2016-10-07

My Europe Series

State of the Union: Polish women force government to back down on abortion

The State of the Union is euronews’ weekly round-up of top headlines from the past seven days.

07/10/2016

Turkey

Turkish judicial system flooded with appeal requests after coup crackdown

The Turkish judicial system has been inundated with 70,000 appeal requests by those implicated in the abortive July coup.

07/10/2016

Italy

One year on: Italians march against Matteo Renzi's controversial educational reforms

Students in dozens of cities across Italy have marched against education policies and reform one year after they were laid out by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

07/10/2016

Haiti

Hurricane Matthew's wild winds leaves hundreds dead in impoverished Haiti

Two days after Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti the scale of the disaster is only just emerging.

07/10/2016

Economy

Germany's Schaeuble backs IMF over 'ultra-loose' monetary policy warning

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has backed the IMF's warnings about the risks to the banking system from "ultra-loose" monetary policy.

07/10/2016

Explore

Coffee, cocoa and fair trade in Peru

In this episode of Peru Life we travel to the mountains where coffee and cocoa abound.

07/10/2016

Cinema

'Supersonic': doc chronicles Oasis' rise to fame

The team behind last year’s Oscar-winning documentary on Amy Winehouse has turned its lens on one of the most iconic Britpop bands of all time.

07/10/2016

Sport

Home Judokas continue impressive display on day two of Tashkent Grand Prix

The home Judokas enjoyed yet another impressive day at the Tashkent Grand Prix adding six medals to the seven their won on the opening day.

07/10/2016

My Europe Series

How to be happier at work

Adults of working age in Europe spend an average of 40 hours a week at work. But is it a pleasure or a chore?

07/10/2016

United Kingdom

‘A very regrettable matter’: UKIP members face probe after bust-up

What we know UKIP MEP Steven Woolfe and contender for the party’s leadership ‘collapsed’ after a dispute with fellow UKIP member Mike Hookem in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday (6…

07/10/2016

Syria

Aleppo: a Syrian tragedy

The devastation in Aleppo's besieged rebel-held east has sparked global outrage, but world powers are failing to stop the bloodshed.

07/10/2016

Cinema

'Deepwater Horizon' a man-made disaster now a movie

'Deepwater Horizon' is a movie about the worst oil spill in United States history.

07/10/2016

Cinema

'Frantz': a moving period drama by François Ozon

French director François Ozon is back with an unexpected film quite different to his other movies.

07/10/2016

Cinema

Meet Budapest's 'gentleman robber'

‘Viszkis’ (‘The Whiskey Robber’) is the true story of Attila Ambrus, who became a national hero in Hungary in the 1990’s after committing a series of robberies in and around Budapest, in which nobody

07/10/2016

Syria

Russia gets permanent Syrian air base, ponders reopening Cuban and Vietnamese bases

Russia has ratified a treaty with Syria giving it a permanent air base and conferring diplomatic immunity on its forces there.

07/10/2016

USA

'Matthew is a very big and very bad beast' as Florida faces significant flooding

Hurricane Matthew is battering the Florida coastline with relentless wind and rain.

07/10/2016

Europe News

EU defends global aviation emissions deal

EU officials have defended a global deal on aviation emissions.

07/10/2016

Economy

Brussels sets import duties on some Chinese steel over dumping claims

The European Union has set provisional import duties on two types of steel coming from China to counter what it says are unfairly low prices.

07/10/2016

Russia

Finland accuses Russia of probing its airspace, bomber flies south to Bilbao

Finland says Russian fighter jets have breached its airspace twice in one day.

07/10/2016

Business Series

End of the road for Ford in Australia

After 91 years Ford has stopped making cars in Australia, laying off 600 workers. It is pulling out after the government cut subsidies to the sector.

07/10/2016

Cult

Lady Gaga puts final touches on new album

Lady Gaga is putting the final touches to her new album ‘Joanne’, out later this month.

07/10/2016

Russia

Ten songs that angered governments

Governments have overreacted to pop songs long before Robbie Williams ruffled the Kremlin's feathers. Here's a few songs that have been banned for annoying the rich and powerful.

07/10/2016

Cult

Art and humour mix at Frieze London

Paintings, sculptures, performances – more than 160 of the world’s leading galleries are showcasing their works at Frieze London, one of the most important contemporary art fairs in the…

07/10/2016

Colombia

Juan Manuel Santos dedicates Nobel Peace Prize to Colombians, past and present

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has dedicated his 2016 Nobel Peace Prize to the victims of, and those who have lived through, the 52-year conflict with FARC…

07/10/2016

Cult

From 'Dalí to Deneuve - culture in Europe this week

‘Dalí, The Classical Dream’ presents a selection of 150 works by the Spanish surrealist artist with the aim of showing how he was inspired by great Italian masters like Raphael and…

07/10/2016

Economy

US employment growth steady but slower in September

US employers hired 156,000 people in September against a forecast of 175,000.

07/10/2016

Europe News

EU's Juncker stresses support for US free trade deal

The head of the EU executive has reiterated his support for a free trade deal between Europe and the United States.

07/10/2016

Morocco

Parliamentary elections begin in Morocco

Morocco goes to the ballot box in the second parliamentary elections since the 2011 constitutional reform.

07/10/2016

Greece

Lost in frustration: Lesbos at boiling point over refugee limbo

The EU-Turkey deal to stop the flow of refugees into Europe has turned the Greek island of Lesbos into a floating detention centre.

07/10/2016

Markets

Pound hammered by flash crash

The pound suffered a massive temporary loss in value overnight, diving 10 percent against the dollar in just minutes - a so-called flash crash.

07/10/2016