2018-02-28

Spain

New algorithm could count demonstrators 'more accurately'

Could this be the tool that ends all debates about the number of people who attend a demonstration?

28/02/2018

World News

Juncker visits Kosovo amid EU accession talks

The European Commission president has made his first official visit to Kosovo as part of his Western Balkans tour. It comes as the union is locked in talks with Kosovo to join the bloc.

28/02/2018

Netherlands

Dutch supermarket launches ‘world’s first’ plastic-free aisle

The "world's first" plastic-free supermarket opened in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Wednesday.

28/02/2018

World News

Classes resume in Parkland, Florida

Students and teachers have gone back to their lessions at the Margery Stoneman Douglas High School, two weeks after 17 people died in a shooting rampage.

28/02/2018

World News

Football: PSG striker Neymar to miss games for '6 to 8 weeks'

Paris Saint Germain striker Neymar is to undergo an operation this week on his injured foot.

28/02/2018

World News

4YFN at the MWC: a good place for a start-up

Four Years from Now is a startup business platform which puts 650 startups in touch with 700 investors.

28/02/2018

Europe News

'I'm not a terrorist' - Wanted Syrian Kurdish leader speaks out

Saleh Muslim was detained in Prague at the request of Turkey, but later released by a Czech court

28/02/2018

Hungary

Budapest restaurant offers homeless free tea as Hungary freezes

Homelessness is illegal in Hungary but there are still an estimated 30,000 people sleeping rough.

28/02/2018

Italy

Italy counts down to decisive election

A new voting system could spell an end to fragile coalition governments

28/02/2018

United Kingdom

"She had such a big heart"

A 74-year-old woman has died in hospital, seven months after being rescued from her flat during the Grenfell Tower blaze in London.

28/02/2018

Poland

Polish #RespectUs campaign deploys trucks in Europe

The campaign comes weeks after Poland passed a law making it illegal to accuse the country of complicity in Nazi crimes during World War II.

28/02/2018

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: EU publishes draft divorce treaty

28/02/2018

Target

Turkmen section of trans-Afghanistan gas pipeline completed

The pipeline — developed by the TAPI Pipeline Company — will carry 33 billion cubic metres of natural gas a year and create about 12,000 jobs.

28/02/2018

France

Watch: Timelapse of Athens shows a city in change

Timelapse footage shows the changing skyline of the Greek capital.

28/02/2018

Slovakia

Colleagues carry on where murdered journalist Jan Kuciak left off

Kuciak had been working on an investigation that delved into the infiltration in Slovakia of the ‘Ndrangheta mafia, one of the world’s most powerful criminal groups.

28/02/2018

World

Lombardy enterprise rises above Italy's economic crisis

Lombardy in the north of Italy is an area known worldwide for the production of women’s socks.

28/02/2018

Republic of North Macedonia

Macedonians protest name change demanded by neighbouring Greece

But Greece will veto the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from joining the EU and NATO until it does.

28/02/2018

World News

World's biggest plane marks another milestone

The 500,000-pound monster is designed to offer another way into space.

28/02/2018

United Kingdom

How Brussels see its future relationship with the UK

The EU today published a 120-page draft text on how it sees its relations with Britain after Brexit. We've been through it so you don't have to.

28/02/2018

Living

Russian artist 'Weld Queen' creates interactive sculptures

With a single welder and unlimited imagination, Russian modern artist Alexandra Ivleva has made an impression with her interactive creations.

28/02/2018

No Comment

Snow falls in the UK capital, covers Buckingham Palace in white

Snow covers London as the "Beast of the East" brings Siberian weather to Britain.

28/02/2018

Sport

Rafael Nadal pulls out of Mexican Open

The world number two, who was due to face fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, said he felt a sharp pain during his final training session on Tuesday and decided not to compete on the advice of his medical team

28/02/2018

No Comment

USA: Flooding damages 200-year-old town in Indiana

The worst flood to hit the U.S. State of Indiana in the last 20 years has devastated the 200-year-old town of Utica in the southern portion of the state.

28/02/2018

World News

Higher temperatures recorded in Arctic than Europe

Researchers are worried about the higher than usual temperatures in the Arctic, which has been warmer than Europe this week.

28/02/2018

No Comment

Low temperatures have brought snow to San Sebastian beach in Spain

Low temperatures have brought snow to San Sebastian beach, much to the delight of local residents.

28/02/2018

Europe News

EU Brexit Treaty: 'Devil in the detail'

Brussels analyst says EU legal document gives UK "less room to manoeuvre"

28/02/2018

Syria

UN claims Pyongyang provided materials for chemical weapons in Syria

Damascus denies using chemical weapons but a UN investigation says North Korea shipped equipment that could have been converted

28/02/2018

USA

Dick’s Sporting Goods will stop selling assault-style rifles

"Thoughts and prayers are not enough," said the Dick's Sporting Goods CEO.

28/02/2018

Norway

Norway to ban semi-automatic weapons from 2021

Once implemented, the ban would mark 10 years since Norwegian national Anders Breivik shot and killed over 60 people, mostly teenagers, with semi-automatic firearms.

28/02/2018

Sport

Federer wins Laureus Sportsman of the Year award

Federer reclaimed the world number one spot this year after winning his 20th Grand Slam at the 2018 Australian Open

28/02/2018