2018-04-18

Hungary

Hungarian swimming executive accused of murdering business rival

On Tuesday, Hungarian authorities arrested swimming executive Tamas Gyarfas for ordering the murder of business rival Janos Fenyo but on Wednesday his lawyer said he was innocent.

18/04/2018

United Kingdom

Britain and Russia wage war of words at chemical weapons conference

Representatives from both countries traded accusations on the March 4th chemical attack in Salisbury

18/04/2018

World News

Euroviews. James Comey: Impeaching Trump won't give America what it needs | View

Trump is a liar and morally unfit for office. It's time to show him that the truth still matters in our nation, says the former FBI chief.

18/04/2018

Cult

Hugo Pratt exhibition opens in Lyon

The creator of Corto Maltese has his work honored

18/04/2018

Spain

Trapped farm animals die in Spanish floods

According to Spanish media, more than a thousand pigs were trapped in their pens during strong floods in northeastern Spain.

18/04/2018

Europe News

Facebook complying with new EU privacy law - kind of

The company says European users must still accept targeted ads

18/04/2018

Belgium

Three Belgian companies summoned to court for chemicals exports to Syria

Three Belgian companies have been accused by Belgian Customs authorities of exporting chemicals to Syria without a proper export license.

18/04/2018

Europe News

UK: Windrush scandal becomes Brexit issue

The issue has stoked fears among EU citizens in the UK that they will suffer a similar fate

18/04/2018

No Comment

Germans make the most of unseasonally warm weather

Locals soaked in the sun in parks and waterways across the country

18/04/2018

USA

US CIA chief, Mike Pompeo's secret meeting with N Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed a success by Trump

Pompeo is the most senior U.S. official to have met Kim to discuss a planned summit with Donald Trump.

18/04/2018

Romania

Romania's new retirement plan aims at four-legged state workers

They sniff out drug smugglers, patrol the streets, and carry out crowd control in the line of duty. But what happens when it’s time to retire?

18/04/2018

Germany

German theatre offers free seats to spectators wearing swastikas

German prosecutors said Wednesday that they would not investigate a theatre offering free tickets to people who accept to wear a swastika during a play named after Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf, because of artistic freedom laws.

18/04/2018

World News

Which parliaments most closely resemble the vote of the people?

Euronews looked at election results across the EU to see if winning parties' share of the vote tallied with the number of parliamentary seats it was awarded. Hungary, Lithuania and Poland saw the widest gaps — while Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark followed the popular vote most closely.

18/04/2018

No Comment

Dinosaur fans get special treat at Jurassic World exhibition in Paris

Real-life replicas of dinosaurs wooed visitors at the exhibit that opened on Satuday

18/04/2018

Cult

The underground theatre breaking down barriers

A unique underground production company, 'Belarus Free Theatre', in the Belarusian capital city, Minsk, is trying to change people's perceptions of modern society with its performances.

18/04/2018

Cult

Cate Blanchett heads up a starry female-dominated jury at the 71st Cannes film festival

In a year when the #MeToo movement has dominated the headlines, Festival director Thierry Fremaux said he was conscious of gender balance in the organisation of the festival.

18/04/2018

Lebanon

'The struggle is real': Lebanon's trans community comes out of the shadows

"You’re worth as much as a floor tile. No wonder why most trans women don’t go out during the day, or end up working in the night business: that’s the only space society leaves us." - Sasha Elijah. Trans men and women often live in the shadows in Lebanon but things may be starting to change.

18/04/2018

No Comment

Israel grinds to a standstill on Memorial Day

Two minutes of silence were observed across the country

18/04/2018

USA

Southwest flight's terror in the skies: How it happened

While hurtling 32,000 feet over Philadelphia, one of the Boeing’s twin engines exploded, releasing shrapnel that peppered the fuselage.

18/04/2018

World News

Israel won't send F-15s to U.S. military drill, warns Iran to back off

"The Iranian octopus is trying to strangle us and break our spirit," a key member of Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet warned.

18/04/2018

World News

Facebook to roll out Europe's stringent privacy rules worldwide

Facebook’s two billion users may get the full benefit of the European Union’s stringent data protection regulations

18/04/2018

Europe News

FYROM, Albania moving closer to EU accession talks

EU Commission gives green light, now needs OK from member states

18/04/2018

Russia

Russia threatens to clamp down on Facebook

After its attempts to block messaging app Telegram, Facebook could be next

18/04/2018

United Kingdom

Salisbury clean up could take months

Liquid nerve agent was used in Skripal attack

18/04/2018

Spain

Euroviews. Catalonia's crisis, Europe's wake up call | View

European intervention in the Catalan crisis is unavoidable amid a systematic bias against secession in the interpretation of Spanish law, says an advisor to the European Parliament.

18/04/2018

Cuba

The end of almost 60 years of Castro rule for Cuba

Cubans wait to see if a change in leadership can re-vitalise the island's flagging economy

18/04/2018

World News

North and South Korea can discuss peace, but can't end the war on their own

Seoul wasn't a direct signatory to the armistice that stopped the fighting but left the Korean Peninsula still technically in a state of war.

18/04/2018

World News

What is ISIS? Key facts about the Islamic State

The Islamist terror group declared a caliphate in Iraq and Syria before losing most of its ground last year.

18/04/2018

Germany

Germany's first ISS commander promises to be a "nice boss"

Alexander Gerst to take the helm in September.

18/04/2018

World News

Euroviews. What 'red lines' and foreign intervention look like for Syrian civilians | View

Alaa, a civil society worker who has been in Damascus since the start of the conflict, weighs in on the impact of U.S. and Russian foreign intervention in Syria and the perception of civilians on the ground.

18/04/2018