2019-05-23

Romania

Voters queue to snub government in Romania anti-corruption poll

Romanians voted in huge numbers on Sunday to deliver a blow to the ruling party by overwhelmingly rejecting measures seen as making it harder to tackle corruption.

23/05/2019

Greece

Greek undertaker gets creative with coffins in election campaign

Undertaker Konstantinos Baboulas hands out coffin-shaped car air fresheners and has campaign posters resembling public funeral announcements. He says his job has taught him valuable lessons which he can adapt to politics.

23/05/2019

Europe News

The Brief: Meet the EU countries bucking the populist trend

Portugal, Luxembourg, Malta and Ireland have little or no far-right populists to speak while the rest of Europe is seeing a rise in support for these groups.

23/05/2019

France

Le Pen to reimburse €300,000 to European Parliament, court confirms

The European Court of Justice confirmed French far-right leader Marine Le Pen would have to reimburse €300,000 to the European Parliament on the ground that she did not prove the effectiveness of her parliamentary assistant’s work.

23/05/2019

USA

Trump lashes out at Rex Tillerson for saying Putin out-prepared him

Trump claimed Tillerson "made up" the story.

23/05/2019

World News

Watch: Comedians poke fun at European countries ahead of elections

Do you hear the people sing (about their love for Europe)?

23/05/2019

USA

After infrastructure blowup, Trump owns Washington gridlock

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

23/05/2019

Spain

Watch: Zoo told to stop breeding unless offspring reintroduced to wild

The city council voted to modify bylaws, saying breeding will eventually be halted if they are not adhered to. Animal rights activists celebrated but some zookeepers are worried restrictions could do more harm than good.

23/05/2019

Living

“How and where do I start to buy better?”

Our exclusive interview with Madeline Petrow on MAMOQ, her one-stop ethical pop up.

23/05/2019

Italy

Watch: Guerrilla artist 'Banksy' sets up stall outside Venice Biennale

"Banksy" sets up oil paintings creating an image of a giant cruise ship in the city's canal with a sign reading "Venice in oil".

23/05/2019

France

PSG president Nasser al-Khelaifi 'under investigation for corruption'

Nasser al-Khelaifi, is under investigation for alleged corruption in athletics, according to reports citing judicial sources.

23/05/2019

Italy

Man clings to outer shelf as flames rage from his Rome room

A young man was forced to escape from his room and seek safety on a cornice when a fire ripped through his building in Rome on Wednesday.

23/05/2019

USA

Indian PM Modi looks set for electoral win

Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were on course to win around 300 seats of the 542 available, up from the 282 it won last time.

23/05/2019

Libya

'Macron is responsible' for dead in Tripoli, says militia leader

"Anyone who dies here, Macron is responsible," the leader of a Libyan militia fighting for the UN-backed Government of National Accord told Euronews.

23/05/2019

Ukraine

Zelenksy's political entourage: jobs for pals and a military rethink

Euronews looks into the most important decisions and appointments the new Ukrainian president has taken and what was an outcome of those so far.

23/05/2019

No Comment

Indonesia: Protesters and police clash amid post-election discontent

Indonesian police fired water cannon and rubber bullets at protesters trying to breach barbed wire barricades on Wednesday, May 22 as demonstrations over the outcome of the presidential election hit the capital for a second night.

23/05/2019

Living

Prada announces it will ban fur by 2020

The luxury fashion house is joining its contemporaries in making this historic decision after years of lobbying.

23/05/2019

World News

Theresa May 'will be there' to welcome Trump on 3 June: Jeremy Hunt

UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that he expects Prime Minister Theresa May to still be Prime Minister during US President Trump's visit in June.

23/05/2019

World

Small-scale Danish fishermen push back against industrial fishing

Traditional fishermen in the Danish village of Thorupstrand are pushing back against large-scale fishing operations that they say are threatening their livelihood and through that, their way of life.

23/05/2019

USA

Pakistan tests ballistic missile

Pakistan announced that it has conducted a test of a surface-to-surface ballistic missile, which it claims has a range of up to 1,500 miles.

23/05/2019

USA

U.S. calls for Syria ceasefire

The Syrian government is waging an offensive on the last big stretch of rebel-held territory.

23/05/2019

World

Road Trip Europe Day 49 Ninove: Flemish city is last stop on our tour

As the voting begins today for the EU elections, our Road Trip Europe comes to an end. Our correspondents Meabh McMahon and Jona Kallgren are in Ninove, Belgium, where they listened to the concerns of local people for one last time.

23/05/2019

World

'We need a different Europe,' says former Italian PM Mario Monti

'We need a different Europe,' says former Italian PM Mario Monti

23/05/2019

World

Brussels fears no-deal Brexit could follow Theresa May’s departure

Many analysts believe Theresa May could be replaced as the leader of the Conservative Party by a more hardline Brexiteer.

23/05/2019

USA

Fugitive agrees to surrender if wanted post gets enough Facebook likes

A fugitive struck an unusual deal with a police department in Connecticut, United States: he agreed to surrender if his wanted poster on Facebook gets 15,000 likes.

23/05/2019

USA

'Plug your ears and run': US police sound-cannon use challenged in U.S. court

Originally developed for the military, sound cannons are now used by many police departments.

23/05/2019

Living

100% recyclable cardboard tents are pitching up at festivals

The KarTent is a festival-use tent made entirely of cardboard, which is easily recycled instead of adding to the landfill.

23/05/2019

USA

U.S. fighters intercept Russian bombers for second day in a row

Two F-22s jets had to be dispatched to keep an eye on two Tu-95 bombers and a pair of Su-35 fighters.

23/05/2019

China

China responsible for surge in ozone-depleting emissions - study

China is to blame for much of the increase in illegal ozone-depleting substances (ODS) since 2013, according to a study published by the journal Nature on Thursday.

23/05/2019

United Kingdom

UN demands UK hands back Chagos islands in Indian Ocean

The non-binding ruling is diplomatic blow to Britain and U.S. which operate a a joint airbase from the Chagos islands.

23/05/2019