2023-02-28

China

Belarus President Lukashenko in Beijing to meet Xi Jinping

The Belarusian leader said he was looking forward to seeing his "old friend" Xi Jinping and welcomed China's position on the conflict in Ukraine.

28/02/2023

Art

Instagram photographer admits his work is actually AI-generated

Fake photography or real art? Instagram star Jos Avery has admitted his popular portraits weren’t shot on a camera, but actually AI-generated instead.

28/02/2023

Tech News

EU's Thierry Breton says telecom industry not ready for 5G roll-out

Breton, the EU Commissioner for the Internal Market, said a "radical shift" was needed in a keynote speech at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

28/02/2023

Ukraine

Russia says drone crashed near Moscow and downs two others

Russia claims a drone crashed in its Moscow region amid fears of Ukrainian attacks in the country

28/02/2023

Europe News

EU to exceed 2030 renewable target, prompting call for higher ambition

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has "turbocharged" deployment of clean energy technologies across the EU, a new report by Ember has found.

28/02/2023

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | February 28th – Midday

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

28/02/2023

Tech News

Denmark's parliament urges staff to delete TikTok over security fears

The popular video-sharing app, which is Chinese-owned, faces intensifying scrutiny in Europe.

28/02/2023

Travel News

Nice advises against travel to Moldova match amidst Russian tensions

As tensions with Russia escalate, travel in and out of Moldova is being affected.

28/02/2023

Moldova

Facebook used in operation to 'destabilise' Moldova government

Facebook has since removed the ads paid by the exiled oligarch Ilan Shor but experts believe they've managed to have an impact on Moldovan society

28/02/2023

Sweden

Urgent investment in renewables needed, say EU energy ministers

Ministers from the EU27 began a two-day visit to Stockholm on Monday for a two-day event to discuss the future of energy and transport.

28/02/2023

Health news

Are stem cells the cure for HIV we’ve been looking for?

Some scientists believe stem cell transplants may never be a scalable treatment for HIV, but every case brings us closer to a more generalised cure.

28/02/2023

Ukraine

US Secretary of the Treasury pledges an additional €1 billion to Kyiv

Yellen expressed that this was the first tranche of an additional €10 billion that the United States will send to Kyiv in the coming months.

28/02/2023

Health news

Manual work may boost sperm counts, Harvard study finds

Men with physically demanding jobs were found to have higher sperm counts and testosterone levels than white-collar workers.

28/02/2023

Culture news

Swedish director Ruben Östlund to preside over Cannes Film Festival

50 years after his compatriot Ingmar Bergman, the Swede will preside over the panel at the festival where he's enjoyed his biggest success.

28/02/2023

Europe News

Serbia, Kosovo leaders back EU plan, top diplomat says

Both countries want to join the EU, which has told them that they first need to sort out their differences.

28/02/2023

United Kingdom

NI Protocol: Job not done for Sunak, who still needs Belfast's support

While the agreement between London and Brussels has been deemed a huge success, the British PM has only gotten over the first hurdle. Now it's time to convince Northern Ireland's politicians, especially the DUP.

28/02/2023

World News

Euroviews. 'Foreign interference' is not the main threat to democracy in the EU

The ongoing European Parliament corruption scandal is being used by some to launch a witch-hunt against civil society and NGOs. This is only fuelling the already worrying crackdown on critical voices that hold governments to account, Raffaella Bolini and Jean-Marc Roirant write.

28/02/2023

Culture news

Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history

On this day in 1939, dictionary editors discovered a word they couldn't explain: "Dord".

28/02/2023

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | February 28th – Morning

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

28/02/2023

Ukraine

Bucha: City hit by Russian atrocities opens doors to other war victims

The city near Kyiv that was the scene of mass torture and murder committed by Russian soldiers is now helping those afflicted by war from other parts of Ukraine

28/02/2023