2020-10-28

USA

Former Trump administration official says he wrote anonymous critique

Miles Taylor said in a tweet six days before Election Day that Donald Trump is “a man without character” and “it's time for everyone to step out of the shadows.”

28/10/2020

Sweden

Sweden to boost military spending amid growing tension with Russia

Russia's been accused by Sweden of entering its airspace and territorial waters without permission.

28/10/2020

Europe Decoded

CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter grilled on content moderation

The leaders of US tech giants faced strong criticism from US senators on Wednesday over the way they moderate content on their platforms.

28/10/2020

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Shop and restaurant owners in Italy protest coronavirus restrictions

Shop and restaurant owners staged protests against coronavirus restrictions all over Italy on Wednesday.

28/10/2020

France

France will go into a new lockdown from Friday, says Emmanuel Macron

The lockdown will run until December 1. France's international borders will remain mostly closed and mandatory rapid testing would be introduced for anyone coming entering the country, said Macron. The new measures will be reassessed every 15 days to see if they are working, he added.

28/10/2020

My Europe Series

Will Janez Janša take Slovenia down the same populist road as Hungary?

From a young communist to a pacifist, to a wartime defence minister to an avowed liberal, Janša is now widely considered a right-wing hardliner and compared to populist leaders across the continent.

28/10/2020

Europe News

Sweden opposes Brussels proposal for EU minimum wage guarantee

Brussels is proposing to introduce a legal guarantee for a minimum wage in the EU but leave individual countries to determine how much it will be.

28/10/2020

Spain

Spanish police arrest 21 people in raids on Catalan separatists

Spanish officials say that police have detained 21 people with links to the Catalan separatist movement on suspicion of corruption and promoting public disorder.

28/10/2020

Netherlands

US election: taxation for overseas nationals on agenda

Republicans and Democrats living abroad may be opposed in many ways in this most polarised of presidential elections, but agree on one thing: the tax situation for American expatriates needs to change. Jack Parrock reports from the Netherlands.

28/10/2020

Poland

Poland deploys riot police as pro-abortion protests spread

NGOs have condemned the use of riot police officers and the military and accused law enforcement of using excessive force against peaceful protesters.

28/10/2020

Europe News

EU rings in stock listing of 'social bond' with resounding success

The EU wanted to raise 17 billion euros on capital markets to fund its short term employment scheme known as SURE. It's first test went above and beyond expectations.

28/10/2020

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Filipinos flock to cemeteries ahead of Day of the Dead closure

Thousands of people wearing masks and face shields poured into cemeteries in Manila Wednesday for their last chance to visit dead loved ones ahead of a government-ordered closure of graveyards for All Saints' Day.

28/10/2020

Green News

Coral reef taller than the Empire State Building found in Australia

Scientists are both “surprised and elated” by the discovery in the Great Barrier Reef.

28/10/2020

Germany

Germany to begin partial lockdown from November 2, says Angela Merkel

No more than ten people should convene at one time and contact is set to be limited to two households.

28/10/2020

Italy

ItalY investigates Google over advertising market abuse

Italian regulators have opened an investigation into Google over alleged abuse of its dominant role in the country's online ad market.

28/10/2020

World News

European holidaymakers to blame for COVID second wave: health expert

"Anybody who drives down the motorways in France in August will see the lines of Dutch caravans moving south, almost like a migration of animals in Africa," Martin McKee, Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, tells Euronews.

28/10/2020

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Typhoon Molave: Two people killed as 145 kph winds lash Vietnam

It made landfall south of Danang and packed winds of up to 145 kilometres per hour.

28/10/2020

World News

Nearly 200 European airports at risk of insolvency, warns new report

A report by ACI Europe has warned that around 200 European airports are at risk of insolvency due to a loss in air traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic.

28/10/2020

Spain

Public backlash in Spain after ministers attend awards ceremony

An awards ceremony hosted by a Spanish news website, El Español, and attended by several Government ministers and party leaders, has drawn widespread criticism in Spain.

28/10/2020

Europe News

Rapid tests could be 'game-changer' in EU's coronavirus response, says Michel

The European Council president Charles Michel is setting out a strategy to get Europe to coordinate its efforts in the battle against the pandemic, however, the second wave is forcing many countries to lockdown.

28/10/2020

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Hurricane Zeta hits Mexico with strong winds and heavy rain

Roads are left flooded and properties damaged after Hurricane Zeta battered popular Mexican beach resort Playa del Carmen.

28/10/2020

Romania

NYC transport guru aiming to solve Bucharest's congestion problem

“This involvement is something emotional for me," Prof Michael Horodniceanu told Euronews. "Bucharest is my home town and I would like to use my expertise pro bono to better the city and make it more livable."

28/10/2020

World

Melbourne celebrates the end of a gruelling four-month lockdown

After 112 days, the Australian city of Melbourne has lifted its coronavirus lockdown.

28/10/2020

Europe News

Nurses with COVID-19 asked to carry on working at Belgian hospital

"There's nothing but bad solutions because that's the point we are reaching now," said Dr Alexander Ghuysen, head of the emergency department at the hospital in Liege.

28/10/2020

World News

Watch: EU sets new measures against 'alarming' rise in COVID-19 cases

Brussels is launching new joint procurements for testing and medical equipment for vaccination as a second wave of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic unfurls across the bloc.

28/10/2020

Travel News

International travel has slumped by 70 per cent this year, say UNWTO

Restrictions on travel introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to hit global tourism hard. Data from the World Tourism Organisation shows a 70 percent fall in international arrivals for the first eight months of 2020, with experts predicting a rebound by July 2021.

28/10/2020

USA

US foreign policy: How will Biden or Trump deal with friends and foes?

It's perhaps over Russia the two men differ most strongly. Trump has seemed reluctant to criticise President Putin at times, even when US intelligence concluded the Kremlin had interfered in the 2016 election. Whereas Biden has signalled he would take a much firmer line with Moscow

28/10/2020

Poland

Row as Polish leader says 'defend churches' from pro-abortion protests

"We must defend Polish churches, we must defend them at every price," Jaroslaw Kaczynski said, drawing condemnation from the opposition who accused him of "inciting civil war."

28/10/2020

Travel News

These Cuban bartenders have been making cocktails from native plants

The pair grew plants in pots and flowerbeds in their homes to use in their cocktails, because of a lack of syrups and liquor in the Caribbean island. Now they cultivated the species they need on a farm outside of Havana.

28/10/2020

USA

US election: Biden vows to unify and save country; Trump hits Midwest

With under a week to go until the vote, the Democratic challenger was in Georgia while the president is on a whistlestop tour of several Midwestern states.

28/10/2020