamentary vote on second round of economic reforms to secure bailout deal