archives - 30 Apr 2024. euronews : International and European news all available as video on demand

Contrails or condensation trails are created when ice crystals form around tiny particles of carbon emitted by a plane’s engines.

Airlines hit back against EU plan to monitor contrails

30/04/2024

Italy's Environment and Energy Security Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin during G7 press conference in Turin, Italy (Alberto Gandolfo/LaPresse via AP)

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The Environment, Energy and Climate summit concluded on Tuesday at the Palace of Venaria in Turin.

G7 countries to phase out coal use by 2035 - with some concessions

30/04/2024

Michelin-starred restaurants are famously high quality - and can be hugely expensive

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Destinations

Where is Europe’s most affordable Michelin-starred restaurant?

A new study has found that many of the most expensive Michelin-starred restaurants worldwide are in Europe - but there are affordable options on the continent too.

30/04/2024

Lufthansa aircrafts are parked at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, March 7, 2024.

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Despite a disappointing first quarter, the airline expects a record summer boosted by leisure as well as business travellers, leading to more plans to expand the company’s long-haul routes.

Lufthansa sees losses extend in Q1 weighed down by strikes

30/04/2024

Britain's King Charles III arrives to visit to the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London, Tuesday April 30, 2024. (Suzanne Plunkett, Pool Photo via AP)

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The monarch returned to public duties on Tuesday after several months receiving treatment in private.

UK's King Charles visits cancer treatment charity

30/04/2024

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Swedish police to investigate reports of leaks to violent gangs

Sweden has struggled with a surge in violence in recent years as gangs fight for control of drug markets.

30/04/2024

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More than 1,000 people participated in the demonstration in Hamburg on Saturday, with some calling for the establishment of a caliphate.

German chancellor says Islamist rally will be met with 'consequences'

30/04/2024

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Hopefuls in June’s European elections are taking the leap to TikTok in a bid to influence young voters, despite the security and misinformation concerns plaguing the app.

Election candidates face a TikTok conundrum as EU cracks down on app

30/04/2024

Blue balloons with the slogan "Europa (Europe)" fly during an EU event in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, one day before the enlargement of the EU, 30 April 2004

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One senior analyst said the bloc has prospered overall, but there have been ''bumps on the road, otherwise known as Poland and Hungary and possibly Slovakia''. He warned of the possibility several current EU-hopefuls might also violate the bloc's common values and interests.

European Union marks 20 years since 'Big Bang' enlargement

30/04/2024

Forensic investigators in Hainault, north east London, where a man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers.

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United Kingdom

Sword-wielding man kills teenage boy and injures four others

Violent incident also saw two police officers injured by the armed assailant.

30/04/2024

Madrid's streets burst with colour: Pinta Malasaña urban art festival takes over

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Pinta Malasaña: Street artists turn Madrid into open-air gallery

Over 100 artists were given free rein to create in 100 spaces provided by shopkeepers, institutions, and neighbours in Madrid for the Pinta Malasaña festival.

30/04/2024

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Ocean

Understanding hake's remarkable recovery in the Atlantic

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The hake population in the waters of Northwestern Europe has recovered spectacularly over the past 20 years. What's behind this remarkable rebound and how might this success story be repeated elsewhere?

30/04/2024

Activist Dianne Peterson places a sign on an art installation outside a United Nations conference on plastics.

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For the first time, negotiators discussed the text of what is supposed to become a global treaty.

World takes ‘major step’ toward global treaty to end plastic pollution

30/04/2024

Interview: How Europe’s swift action saved commercial hake stocks

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Interview: How Europe’s swift action saved commercial hake stocks

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Persistent overfishing in European seas led to the decline of many fish species in the 1990s. However, efforts to restore hake populations to sustainable levels in recent decades have proven successful.

30/04/2024

Judge Nawaf Salam, third right, speaks at the start of a two-day hearing at the World Court in The Hague, 8 April 2024

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Netherlands

ICJ throws out Nicaragua's case asking Germany to halt aid to Israel

Berlin argued that it has barely exported any weapons to Israel since the offensive against Gaza started following Hamas' deadly incursion into southern Israel on 7 October.

30/04/2024

A field of tulips near Lisse, western Netherlands.

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Roughly 80% of cut flowers in the UK are sourced from the Netherlands, according to the British Florist Association, and post-Brexit trade rules are making sellers nervous.

Flower sellers warn of increasing import costs post-Brexit

30/04/2024

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Global production of crucial raw materials may be at risk of disruption due to climate change and businesses need to find adaptation solutions in order to timely deliver clean technologies for the green transition.

EU Policy. More than 70% of key resources imperilled by climate - report

30/04/2024

CEO of HSBC, Noel Quinn, speaks during the Bloomberg Transition Finance Action Forum at the Plaza Hotel in New York. Sept. 19, 2023.

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Noel Quinn is to step down after a tumultuous five years at the helm of the UK-based bank.

HSBC chief executive announces unexpected retirement

30/04/2024

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Mercedes-Benz also saw falling profits, as expected, due to changes in models and supply chain issues, while Stellantis also missed earnings expectations due to a poor product mix.

Volkswagen Group sees Q1 earnings plummet as car sales stall

30/04/2024

Heat pump installations spiked amid rocketing gas prices in 2022, but sales have since slowed, calling into question an EU target of 10m new homes converted by 2027.

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The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy was already a central pillar of the European Green Deal before a belligerent Moscow triggered an energy crisis; now the question of how best to ensure secure, affordable energy is dividing political camps as EU citizens head to the polls in June.

EU Policy. How Europe’s energy crisis is feeding the election campaign

30/04/2024

Japanese businesses are growing a nature-positive economy: here’s how

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Japan is growing a nature-positive economy: here’s how

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Around the world, the pressure’s on to better protect nature. Japanese businesses are grasping the challenge, with the support of an international framework that aims to shift financial flows into more nature-positive outcomes.

30/04/2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the annual congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

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