2019-12-17

Romania

Romania looks back 30 years to the revolution that ended communism

In December 1989, the Romanian uprising ended communism in the country.

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USA

Manafort hospitalized while serving seven-year prison sentence

The lawyer for Trump's ex-campaign manager said it was not clear what is wrong.

17/12/2019

Vatican

Pope Francis ends secrecy rule over sexual abuse cases

The pope abolished the use of secrecy in sexual abuse cases after criticism that the rule has been used to protect paedophiles.

17/12/2019

USA

Secret FISA Court issues highly unusual public rebuke of FBI for mistakes

The criticism comes after a report by the DOJ inspector general that found "so many basic and fundamental errors."

17/12/2019

USA

Read the full letter Trump sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on eve of impeachment vote

Read the full letter President Donald Trump sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on eve of impeachment vote

17/12/2019

USA

Trump lambastes Pelosi over impeachment in blistering letter

"More due process was afforded to those accused in the Salem Witch Trials," Trump wrote.

17/12/2019

USA

Indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas can stay free on bail

Parnas was arrested in October along with Igor Fruman, another Giuliani associate, and pleaded not guilty to charges of funneling money from foreign entities to U.S. candidates in a scheme to buy political influence.

17/12/2019

Green News

The biggest climate, environment and sustainability stories of 2019

We recount the ups and downs of green and planet-related news stories.

17/12/2019

France

Bike & scooter accidents rise in Paris as strikes hit public transport

With public transport down, Parisian commuters have had to turn to alternative means of travel. This has led to a rise in accidents and injuries.

17/12/2019

Hungary

Meet the central European capitals fighting their populist governments

It's a move that says as much about Europe's political polarisation along urban and rural lines as it does about the four countries involved.

17/12/2019

Europe News

MEPs call for Malta PM Joseph Muscat to quit immediately

Centre-right MEPs have torn into Muscat over rule of law in Malta and his administration's alleged links to the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

17/12/2019

Europe News

The Brief: 'the last time I was able to talk to my father was 2014'

The Uyghur economist and human rights activist Ilham Tohti is this year's Sakharov Prize winner for dedicating his life to the fight for the rights of China's Muslim minority. In prison for the past five years, he won't be able to collect it. Euronews spoke to his daughter Jewher Ilham.

17/12/2019

No Comment

Star Wars fans out in force for 'The Rise of Skywalker'

'The Rise of Skywalker' concludes the so-called "Skywalker saga" of films begun by George Lucas in 1977.

17/12/2019

No Comment

Intricate sculptured ice hotel opens in Sweden

The Kiruna Ice Hotel is a chilly masterpiece, created by builders, sculptors and artists from all over the world.

17/12/2019

USA

Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates gets 45 days in jail after cooperation in lobbying case

The ex-Manafort partner, who pleaded guilty in 2018, agreed to cooperate with Mueller's team and other federal investigators.

17/12/2019

Europe News

Brexit timeline

MEPs met following the Tories thumping victory in the UK election. Concern here, that Boris Johnson’s plan legally to rule out any extension to the transition period beyond the end of next year will make any comprehensive trade deal impossible.

17/12/2019

Ukraine

Protests in Kyiv over allowing the sale of Ukraine's prized farmland

Once known as the breadbasket of Europe, Ukraine is now looking at opening up its fertile farmland to the market. It's helped sow the seeds of discontent among farmers and nationalists.

17/12/2019

USA

Giuliani boasts, then backtracks on some details of engineering Ukrainian ambassador's ouster

"She was going to make the investigations difficult for everybody," Giuliani told The New Yorker of the ousted U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.

17/12/2019

USA

Trump campaign looks to re-energize 'disengagers' for 2020

Even with impeachment looming, the president's team is concerned about luring back 2016 supporters who have been sidelined.

17/12/2019

USA

Euroviews. Americans don't protest in the streets like the French do — yet ǀ View

Americans are increasingly striking and protesting for economic improvements, with support for unions reaching its highest level in decades.

17/12/2019

USA

McConnell shreds House's 'slapdash' impeachment investigation, hits Schumer for wanting new witnesses

"By any ordinary legal standard, what House Democrats have assembled appears to be woefully inadequate to prove what they want to allege," McConnell said.

17/12/2019

USA

Maria Butina, convicted in U.S. of being Russian agent, gets job as state TV host

Butina, 31, pleaded guilty in a U.S. court last December to one count of conspiring to act as an agent for Russia.

17/12/2019

USA

Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine to leave post at end of year

Bill Taylor testified at the House Intelligence Committee's inquiry into President Donald Trump's hold on military aid to Ukraine.

17/12/2019

Czech Republic

Watch: Car collides with two trams in Czech Republic

The car was a mangled wreck but the driver escaped with minor injuries, reported Associated Press.

17/12/2019

Belgium

Failure to digitise medical records could be putting lives at risk

European healthcare professionals say their field is lagging behind when it comes to digitising and sharing patients’ health information. This could be putting lives at risk.

17/12/2019

Estonia

Estonian minister keeps job after calling Finnish PM a 'shop girl'

Embarassed lawmakers in Estonia voted 44 to 42 to remove Mart Helme as interior minister, but the motion failed because it required 51 votes to pass.

17/12/2019

USA

Democratic debate gets green light after labor dispute settled

Candidates had vowed they would not cross a picket line to face off at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

17/12/2019

USA

Pope abolishes 'pontifical secret' in clergy sex abuse cases

"The carnival of obscurity is over," declared Juan Carlos Cruz, a prominent Chilean survivor of clergy abuse and advocate for victims.

17/12/2019

USA

Security engineer says Google fired her for trying to notify co-workers of right to organize

"I was doing nothing more than notifying my co-workers about Google's obligations under labor law," said Kathryn Spiers, the former Google engineer.

17/12/2019

Europe Decoded

Serie A sorry for “inappropriate” paintings in anti-racism campaign

Italian clubs AS Roma and AC Milan say they were “very surprised" by the lack of communication and do not believe "this is the right way" to tackle racism. Serie A later apologised for the "inappropriate" paintings.

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