archives - 08 Apr 2021. euronews : International and European news all available as video on demand

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Italian PM slams ‘dictator’ Erdogan over von der Leyen chair incident

Mario Draghi said he was “very displeased by the humiliation” the EU Commission president suffered during her meeting with the Turkish president.

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Europe News

Omit Mediterranean products from EU-wide food labelling plan, says MEP

Spanish MEP Adrián Vázquez Lázara has told Euronews that Mediterranean products like olive oil should be left out of plans to introduce a mandatory food labelling system, designed to inform consumers of healthier choices.

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France

Macron waves goodbye to France's elite school for top civil servants

President Macron unveils plans to scrap France’s elite government school, the ENA, and inject more diversity into the recruitment of top civil servants.

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World News

Vaccination success sees Gibraltar enjoy life post-pandemic

The British Overseas Territory has become one of the first places in the world to ease restrictions including outdoor mask wearing

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Europe News

Turkey and Russia have highest incarceration rate, says report

A new report by the Council of Europe shows that the median age of inmates is 36 years, with 95% being men and only 5% women.

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Slovakia

Slovakia told to return Sputnik V vaccines amid row over their quality

"All Sputnik V batches are of the same quality and undergo rigorous quality control at the Gamaleya Institute," said the official Twitter account of the Sputnik V vaccine.

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United Kingdom

Lockdown and vaccine drive saw UK COVID cases drop 60%, says study

The study by Imperial College London also found that the relationship between infections and deaths is diverging, "suggesting that infections may have resulted in fewer hospitalisations and deaths since the start of widespread vaccination".

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Police fire tear gas, arrest demonstrators against Monusco in DRC

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Thousands evacuated following flash floods in Indonesia

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Eco-Innovation

4 pieces of tech making cycling more accessible in Europe

Companies across the continent are working hard to make cycling safer, greener, and cheaper than ever.

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Cry Like A Boy

How a small Cape Verde island became an LGTBI oasis in Africa

In the port city of Mindelo in Cape Verde, lives Tchinda Andrade, a trans woman in her thirties. Wearing a short skirt, she sells her Brasilian fritters in the streets in broad daylight. No one insults or attacks her #CryLikeaBoy

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Musica

Gustavo Dudamel's blazing Otello takes Barcelona by storm

Verdi's tragic Otello is an enormous challenge for any conductor: from the rousing storm at the beginning to the quiet "Ave Maria" at the end. We delve into the craft of charismatic conductor Gustavo Dudamel as he inspires in Barcelona with his interpretation.

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Israelis stand silent as siren marks Holocaust Day

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New York Philharmonic brings music back to Lincoln Center

The New York Philharmonic brings music back to Lincoln Center for the first time since the start of the pandemic

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Ukraine

Ukraine: Merkel demands Russia withdraw troops near border

The deployment of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine has raised concerns that the conflict could escalate once more.

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Series

Green list travel: A trip to Bulgaria is full of suprises

Eva Zu Beck gets a total transformation thanks to a Kukeri costume - a grotesque mask and outfit designed to scare away evil spirits.

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Heinz Beck talks getting the restaurant industry back on its feet post COVID

Partner content presented by Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing Dubai

Why is nutrition more important than ever? How can we teach this to the younger generations? How will restaurants bounce back after the pandemic? World-famous chef, Heinz Beck, explains all.

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Experiences

Buckingham Palace gardens opening to the public this summer

This summer, the Queen of England is sharing Buckingham Palace’s private gardens with the public for the first time. But hold the champagne.

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Serbia

Serbia invites its neighbours over for a COVID vaccine

It's been claimed the vaccines given to Serbia's neighbouring citizens were about to expire. Speaking to Euronews, the country's prime minister, Ana Brnabić, did not deny the allegation.

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United Kingdom

Myanmar's ambassador to UK 'locked out of embassy' over coup criticism

Kyaw Zwar Minn said that staff members at the London embassy loyal to the military regime prevented him from entering his office.

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Spain

Basque people 'have genetic continuity stretching back to Iron Age'

The study found no "influences from North Africa" in the Basque region, which, on the contrary, "are appreciated in most populations of the Iberian Peninsula".

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World News

Mandatory child vaccinations 'necessary in a democratic society'

The ruling came in a case involving several Czech families whose children had been refused admission to school because they had not been fully vaccinated against a panel of diseases.

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Russia

'Putin can't afford to let Alexei Navalny live,' says Bill Browder

Russia is carrying out a “slow-motion assassination” of the Kremlin critic, says Bill Browder, whose lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died in a Russian jail.

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France

Photo of murdered teacher Samuel Paty found at home of attack suspect

The woman was arrested on suspicion of planning an attack on a church in the French city of Montpellier, say anti-terrorism investigators.

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Bolivia Polluted Lake Clean Up

Pan of plastics and other trash piled up on lake

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Protesters hurl stones and petrol bombs in Northern Ireland

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Chinese tech company develops robo dogs

meet the AlphaDog, a robotic response to two of China's burgeoning loves: pets and technology.

08/04/2021

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Green News

Could climate change spell the end of Colombian coffee?

Rising temperatures are causing challenges for smallholders in one of the world's top coffee producing countries.

08/04/2021

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Uncovering Europe

Has Europe’s largest ethnic minority been forgotten over COVID jabs?

Slovakia is currently the only EU nation to recognise its Roma community as an at-risk group in its vaccination campaign despite Romani being more likely than the general population to suffer from cardiovascular diseases and other chronic diseases.

08/04/2021

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Jordan

'Sedition has been nipped in the bud,' says Jordan's King Abdullah II

Jordan's King Abdullah II has made his first public comments after an alleged plot to destabilise his kingdom involving his half brother, former Crown Prince Hamzah.

08/04/2021

US authorities ignored complaint about Titan sub safety: ex-employee

Breaking news. Netherlands officially requests opt-out clause from EU asylum rules

Inside Europe's only Ukrainian-Hungarian school for refugee children

Affordable tickets and grassroots support at Coldplay's 2025 tour

US authorities ignored complaint about Titan sub safety: ex-employee

Breaking news. Netherlands officially requests opt-out clause from EU asylum rules

Inside Europe's only Ukrainian-Hungarian school for refugee children

Affordable tickets and grassroots support at Coldplay's 2025 tour

2021-04-08

Macron waves goodbye to France's elite school for top civil servants

Slovakia told to return Sputnik V vaccines amid row over their quality

Lockdown and vaccine drive saw UK COVID cases drop 60%, says study

Thousands evacuated following flash floods in Indonesia

4 pieces of tech making cycling more accessible in Europe

Gustavo Dudamel's blazing Otello takes Barcelona by storm

Israelis stand silent as siren marks Holocaust Day

New York Philharmonic brings music back to Lincoln Center

Heinz Beck talks getting the restaurant industry back on its feet post COVID

Serbia invites its neighbours over for a COVID vaccine

Basque people 'have genetic continuity stretching back to Iron Age'

Could climate change spell the end of Colombian coffee?

Has Europe’s largest ethnic minority been forgotten over COVID jabs?