2020-05-19

Russia

Russian military helicopter crash lands killing all crew

The Defense Ministry did not clarify how many crew members were on board.

19/05/2020

World News

What do we know about Hydroxychloroquine? | Euronews answers

The US president has yet again touted the drug. But what does the science say about Hydroxychloroquine?

19/05/2020

Europe News

Analysis: Is the €500bn recovery fund plan Europe's 'Hamilton Moment'?

Euronews' political editor Darren McCaffrey on France and Germany's plan for financing the EU's recovery from COVID-19.

19/05/2020

Ocean

Coronavirus: supporting Europe's battered fishing industry

In partnership with the European Commission

Europe's fishing industry has been badly hit by the coronavirus. In this episode of Ocean Euronews' Denis Loctier meets French fisherman trying to survive the crisis and explores how Europe is supporting the battered sector.

19/05/2020

Ocean

What will Europe's fishing industry look like post-COVID?

In partnership with the European Commission

Ocean speaks to Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, about how Europe's fishing sector will look post-COVID-19.

19/05/2020

Europe News

Coronavirus: EU Commission VP warns against 'mini-Schengens'

Margaritis Schinas' comments come after Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania opened their internal borders to each other last week in a bid to give their economies a timely boost.

19/05/2020

Earth News

Leonardo DiCaprio saves gorilla park by donating to €1.8 million fund

The Oscar-winning actor wants to protect our closest living relatives from becoming extinct in Africa..

19/05/2020

Ukraine

Euroviews. In the fight against Russian influence in Ukraine, language matters. It’s Kyiv, not Kiev ǀ View

Finding justice for Ukrainians, including my own family, starts with resisting Russia’s propaganda and promoting the Ukrainian language. It starts with spelling Ukraine’s capital as Kyiv.

19/05/2020

No Comment

The Eternal City shares its past again as Rome's museums open again

Another prominent art attraction, the Boboli Gardens of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence will start welcoming visitors on Thursday.

19/05/2020

France

French president Emmanuel Macron loses absolute majority in parliament

Seven MPs from his LREM party defected to create a new parliamentary group they said would be "independent" and sit "neither in the majority nor in the opposition".

19/05/2020

USA

Trump accuses WHO of favouring China and makes funding threat

US President Donald Trump says he is prepared to permanently withdraw funds to the World Health Organization in 30 days

19/05/2020

USA

Trump defends taking anti-malarial drug as COVID-19 protection

US President Donald Trump says he has been taking a drug used by lupus and arthritis sufferers to protect himself from COVID-19, despite a lack of evidence that it actually combats the disease.

19/05/2020

Earth News

Thousands of kids' shoes appear in London square as a form of protest

Why is London's Trafalgar Square covered in children's shoes this week?

19/05/2020

United Kingdom

UK mother who got stuck in Ukraine with surrogate baby shares ordeal

Nadene had her baby through surrogacy in Ukraine and got stuck there after the borders closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. She tells Euronews about her new family’s epic first weeks.

19/05/2020

World News

Hackers access details of 9 million easyJet passengers

The budget airline revealed it had discovered hackers had broken into their systems and access the details of 9 million passengers.

19/05/2020

France

New Caledonia separatists want France independence vote postponed

New Caledonia's vote on splitting from Paris, the second such poll in as many years, was scheduled for September 6.

19/05/2020

Earth News

New traditional European recipe every day to keep you cooking

Not sure what to cook? We're rounding up the best comfort foods from across the continent to inspire you.

19/05/2020

World

Meet the British family enrolled as COVID-19 vaccine guinea pigs

Euronews hears from a mother, father and daughter all taking part in an Oxford University coronavirus vaccine trial.

19/05/2020

Saudi Arabia

Euroviews. Saudi Arabia is deliberately denying prisoners medical aid. How long will Europe stay silent? ǀ View

I am asking the UK and other European Governments to show that they are guided by strong moral principles and ask Saudi Arabia to release my mother, brothers, and all political prisoners that they are currently holding.

19/05/2020

Portugal

Coronavirus: Father and son reunited thanks to 'box of emotions'

"We cannot touch them, there's no contact, but just the fact of being there and looking them in the eyes is very positive".

19/05/2020

World News

More European adolescents reporting mental health issues: WHO

The World Health Organisation stressed that the response by the authorities to this growing problem "will echo for generations".

19/05/2020

World News

Coronavirus latest: UK COVID-19 death toll passes 35,000

Get the latest updates on the coronavirus live blog

19/05/2020