2018-08-28

Italy

Netflix has six films in this year's Venice Film Festival

Netflix, which snubbed Cannes due to French rules that ban simultaneous streaming of films shown in cinemas, brings six films to Venice, some of them frontrunners for prizes.

28/08/2018

Switzerland

Watch: Onlookers catch glimpse of waterspout in Zurich

Although the weather on the lake remained at 23°C, air temperature measured only 9°C, which led to the creation of the vortex over the water.

28/08/2018

Ireland

What exactly did the Pope say on psychiatric help for gay children?

What exactly did the Pope say on psychiatric help for gay children?

28/08/2018

Germany

Explained: The far-right protests in Chemnitz

Germany’s top security official has offered to send police reinforcement to Saxony authorities after violence erupted at Monday's clashes between far-right demonstrators and counterprotesters in the eastern city of Chemnitz.

28/08/2018

World News

Clerical sex-abuse scandal exposes 'war within the Vatican'

Tensions between reformists like Pope Francis and conservatives have been bubbling since the pontiff was elected in 2013.

28/08/2018

Europe News

Bono takes EU dream on tour

"Europe is a thought that needs to become a feeling"

28/08/2018

Germany

German city removes controversial Erdogan statue

The 4-metre-tall golden statue was erected on Monday evening as part of the Wiesbaden Biennale art festival.

28/08/2018

World News

Italian interior minister and Hungarian PM to form anti-migration fron

Italy's Deputy Prime Minister says France should reopen its border crossing at Ventimiglia which was a launching point for migrants crossing into France. Matteo Salvini, whose government is fiercely against migration, said France should show greater "solidarity and sensibility" on the migrant

28/08/2018

Europe News

Car industry faces blame in EU's battle against air pollution

"I think that the car industry is among the big actors that are preventing us from solving the problem."

28/08/2018

Norway

Ex-footballer celebrates number 1 with singles chart bum tattoo

Former footballer, comedian and musician Mads Hansen has celebrated scooping a number one summer hit by having his bum inked — with a Spotify singles chart.

28/08/2018

Russia

Russia to hold biggest military exercises since Cold War

They'll involve 300,000 troops, 1,000 military aircraft, two of Russia's naval fleets, and all its airborne units.

28/08/2018

Italy

Ryanair reaches first collective labour agreement

Strike-hit Ryanair has reportedly reached an agreement with the Italian union ANPAC and the company hopes to reach similar deals with flight crew in other countries

28/08/2018

Argentina

Watch: Whale washed up on beach returned to the ocean

The video shows a stranded orca returning to the sea in Nueva Atlantis, Argentina

28/08/2018

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: Tackling air pollution, copyright row

28/08/2018

Cult

Children who escaped Hitler's death camps

A new exhibition the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust tells the story of Jewish children who managed to escape Hitler's death camp but at a very high price

28/08/2018

Finland

Finnish presidential candidate 'plagiarised master’s thesis'

Which other European politicians have been accused of plagiarising work or faking degrees?

28/08/2018

No Comment

Watch: Notes to God cleared from Jerusalem's Western Wall

The Rabbi of the Western Wall overlooks the of clearing of letters to make room for more.

28/08/2018

Moldova

Explained: the protests in Moldova that have got Brussels worried

Euronews explains what protesters have hit the streets about in Moldova.

28/08/2018

Switzerland

Watch: Waterspout spotted on Lake Zurich, Switzerland

The waterspout formed after a drop in temperature in the region.

28/08/2018

Austria

Asylum seekers in Austria to be denied apprenticeships

Austria is set to ban asylum-seekers from taking up vacant training spaces while their claims are still being assessed.

28/08/2018

Europe News

Media piles pressure in EU copyright row

Video and open letter released urging EU politicians to back plans to licence sharing of news content

28/08/2018

Indonesia

Watch: Crowds gather in Indonesia to celebrate classic Vespa scooter

A Vespa made with a tree trunk also featured, although most competitors aimed to keep to the roots of the iconic brand, the curved forepart of the machine.

28/08/2018

No Comment

Watch: The unique dance moves of Theresa May

British Prime Minister Theresa May has been spotted busting moves on a school visit in South Africa.

28/08/2018

South Africa

Britain's post-Brexit plans for Africa

The British Prime Minister Theresa May says she wants the UK to be the biggest G7 investor in Africa after Brexit

28/08/2018

China

Air pollution can damage our intelligence, study finds

Exposure to air pollution may impede cognitive ability as people become older, with less-educated men the worst affected, a new study has found.

28/08/2018

World News

A murder, a neo-Nazi rally and violence prompt soul-searching in German city

Unrest reflects growing schism in Germany after about 1 million asylum seekers were allowed to enter the country in 2015.

28/08/2018

No Comment

Watch: Signed photo reveals how Marilyn Monroe was named

The "Essentially Marilyn: The Exhibit" at the Paley Center for Media features Monroe's private artefacts, clothing, and her annotated script from "The Seven Year Itch".

28/08/2018

No Comment

Watch: Spanish police find cocaine in hollowed pineapples

The pineapples originated from Costa Rica, and Spanish police intercepted the drugs at a food market in Madrid.

28/08/2018

No Comment

Man seriously injured at Spanish 'Ball-Run' festival

The man was caught between the 250-kilogram styrofoam ball and the fence, leading him to be airlifted to a nearby hospital.

28/08/2018

Russia

Watch: Putin enjoys the great outdoors as he hikes in Siberia

Russian President Vladimir Putin gets back to nature in the Siberian hills on his summer holiday

28/08/2018