2018-08-30

Netherlands

Geert Wilders cancels Mohammad cartoon contest over safety concerns

Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders said on Thursday he was cancelling plans to hold a contest for cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Mohammad, saying the danger of violence against innocent people was too great.

30/08/2018

United Kingdom

May seeks Brexit boost from Africa trip

Theresa May visited South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya with the hope of reaching potential trade agreements ahead of Brexit next March. It comes as the European Union's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, offers Britain an unprecedented close relationship after Brexit

30/08/2018

United Kingdom

Bikini-clad blimp of London mayor to take to skies

“If people want to spend their Saturday looking at me in a yellow bikini they’re welcome to do so — I don’t really think yellow’s my colour though,” Sadiq Khan said of the protest.

30/08/2018

France

French actor Gerard Depardieu denies rape allegations

French actor Gerard Depardieu denies rape allegations

30/08/2018

Sweden

New national anthem celebrates 'fantastic' Sweden

An anonymous group in Sweden released a video with an updated version of the national anthem, speaking out against the narritive that the country is in "crisis and system collapse".

30/08/2018

World News

London mayor who approved Trump baby blimp to get own bikini balloon

The balloon is a reference to a "beach body ready" ad that Khan banned in 2016.

30/08/2018

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: Italy renews EU migrant plea

30/08/2018

Europe News

Will NATO headquarters be named after John McCain?

Former Secretary-Generals back tribute, to recognise late Senator's achievements

30/08/2018

Adventures

Shymbulak: Year-round adventure paradise for winter sports, hiking and mountain biking

In partnership with Kazakh tourism

Euronews visits Shymbulak, one of the most popular ski resorts in Kazakhstan, not far from Almaty. From December to April it is the winter sports kingdom. In the summer, the mountains turn into a paradise for lovers of hiking and mountain biking, or for exploring the nearby steppes with a buggy.

30/08/2018

Adventures

Shymbulak: The most popular ski resort in Kazakhstan and a mountain bikers paradise

In partnership with Kazakh tourism

Just forty minutes from the center of Almaty is the Medeu Alpine sports complex, where you can take the cableway to reach Shymbulak, a natural park and the most popular ski resort of Kazakhstan. In the summer season, the mountains turn into a paradise for lovers of hiking and mountain biking.

30/08/2018

South Korea

Watch: World's first smart farm in a tunnel

The building of high-tech smart farms is seen as a possible solution for improving sustainability in farming.

30/08/2018

Germany

Over 1,000 gather at right-wing rally in eastern Germany's Chemnitz

Far-right rallies have sparked mob violence in Germany this week

30/08/2018

Global Japan

Traditional and avant-garde combine in Japan's architecture and design

Stunning innovation from Japanese designers and architects combining traditional aesthetics with cutting-edge creativity

30/08/2018

Hungary

Hungary to end gender studies funding

Hungary’s government will stop financing gender studies university courses.

30/08/2018

World News

International Space Station springs a leak

A "micro-meteorite" is believed to have caused the tiny leak.

30/08/2018

World News

Euroviews. Migrant rescuers at sea are saving EU's dignity | View

A documentary producer speaks to Euronews about his experience accompanying the Italian Coast Guard, NGOs and Italian Red Cross for two months as they conducted rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea.

30/08/2018

Ukraine

Spanish families stranded in Ukraine with their surrogate babies

Dozens of Spanish families who have had children via surrogate mothers in Ukraine are being blocked from returning home, with the Spanish government citing issues of medical malpractice and human trafficking in the industry.

30/08/2018

Switzerland

Watch: Flagging a problem? New ambassador's prop gaffe on first day

They share a border, language and good diplomatic relations but are things going to go sour between the Germans and the Swiss?

30/08/2018

Cult

2018 Venice Film Festival: Day 2

2018 Venice Film Festival: Day 2

30/08/2018

Norway

Norway tunes in for ‘world’s most-boring television’

Their slow television broadcasts have already included a 12-hour knitting marathon. Now fans of the 'world’s most-boring television format' are enjoying another treat: watching hikers walk up a mountain.

30/08/2018

Green News

The art of living Danish? Explore five unique homes in Copenhagen

What's it like to live on a houseboat? Find out in this interactive experience where five Copenhageners show of their homes.

30/08/2018

No Comment

Watch: Prince Harry warms up vocal chords at Hamilton musical show

Royal couple Harry and Megan attended the charity performance on August 29.

30/08/2018

France

Photo exhibit in France celebrates work of foreign photographers in US

On the 60th anniversary of Robert Frank’s book The Americans, when the US seemed to be closing its doors to many, 'The Rencontres d'Arles' annual photography festival invites you to take a look at the work of foreign photographers in the USA.

30/08/2018

Mexico

Watch: Mexico breaks record for largest torta sandwich

This year marks the fifteenth year in a row that Mexico has broken the Latin American record for the longest sandwich.

30/08/2018

Pakistan

Pakistanis demand Dutch ambassador's expulsion over cartoon contest

Thousands of Pakistani Islamists yesterday demonstrated calling for the country's Dutch ambassador to be expelled over a controversial cartoon contest featuring caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Mohammad.

30/08/2018

Europe News

Italy renews migrant help plea at Vienna ministers meeting

"We write solidarity everywhere in Europe,,, it's a wonderful occasion to show it"

30/08/2018

No Comment

Watch: Mexicans make mega sandwich in world record attempt

The tortilla weighed 865 kilograms and measured 70 meters in length.

30/08/2018

Romania

Explained: Why is Rudy Giuliani attacking the Romanian president?

The former NYC mayor berated what he called “excesses" by the country's anti-corruption agency and called for an amnesty for “those who have been prosecuted and convicted following such excesses.”

30/08/2018

Iran

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe collapses in Iran's Evin prison

British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe had a traumatic return to Iran's Evin prison. She collapsed during a panic attack in her cell and taken to the prison's medical centre. Nazanin was taken back into custody on Sunday after her first weekend release since she was imprisoned in 2016.

30/08/2018

World News

Chelsea Manning denied entry to Australia for speaking tour

Manning was an intelligence analyst for the U.S. Army when she leaked military and diplomatic documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.

30/08/2018