2024-07-28

Romania

Nine countries unite for Romania's international folklore festival

Some 300 dancers and their ensembles took part in the festival's 12th edition on the banks of the Mures river.

28/07/2024

Europe News

Paris Olympics: Nadal sets up thriller clash against Djokovic

Olympic Games latest. Nadal plays Djokovic either on Monday or Tuesday, with date and timing yet to be confirmed, as Australia and Japan top gold medal table followed by US and France.

28/07/2024

Ukraine

Thousands of Ukrainians honour soldiers killed in prison blast

Several thousand soldiers and civilians gathered at Kyiv’s Independence Square on Sunday to commemorate the second anniversary of an explosion that killed more than 50 Ukrainians held by Russia in the Olenivka prison barracks.

28/07/2024

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | July 28th – Evening

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

28/07/2024

Home

The European capital named world's most liveable city (again) in 2024

As well as Vienna in poll position, three other European cities made the top 10 in a year when global instability and the cost of living weighed heavily.

28/07/2024

Europe News

Olympics pre-race triathlon event in Seine River cancelled

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a famous dip in the river less than two weeks before Olympic events were set to start, hoping to prove that the infamously polluted waterway was clean enough to host swimming competitions.

28/07/2024

Russia

Putin promises 'mirror measures' to US missiles in Germany

The US has said it plans to station long-range and hypersonic missiles in Germany.

28/07/2024

Europe News

Italy and China sign a three-year plan to reset relations

Meloni's five-day visit comes several months after Italy dropped out of China's Belt and Road Initiative.

28/07/2024

Health news

The chronic condition you never knew most Olympic athletes have

An extra challenge for many elite sportsmen and women at the Paris 2024 Olympics? Handling a chronic lung disease.

28/07/2024

Europe News

Ukrainian convicts freed from jail to fight on the front line

Around 3,000 former prisoners were given the option to trade jail time for a role in the Ukrainian army as the war continues.

28/07/2024

Venezuela

Venezuelan election: political shift or six more years of Maduro

Opposition candidate Edmundo González is leading the polls and threatens to end 25 years of Chavismo rule.

28/07/2024

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Latest news bulletin | July 28th – Midday

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28/07/2024

Living

Why you should prepare for climate disasters with your neighbours

Unsure what you can do about the climate crisis? Community action is key, says the Climate Majority Project.

28/07/2024

Lifestyle

Summer fashion trends 2024: What to wear right now

With soaring temperatures making the mercury rise in thermometers across the continent, Euronews Culture takes a look at some of the top trends for the most exciting - and hottest - fashion season of the year.

28/07/2024

Food and Drink

Come dining in Porto: Fine flavours, history and texture

With a stunning roster of dynamic, top-end restaurants, the northern Portuguese food capital is a breath, and a taste, of fresh air.

28/07/2024

People

This couple ditched city life to run a remote mountain hotel in Italy

The couple are spending the summer running at a rifugio 2,000 metres above sea level.

28/07/2024

Tech News

How would a European Iron Dome work and why is it controversial?

Germany is advancing a €4 billion arms deal with an Israeli company for a key weapon for the Sky Shield Initiative despite calls for an arms embargo.

28/07/2024

Design

A tribute to Kenneth Grange, Britain's best kept secret designer

British industrial designer Sir Kenneth Grange died this week aged 95. In tribute to his remarkable career and impact on our everyday lives, Euronews Culture lifts the lid on the leader of a revolution and the man Apple design guru Sir Jonathan Ive calls his hero.

28/07/2024

Experiences

After 12 years of closure, Italy's Cinque Terre 'Path of Love' reopens

The path, massively popular with visitors, closed in 2012 after a landslide damaged the walkway and injured four foreigners.

28/07/2024

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Latest news bulletin | July 28th – Morning

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28/07/2024

Europe News

Activists protest against bill to tackle Türkiye’s stray dog problem

Demonstrations against the bill, which was proposed in mid-July, have been an almost-daily occurrence for the past several weeks as the proposed legislation makes its way through the judicial system.

28/07/2024

Ukraine

Russia claim capture of another village in eastern Ukraine

The country says it has taken another village in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region where there is heavy fighting, as Moscow's forces advance towards the city of Pokrovsk.

28/07/2024

World News

Congestion across Europe as drivers set out on summer holidays

Huge amounts of traffic slowed down travel in Germany, Croatia and Slovenia as holidaymakers set off for trips as schools finished for the summer.

28/07/2024

World News

Israel strikes Hezbollah targets after football pitch attack kills 12 

Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 war and the area was later annexed in 1981. They have now retaliated against Hezbollah after a rocket strike on a football pitch in Golan Heights killed 12 people.

28/07/2024

Europe News

Paris Olympics: The best (and the worst) of the first medal day

Australia lead medal table as France end Fiji's dominance in rugby sevens. But a wave of rows on the opening ceremony is partially overshadowing the competitions.

28/07/2024

France

Dutch convicted rapist to make olympic debut on Sunday

Van de Velde’s presence in Paris has drawn negative attention to 2024's beach volleyball games. Advocates for rape victims and some Olympics officials have said he should have been left at home.

28/07/2024