2021-01-26

Netherlands

Dutch police out in force to prevent further anti-lockdown rioting

Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb posted a video message on Twitter, asking rioters: “Does it feel good to wake up with a bag full of stolen stuff next to you?”

26/01/2021

France

French teachers strike in Paris over government's response to COVID-19

Teachers complain of working conditions, low pay, and a bungled pandemic response.

26/01/2021

Europe News

Brussels concerned that Italy crisis will delay pandemic spending

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's resignation is raising questions over Italy's ability to effectively distribute the recovery funds it is set to receive.

26/01/2021

United Kingdom

Brexit regrets for UK fishermen as border delays slash profits

“I think, if we knew this was going to happen, I honestly think things might have been different, people would have voted differently,"

26/01/2021

USA

Biden raises Navalny arrest, Russian hacking in first call with Putin

Unlike his immediate predecessors, Biden has not held out hope for a “reset” in relations with Russia.

26/01/2021

No Comment

Riots over Dutch COVID curfew hit for a third successive night

The violence is over the Netherlands' recently approved 9pm-4:30am coronavirus curfew.

26/01/2021

World News

Global COVID-19 cases pass 100-million milestone

A third of all confirmed cases around the world are in Europe.

26/01/2021

Kosovo

Former Kosovo PM barred from February 14 general election

Election authorities have ruled that Albin Kurti is an ineligible candidate because he has been sentenced for a crime in the last three years.

26/01/2021

Georgia

European court finds Russia guilty of Georgia violations in 2008

President Salome Zurabishvili described the ruling as “historic."

26/01/2021

Green News

'Miracle cat' rescued from rubbish truck seconds before being crushed

Waste collectors in Russia were shocked to find an animal in a rubbish bag.

26/01/2021

Netherlands

Netherlands welcomes US return to the climate change debate

The virtual meeting aimed to produce an agenda for dealing with effects such as rising sea levels, extreme weather and crop failure.

26/01/2021

Europe News

Hungary bought Russia's COVID-19 vaccine 'because EU was too slow'

Hungary's foreign minister has been defending Budapest's move to buy two million doses of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine

26/01/2021

Ocean

Sea to plate: how the EU is stopping any fishy business in our oceans

In partnership with the European Commission

How much do we know about the fish we eat? Find out more about the complex journey fish take to get to your plate and how the EU is ensuring its quality and safety on this edition of Ocean.

26/01/2021

United Kingdom

'Grassroots anti-myth' website aims to bust COVID misinformation

"People need to know what these people in the public eye have been saying. And they need to know that these people in the public eye have been really irresponsible ... I hope that the outcome will be more understanding of the reality of COVID," co-founder Sam Bowman told Euronews.

26/01/2021

France

COVID vaccine: France returns to 3 weeks between doses

Health Minister Oliver Véran said there is "no consensus in the scientific community" that doubling the time between the two doses is risk-free.

26/01/2021

Green News

90 Eiffel Towers worth of plastic is being sold in UK supermarkets

Supermarkets are managing to reduce plastic packaging on their own-brand products but not from brands they stock.

26/01/2021

World News

UK becomes first in Europe to record more than 100,000 COVID-19 deaths

BREAKING: UK becomes first in Europe to record more than 100,000 COVID-19 deaths

26/01/2021

Norway

Norway fines Grindr dating app €9.6m over data privacy breach

It comes after a complaint by the Norwegian Consumer Council, which had alleged that users' personal data was being shared unlawfully for marketing purposes.

26/01/2021

No Comment

India's military parade interrupted by protesting farmers

Authorities had agreed to allow tens of thousands of farmers to stage a tractor rally as long as they waited for the military parade to end.

26/01/2021

Sweden

Swedish chief who resigned over pandemic holiday given new job

Weeks after offering his resignation over his controversial holiday to the Canary Islands, Dan Eliasson has been appointed Director-General of the Government Offices in Sweden.

26/01/2021

United Kingdom

By hosting the G7, Boris Johnson plans a post-Brexit 'global' Britain

Having fully disengaged from the European Union, Britain's prime minister plans to use the G7 summit of advanced economies to promote a different kind of global collaboration

26/01/2021

Italy

Italy issues emergency decree to avoid Olympic suspension

The IOC has taken issue with the Italian government’s formation of a new organisation, “Sport e Salute,” that was created at the start of 2019 to run the country’s sports finances.

26/01/2021

No Comment

Australians demand justice for indigenous people on national day

Organisers of the protests called for the abolition of Australia Day as it marks the beginnings of colonial rule by Britain.

26/01/2021

Europe News

MEPs push for workers to have the right to digitally disconnect

The surge of remote working during COVID lockdowns has highlighted the importance of being able to digitally disconnect once you've done your hours.

26/01/2021

Russia

Putin says lavish palace featured in Navalny video is 'manipulation'

The Russian president said that the only interesting moment of Navalny's investigation was the part about wineries that were reportedly also part of the estate.

26/01/2021

World

Nearly 600 tonnes of rubbish and debris removed from Bulgarian river

A giant mass of rubbish that clogged a dam has finally been cleaned up in Bulgaria. Nearly 600 tonnes of garbage and debris were removed from the Iskar river near the capital Sofia.

26/01/2021

Living

What are the top 10 vegan desserts?

From pumpkin pie to plant-based macarons, these are the best vegan baked treats you can make at home.

26/01/2021

My Europe Series

Should the UK help save French-owned Eurostar from the brink of ruin?

The cross-Channel link is on course for bankruptcy by spring if no state bailouts are offered - but disputes over which governments should be doing the bailing out has delayed help.

26/01/2021

World News

Brussels warns UK over downgrading EU ambassador status

"We will not accept that the United Kingdom will be the only country in the world that does not recognise the Delegation of the European Union as the equivalent of a diplomatic mission," High Representative Josep Borrell warned on Monday.

26/01/2021

USA

House delivers Trump impeachment article to Senate

Arguments in the Senate trial will begin the week of Feb. 8, and the case against Trump, the first former president to face an impeachment trial.

26/01/2021