2019-04-19

Germany

Bavarian Boogie Ban: Why is there a dancing ban on Good Friday?

Dance then, wherever you may be - but be careful if you live in Germany!

19/04/2019

USA

Sarah Sanders defends evidence-free FBI claim: 'Sorry that I wasn't a robot'

The White House press secretary was responding to her admission in the Mueller report that she made up something to tell reporters.

19/04/2019

Europe News

The Brief: First time voters, C02 emissions, and corruption inquiry

In this edition we meet two first time voters in Ireland, they tell us about their hopes and fears for the future ahead of the May elections.

19/04/2019

France

France rises from the ashes in our special report ‘Saving Notre Dame'

In our special report ‘Saving Notre-Dame’, we followed as events unfolded in Paris. Euronews charts the blaze as 800 years of history fall to ashes with eyewitness accounts, field reporting and expert insights.

19/04/2019

My Europe Series

United in emotion

In this edition we see how Europe was united in emotion over Notre Dame and in love as we meet EU couples in Verona.

19/04/2019

Ukraine

Ukraine election: what is known of Zelenskiy’s policies?

Opinion polls suggest the comedian is on course to beat Petro Poroshenko in Sunday's presidential run-off.

19/04/2019

Eco-Innovation

Meet the entrepreneur who will save Italy’s south with green cars

Paolo Scudieri, founder of Adler Group, has a dream: to rescue Italy’s poorer south with green cars and smart cities.

19/04/2019

France

Euroviews. The restitution of ill-gotten gains should be a French - and European - priority ǀ View

A new draft law could see the restitution of resources and assets to dispossessed people in Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere. But here is much more to be done in France - and more widely in Europe - to tackle the problem.

19/04/2019

USA

Relic rescued from Notre Dame to get key role at Good Friday procession

Events including a Good Friday ceremony and Easter Mass had been scheduled to take place at the cathedral before this week's devastating fire.

19/04/2019

USA

Alleged sex cult NXIVM focus of HBO documentary series

The show will take a "deep, nuanced look" at members of the secret group that is under federal investigation.

19/04/2019

USA

U.S. professional climber among 3 missing after Canadian avalanche

Jess Roskelley from Spokane, Washington, in 2003 became the youngest American to summit Mount Everest. He was aged 20.

19/04/2019

Kenya

Giant 'lion' fossil discovered in Kenyan museum drawer

Simbakubwa kutokaafrika had a skull the length of a rhino’s and canines the size of bananas.

19/04/2019

USA

Journalist, 29, shot dead while covering riot in Northern Ireland

"We believe this to be a terrorist act," police said.

19/04/2019

World

Breakfast with Belle in Athens: 'young voters have to be engaged'

In the run-up to the European elections, Good Morning Europe host Belle Donati is travelling across the continent to meet Members of the European Parliament in their own constituencies. She's grabbing breakfast with them to talk about how they take their coffee - and how they want to change Europe.

19/04/2019

World News

Barbecue-turned-forest fire could cost two young Italians €27 million

An Italian students' end-of-the-year barbecue, which turned into a forest fire, could result in a €27 million fine for damages.

19/04/2019

World

North Macedonia readies for first elections since name change

North Macedonia will soon vote in the country's first general election since changing its name from the republic of Macedonia last year over a dispute with neighbouring Greece.

19/04/2019

World

Road Trip Europe Day 25: The hard realities in the suburbs of Naples

We’re talking to people across Europe about the issues that affect them ahead of May’s European Parliament Elections on our EU road trip which has arrived in Naples. Euronews correspondents Jack Parrock and Elena Cavallone have been speaking to some locals in the suburbs of the Italian city.

19/04/2019

France

Climate protesters are blocking Ministry of Ecology and headquarters

This could be the biggest disobedience action organised in France. Hundreds of climate activists are blocking the access to the French Ministry of Ecology and the headquarters of Société Générale, Total and EDF at La Défense in Paris.

19/04/2019

United Kingdom

The Great British Getaway - thousands expected to travel to Europe

With threats of Extinction Rebellion protestors closing Heathrow airport, and with strikes in Spain and earlier a fuel strike in Portugal, will it all be plain sailing - watch the interview with Simon Calder, Senior Editor at The Independent.

19/04/2019

USA

Mueller didn't charge Trump — but his report is a brutal indictment

Analysis: The special counsel's findings reveal three years of actions by the president that critics say rattle the very foundations of the American system of governance.

19/04/2019

Sport

Footballers boycott social media for 24 hours in racism protest

England stars join call for 24-hour blackout following abuse.

19/04/2019

Greece

Greece parliament demand Germany pay WWII reparations

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said demanding reparations is "a historic and moral duty and a duty in memory of the heroes of the past."

19/04/2019

Libya

Libya's UN-backed government suspends cooperation with France

The GNA's interior ministry said in a statement that it has suspended "all relations between the ministry and the French side" because of "the position of the French government in support of the criminal Haftar."

19/04/2019

World News

Country name change dispute haunts Macedonian presidential election

Country name change dispute haunts Macedonian presidential election

19/04/2019

Living

Can jewellery ever be eco-friendly?

Is it possible for jewellery to be ethically-produced? These designers think so.

19/04/2019

USA

Sen. McConnell to introduce bill to raise national smoking age to 21

Nearly 9 out of 10 cigarette smokers first try smoking cigarettes by age 18, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

19/04/2019

United Kingdom

Two men arrested over Lyra McKee's murder, Northern Irish police say

A murder inquiry has been launched after a 29-year-old female reporter died on Thursday following hours of rioting in Londonderry.

19/04/2019

World News

Mali government resigns after massacre, insecurity

Mali government resigns after massacre, insecurity

19/04/2019

USA

U.S. looking at ways to hold Zuckerberg accountable

Discussions at the Federal Trade Commission come more than a year into an investigation of Facebook's data-handling practices.

19/04/2019

USA

Notre Dame beekeeper waits to learn fate of his at least 180,000 bees

Nicolas Géant said it had always been his dream to keep bees on the roof of "the most beautiful church in the world."

19/04/2019