2024-03-21

Destinations

Tulip lover? Europe’s most beautiful garden Keukenhof opens today

The beautiful spring garden is one of the Netherlands’ premier tourist attractions - but be quick as it’s only open for eight weeks a year.

21/03/2024

Portugal

Portugal’s centre-right wins election, populists fight for government

Head of the centre-right Democratic Alliance coalition Luis Montenegro led his party to victory, while the left continue to cling onto political sway within parliament.

21/03/2024

Home

Berlin Tegel airport to transform into climate neutral city

One of Berlin’s former airports that closed in 2020, has reopened its doors as a sustainability and technology hub. In the space of Tegel’s former cargo halls, companies are working together to find solutions to dependence on fossil fuels.

21/03/2024

Ireland

Irish government under fire over asylum seeker crisis

The Irish government is being accused of leaving refugees in inhumane and degrading conditions, with some recent arrivals forced to live without basic necessities.

21/03/2024

Health news

Commissioner warns of need for doctors amid risk of 'medical deserts'

The EU executive has acknowledged the current shortages of doctors and the importance of improving working conditions for healthcare and care workers through some key actions.

21/03/2024

Green News

Euroviews. It’s the Amazon’s turn to lead on global climate action

It seems easier to resign ourselves to a world marked by constant climate catastrophes than to imagine a reality in which our economies and energy systems are released from the shackles of the fossil fuel industry, Colombian President Gustavo Petro writes.

21/03/2024

Economy

Bank of England holds rates steady, inflation set to drop

The Bank of England has held the interest rate at 5.25%, with one dissent by Swati Dhingra advocating for a 0.25% cut. Projections see inflation dipping below the target in Q2 2024.

21/03/2024

Design

New Barcelona exhibition looks at US suburbs through a European lens

“Suburbia. Building the American Dream” at the Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona tackles the enduring legacy of a US urban planning model gone global.

21/03/2024

Markets

Reddit IPO raises $748 million as it sells in-demand shares

Social platform Reddit has priced its shares at the top of a market range, bringing the firm's value to $6.4 billion (€5.9 billion).

21/03/2024

Economy

Turkey hikes interest rate to 50% in surprise move

The increase comes after a pause last month which led experts to believe another freeze would follow suit. Yet chronic inflation still persists.

21/03/2024

Economy

Why the Swiss central bank made a surprise cut to its key interest

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) said on Thursday it is trimming its key interest rate, a surprise move that makes Switzerland the first major financial centre to announce a cut in recent months.

21/03/2024

Culture news

#WhereIsKate Chaos and speculation surrounds UK's Royal Family

#WhereIsKate is trending online as the UK’s Royal Family digs in their heels and allows rumours and speculations to run rife.

21/03/2024

Tech News

UN votes to approve its first resolution on AI in bid to make it safe

The adopted resolution will seize the opportunities of safe, secure, and trustworthy AI systems for sustainable development.

21/03/2024

Economy

Euroviews. How can the EU single market break out of its historical straitjacket?

Path dependency and a reflex towards the status quo have left Europe for too long with a single market that doesn’t fulfil its citizens’ needs, Philippe Pochet and Taube Van Melkebeke write.

21/03/2024

Europe News

Nordics buck trend in EU elections poll

Sweden, Denmark and Finland may be among the happiest nations on earth, but their voters don’t seem too content with Green or Liberal politicians.

21/03/2024

Europe News

Europe must not repeat Interwar mistake and boost defence now: Kallas

European countries must not make the same mistake Estonia did before World War II and invest heavily in defence to avoid being caught off guard, the country's prime minister said ahead of a meeting of EU leaders.

21/03/2024

Tech News

Who is Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's new AI chief?

Who is the DeepMind co-founder and why might his appointment shake up the AI industry? Euronews Next looks at Microsoft’s newest hire.

21/03/2024

World News

Works in the Netherlands lead to millions of euros of additional costs

Part of the Juliana Canal in Limburg will be dried up for six months from October. Causing outrages amongst skippers as this will cost them a two day detour and millions of euros of additional expenses.

21/03/2024

Culture news

Character actor M. Emmet Walsh dies aged 88

The US actor was in more than 100 films, including 1982 sci-fi classic ‘Blade Runner’ and 2019’s breakout murder mystery ‘Knives Out.’

21/03/2024

Business

Czech power company profit reached €1.17 billion in 2023

CEZ said the profit exceeded its initial goal due to additional gains from commodity trading and reliable nuclear power plant production.

21/03/2024

World News

UN Secretary General meets with European leaders

Antonio Guterres has warned that twin crises in Ukraine and Gaza have put the world in an exceptionally dangerous situation.

21/03/2024

Health news

Global fertility rates will see 'dramatic decline' by 2100

Fertility rates in European countries are already below the global average, with the rates based on the number of children a woman will have in her lifetime.

21/03/2024

Business

Samsung shares rise on hopes of Nvidia using its new-gen memory chips

Samsung could be joining the likes of SK Hynix, the world’s second biggest memory chip producer, as one of Nvidia’s suppliers.

21/03/2024

Economy

Fed clears path for rate cuts: Powell lifts stocks and gold higher

The Federal Reserve has set the stage for interest rate cuts later this year, indicating a shift from its long-standing restrictive policy. March's FOMC meeting kept rates stable but hinted at three cuts in 2024. The projection spiked investor confidence, pushing the S&P 500 and gold to record highs

21/03/2024

World News

Netanyahu set on Rafah assault despite Biden warning against it

Despite escalating tensions between Israel and the United States, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains resolute in his planned ground offensive in Rafah.

21/03/2024

World News

Russia bombards Kyiv as Zelenskyy calls for more air defences

Olaf Scholz says Europe will use frozen Russian profits to arm Ukraine as the country undergoes another day of heavy bombardment.

21/03/2024

Culture news

Aya Nakamura’s rumoured Olympics show prompts far-right outrage

Choosing Aya Nakamura to perform Edith Piaf songs for the 2024 Olympics amounts to “humiliating the French”, according to the far right National Rally leader, Marine Le Pen.

21/03/2024

Nutrition

People in cities are losing the gut bacteria to properly digest plants

A gut bacteria called Ruminococcus, which helps digest fibre, is "sparse" in samples from the microbiome of humans living in urbanised societies.

21/03/2024

Tech News

Ex-French minister suggests 'rationing' Internet data to 3GB a week

An editorial by a former education minister calling to "ration the Internet" to 3GB a week has sparked controversy in France.

21/03/2024

Europe News

EU leaders to discuss breaking the defence bond taboo at summit

The highly divisive prospect of using so-called Eurobonds to finance efforts to ramp up the EU’s defence capacities will be floated as the bloc’s 27 leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday.

21/03/2024