4 February 2016 | Euronews
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World News Asylum-seeker reception centre petrol-bombed in Finland Police are investigating after three petrol bombs were thrown at the entrance of an asylum-seeker reception centre in central Finland. Around 80 -
World News The final curtain at Paris Opera Ballet for Black Swan choreographer Benjamin Millepied jetéd into international stardom with the 2010 ballet drama Black Swan before taking the reins at Paris Opera Ballet four years -
Greece Lesbos migrant 'hotspot' begins processing asylum seekers As around 2,000 migrants continue to arrive on the Greek islands per day the EU plan to set up five “hotspots” to register, screen and interview -
Sport NBA champions meet President Obama Last season’s NBA champions The Golden State Warriors followed up their win over the Washington Wizards with a visit to the White House on Thursday -
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World News Pension reform protests across Greece as thousands take to the streets Clashes between police and protesters have broken out in Athens as tens of thousands took part in a general strike to protest against an overhaul of -
World News Syria: conference raised billions in aid Money will be spent on urgent care, improving access to education and employment opportunities. -
Musica The epic race to the South Pole on the operatic stage The epic race between Britain's Scott and Norway's Amundsen hits the operatic stage: "South Pole" celebrates its world premiere in Munich. -
Economy ECB's Draghi: We have to aggressively fight ultra-low inflation Acting too late to counter ultra-low inflation presents greater risks than acting too early, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has said, suggesting more stimulus is coming soon. -
World Scientists confront pharmaceutical puzzle in the hunt for a Zika vaccine On Monday, and for the first time since the recent Ebola crisis, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a global health emergency in response -
Sport Broncos and Panthers set for Super Bowl 50 The stage is set and The Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers are eagerly waiting in the wings to compete in this season’s Super Bowl. The 50th -
Sport Polakow makes big waves in Portugal Australian Jason Polakow became the first person to windsurf the big waves in Nazare, Portugal this week. Polakow studied the spot, which is 120 -
United Arab Emirates Camel Trek: In the Footsteps of our Ancestors -
Egypt Italy-Egypt to jointly investigate death of 'tortured' student Giulio Regeni Italy’s Foreign Minister has confirmed Rome will collaborate with Cairo in an investigation into the death of twenty-eight-year-old student Giulio -
Business Series Royal Dutch Shell is latest to have profit hammered by low oil prices Royal Dutch Shell has reported its lowest annual income in at least 13 years. There were also depressed numbers from Norway's biggest energy company Statoil as well as ConocoPhillips. -
Greece Migrants: serious bottlenecks on Greece's northern border Taxi strike means thousands are stranded on FYROM border -
Sport Team Sky's Viviani wins stage two of Dubai Tour Team Sky’s Elia Viviani enjoyed a double victory of sorts on Thursday. The Italian won a crash-hit stage two of the Dubai Tour and with it took the -
Sport NBA: Miami too hot to handle for Mavs The Miami Heat enjoyed a narrow three point victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday evening to complete their fourth sweep in five seasons -
Germany German police arrest two in coordinated terror raids A series of coordinated raids across Germany has resulted in the arrests of at least two people suspected of planning a terror attack in Berlin -
Economy China slowdown could scupper eurozone recovery: EU The slowdown in emerging economies such as China could derail the eurozone’s fragile recovery, the European Commission said on Thursday. The single -
Business Series Celebrating 12th birthday, Facebook aims for five billion users by 2030 Facebook is 12 years old, having grown to become a dominant force on the internet, the largest social media company ever, claiming 1.59 billion monthly users. -
Greece Refugee crisis: a Nobel Peace Prize for the "Heroes of the Aegean"? The people of the eastern Aegean islands have seen their lives change dramatically over the last 12 months. An unprecedented wave of refugees, many -
World Foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla spells out Cuba's new revolution Presidential candidates will certainly have to deal with a new and unprecedented situation in the relations between the United States and Cuba -
Cinema Marvel anti-hero Deadpool refreshingly lewd and crude Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, ‘Deadpool’ tells the story of former Special Forces agent turned mercenary Wade Wilson -
Culture news Maverick fashion designer John Varvatos: 'Is rock dead?' Is rock dead? The maverick of menswear in the US, John Varvatos, asked the question as he launched his latest collection in New York. Presented at -
World News French language revolution in France Pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué ? (Why make it simple when you can make it complicated?) This French sentence applies perfectly -
Business Series China boosts 2015 sales for Daimler, slower growth expected this year Daimler expects slower sales growth for its Mercedes cars in China this year after a 2015 surge in demand that helped the German carmaker post record sales and earnings. -
Business Series Credit Suisse write-offs hit profit, drag down shares Credit Suisse has reported its first full-year loss since 2008 due to big write-offs at its investment banking business, sending its share price tumbling. -
World News Polyglot or ‘polynot’: a look at language skills across the EU Luxembourgers are the multilingual champions of the EU while the Irish, Bulgarians, Austrians and Hungarians are among the worst, latest official -
Europe News Cologne kicks over carnival season amid security fears Cologne entered full party mode on Thursday as police stepped security following a series of robberies and sexual assaults on women over one month -
Economy France confident on deficit reduction, European Commission not convinced French Finance Minister Michel Sapin has said the country will meet its 2016 target for cutting its public deficit but the European Commission does not believe it can achieve that. -
United Kingdom Syria: world leaders ask for massive aid donation Hundreds gather to raise billions -
Vatican "The Devil's Job": ex-Vatican Bank chief Tedeschi on finance and morality Italian economist and banker Ettore Gotti Tedeschi was president of the Vatican’s Bank at a time of turmoil from 2009 to 2012. Amid a -
No Comment London festival toasts China's Lunar New Year One of the UK’s earliest examples of English landscape gardens has been taken over by Chinese lanterns as part of London’s Lunar New Year -
No Comment World's largest mass human migration in full swing The world’s biggest mass human migration is ongoing as Beijing residents rush to catch a train home to toast the Lunar New Year with their families -
Culture news Rachel Platten takes 'Wildfire' on tour 'Wildfire' is US singer-songwriter Rachel Platten's third studio album. -
World News WHO concerned over Zika sexual transmission reports The World Health Organization (WHO) has voiced its concern over reports that a case of the Zika virus contracted in the US state of Texas was -
Syria Syria: stakeholders surprised by halt in talks Talks in tatters after Russian-backed Syrian Army offensive in Aleppo -
Cinema Ben Stiller returns with A-list cast in 'Zoolander 2' Ben Stiller is back as dim-witted male model Derek Zoolander in the sequel to the 2001 comedy hit. In ‘Zoolander 2’, Stiller is surrounded by the -
Egypt Missing Italian Giulio Regeni found dead in Cairo with 'signs of torture' Missing Italian student Giulio Regeni has been found dead in Cairo “with signs of torture,” according to a senior Egyptian prosecutor. The Cambridge -
United Kingdom UN panel 'rules in favour of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange' A UN panel has ruled in favour of Julian Assange over the Wikileaks founder’s three-and-half year stay at a London embassy, according to media -
USA Trump accuses Cruz of 'stealing Iowa caucus' Trump calls for rematch in Iowa ‘Cruz stole victory’ – Trump ‘We need a Commander in chief, not a Twitterer in chief’- Cruz The Republican -
France Modern Express towed safely into Bilbao port What to do with a listing ship? The Modern Express is safely towed into a Spanish port -
World News 'One document to fit all' - police push for coordinated migrant registration As the European Union struggles with trying to agree a common policy on the refugee crisis, several western Balkan countries have unilaterally agreed -
World News Syrian donors' conference calls for $9 billion Seventy world leaders to attend Syria donors’ conference UN hopes to raise $9 billion to secure futures for refugees Aim is to avoid a ‘lost