2018-12-04

United Kingdom

Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage quits Eurosceptic UKIP party

After 25 years in the right-wing Eurosceptic party, Nigel Farage has quit Ukip.

04/12/2018

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Watch: Hershey Bears break world record in largest teddy bear toss

So many teddy bears thrown around.

04/12/2018

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Four dead as aircraft crashes into house in Mexico

Four dead as aircraft crashes into house in Mexico

04/12/2018

Sweden

Swedish appeals court toughens sentence for Frenchman in Nobel scandal

A Swedish appeals court toughened the sentence for a Frenchman at the centre of a sex scandal that forced the postponement of this year's Nobel Prize in Literature.

04/12/2018

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Emotional George W. Bush watches his father's casket arrive at US Capitol

The body of former US President George H.W. Bush arrived at the US Capitol on Monday in Washington, where mourners paid tribute to the man who led the nation during the end of the Cold War.

04/12/2018

World

Migrants sent to deserted Danish island still have 'human rights'

In a debate on Euronews' Raw Politics show, guests debated whether Denmark's new policy that sets to send foreign criminals to a deserted island was morally right or not.

04/12/2018

World

Raw Politics: ECJ general ruling on Brexit, COP24, French protests

Protests continue throughout France while the ECJ advocate general rules that the UK should have the option to cancel its withdrawal from the bloc unilaterally.

04/12/2018

Netherlands

Breda wins EU Access City Award for its efforts to be more inclusive

Breda, in the Netherlands, has won the 2019 Access City Award for "continuously making improvements to make life easier for people with disabilities".

04/12/2018

World

Watch: Does MP's 'filibustering' show the failings of UK democracy?

He spoke at length about Scottish inventions such as the steam engine, the telephone and penicillin in an apparent attempt to “filibuster”, a political procedure that sees politicians talk at length to delay or stop a decision being taken.

04/12/2018

World

Discussion: the sexism scandal that's shocked Iceland | Raw Politics

It has not been a good week for sexism.

04/12/2018

Markets

European shares dip as doubts grow about U.S.-China trade truce

European shares dip as doubts grow about U.S.-China trade truce

04/12/2018

Spain

Community vows to keep memory of murdered left-wing activist alive

Yolanda González, 19, was killed in the 1980s by a right-wing group.

04/12/2018

World News

Nearly four dozen suspected Mafia members, including newly elected boss, arrested in Italy

Based on wiretaps, police determined that Settimo Mineo was elected head of a reconstructed "cupola," or provincial mob commission, during a May 29 meeting in Palermo.

04/12/2018

Focus

Morocco: 7,000 participants at 8th Africities Summit

In partnership with Africities

This figure reflects the extent of seriousness of challenges in African cities. They are home to nearly 500 million inhabitants, a figure that, according to experts, will reach one billion by 2040.

04/12/2018

World News

Euroviews. Don’t let big business rob EU consumers of their rights | View

A new proposal to grant group compensation rights to consumers across the EU is at risk of being dilluted down. We can't let this happen.

04/12/2018

Living

Preserving a Christmas craft

A small family business in the Czech Republic is the last place where traditional Christmas decorations from blown glass beads are still made.

04/12/2018

Europe News

Russia takes centre-stage at NATO meeting in Brussels

Russia takes centre-stage at NATO meeting in Brussels

04/12/2018

South Africa

South African cop escapes to Greece after exposing police brutality

Noone understands what a whistleblower goes through, says South African police officer in self-exile.

04/12/2018

World News

Robot janitors are moving into Walmart

Starting next year, hundreds of robot janitors will be scrubbing floors at Walmart stores nationwide.

04/12/2018

Europe News

Digital services tax off the table, tech giants off the hook

Digital services tax off the table, activists lament that EU finance ministers let tech giants off the hook.

04/12/2018

Cyprus

Refugees stranded for 20 years on military base given UK residency

A group of refugee families stranded for two decades on a British military base in Cyprus have been granted permanent residency in the UK

04/12/2018

Austria

Money talks: Austria plans benefits cut for non-German speakers

Austria is planning to cut benefits for immigrants who do not have a good command of the German language.

04/12/2018

Austria

Austrian Christmas house dazzles with lights and inflatable figures

Austrian Christmas house dazzles with lights and inflatable figures

04/12/2018

Europe News

Slovakia: Greenpeace calls for international solidarity for detained climate protesters

Activists in Brussels have been protesting outside the Slovakia embassy over the decision to detain 12 Greenpeace protesters until trial. The activists had been taking part in a demo against coal, pinning banners to a mining tower. They now risk up to 5 years in jail.

04/12/2018

Europe News

ECJ Brexit legal conundrum

Our political editor, Darren McCaffrey on all the latest from Luxembourg and the implications for anti-Brexit campaigners.

04/12/2018

Europe News

Selmayr-gate: EU Commission 'broke own rules' in Selmayr appointment

EU Commission 'broke own rules' in Selmayr appointment

04/12/2018

Europe News

The Brief: NATO, Zuckerberg, Greenpeace and Selmayr

NATO foreign ministers meet in Brussels amid heightened tensions between Ukraine and Russia. EU finance ministers fail to agree on a digital tax, Greenpeace activists are detained for coal stunt and Martin Selmayr's appointment creates new waves.

04/12/2018

World News

NATO chief says increased enforcements sends a clear message to Russia

Watch: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg holds a news conference during a meeting of foreign ministers.

04/12/2018

Hungary

Euroviews. The CEU's eviction crosses the EPP's "red lines" | View

The EPP has lost their credibility overnight after the eviction of the Central European University from Budapest crossed many of their "red lines".

04/12/2018

World News

The Brexit plan appears doomed. And no one knows what'll happen next.

"I can't remember this degree of uncertainty in U.K. politics in my political lifetime," one expert said.

04/12/2018