2015-12-17

France

IMF chief Christine Lagarde vows to fight negligence trial

Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF, says she will be appealing a decision by a French court that she stands trial for her role in the payment of

17/12/2015

USA

UN Security Council adopts resolution to cut off ISIL revenue

Finance ministers of the United Nations Security Council have unanimously adopted a resolution designed to cut off financing to the self-styled

17/12/2015

Sport

Mourinho sacking sends rumour mills on a replacement into overdrive

Nine months after leading Chelsea to the English Premier League title coach Jose Mourinho has been sacked by the London club. The London club

17/12/2015

Sport

FIFA scandal: Blatter claims innocence at ethics hearing

Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter returned to the headquarters of football’s world governing body on Thursday for the first time since being

17/12/2015

Turkey

Turkey and Israel to restore full diplomatic relations

A secret meeting in Zurich on Wednesday has led to a preliminary agreement between Turkey and Israel ending a long dispute. Cordial relations turned

17/12/2015

Albania

Albanians protest over government's austerity measures

Thousands of Albanians took to the streets to protest over the governments handling of the economy with rising levels of poverty and unemployment

17/12/2015

Hungary

Former Hungarian politician Bela Biszku escapes jail sentence

Former Hungarian minister Bela Biszku dodged jail for his involvement in a deadly crackdown after the anti-Soviet revolution in 1956. Biszku had

17/12/2015

Israel

Bar Refaeli questioned for 12 hours over tax evasion claims

Supermodel Bar Refaeli is under investigation in Israel over claims that she dodged local taxes on earnings from her high-flying career. Refaeli

17/12/2015

Brazil

WhatsApp returns to Brazil after brief suspension

Popular phone and tablet programme WhatsApp has been restored in Brazil after being banned for 12 hours. The ban, for 48 hours, was imposed because

17/12/2015

Sport

Surfing: World number Fanning moves closer to fourth title despite brother's death

The Worlds greatest surfers gathered in Hawaii for the season-ending Billabong Pipe Masters. Kelly Slater, Mick Fanning, Gabriel Medina Adriano de

17/12/2015

World

IOC launches new code to tackle match manipulation

17/12/2015

World News

2016 could be warmest year on record according to UK's Met Office

More sunshine and warmer temperatures in 2016 than this year. That’s according to a new global temperature forecast from the UK’s Met Office. This

17/12/2015

Europe News

'I want a fairer Europe,' British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tells euronews

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has told euronews that he wants to see a “fairer” and “more democratic” Europe, which the UK remains a part of.

17/12/2015

Saudi Arabia

Britain under fire over arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Fresh controversy is surrounding the UK over its selling of arms to Saudi Arabia and their role in the war in Yemen. A Saudi-led coalition has been

17/12/2015

USA

US justice catches up with Martin Shkreli to charge entrepreneur with fraud

It appears karma may have caught up with US entrepreneur Martin Shkreli, who has been arrested on fraud charges. In 2015 he became the internet’s

17/12/2015

World News

The fifth anniversary of the Arab Spring marked in Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid

It is five years ago that Mohamed Bouazizi, a vegetable-seller in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid set alight to himself. His anger had been building

17/12/2015

Sport

Wambach plays final game for US before retirement

Abby Wambach played the final football match of her glittering career this week before retiring from the sport. The United States’ striker has scored

17/12/2015

Europe News

Britain's push for reform and the migrant crisis dominate final EU summit of year

EU leaders are in Brussels for their final summit of what’s been a tough year. Among the pressing issues on the agenda – the migration crisis, which

17/12/2015

Russia

Putin's annual address offers snapshot of Russian world view

The television address gave a snapshot of Putin and Russia’s view of the world, a sort of parallel universe where corrupted public figures are

17/12/2015

Sport

Former El Salvador football head arrested

The former president of El Salvador’s football federation Reynaldo Vasquez has been arrested by police in relation to the on-going FIFA corruption

17/12/2015

Economy

Federal Reserve's interest rate hike 'will benefit eurozone and global economy'

It’s seen as a hugely important step on the road to global economic recovery. The Federal Reserve’s first interest rate rise since the financial

17/12/2015

World News

IMF chief Christine Lagarde vows to fight court decision that she stand trial

Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF, has said she will appeal a court’s decision that she must stand trial for her role in the payment of 404

17/12/2015

Libya

Libya's rival factions sign up to UN-brokered peace deal

Both sides from Libya’s warring factions have come together to sign a UN-brokered peace deal. Four years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya

17/12/2015

Cinema

Finnish movie 'The Fencer' tells tale of 1950s Estonia

Set in Estonia in the 1950s, ‘The Fencer’ is the Finnish contender for an Oscar nomination in the Foreign Film category and it has already received a

17/12/2015

Spain

Spain's sweet economy: alive, well and living in Alicante

The Spanish traditional Christmas sweet known as turron is ‘bread and butter’ to some 2,000 of the townspeople of Jijona, on Spain’s Mediterranean

17/12/2015

Culture news

A hermit's life: Tokyo artist creates bespoke shells for living crabs

A group of hermit crabs have found brand new homes thanks to Tokyo-based artist Aki Inomata. Inomata created shells modelled on famous places and

17/12/2015

World News

New security measures on French Thalys cross-border trains

France has unveiled its planned new security measures on Thalys cross-border trains. They link France with Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne in

17/12/2015

Africanews

AU ready to deploy East African Stanby Force to Burundi

The African Union Commission could deploy the East African Standby Force to Burundi in the wake of deadly clashes recorded since April.The contingency plan was deliberated upon at the 565th African

17/12/2015

Russia

Putin sticks the boot into Turkey in annual address

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his annual television marathon address to the nation, has been especially harsh towards neighbour Turkey

17/12/2015

World News

Our most popular Youtube videos of 2015

Euronews’ Youtube team has seen a LOT of raw footage on its screens in 2015. Above is a selection of the best “good news” videos that made us laugh

17/12/2015