2024-11-20

Europe News

Polar blast brings snowfall across Europe

A trough of low pressure has settled over Central Europe, with polar cold air and high-altitude currents flooding the region.

20/11/2024

Health news

MEPs strip Hungarian Commissioner of key health competencies

Commissioner-designate Olivér Várhelyi has been stripped of oversight over reproductive and sexual rights as well as health preparedness following an evaluation by EU lawmakers.

20/11/2024

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No comment: Bodies lie on the street after upscale Haiti neighborhood targeted in gang attacks

Gangs launched a fresh attack on Haiti’s capital early on Tuesday, targeting an upscale community in Port-au-Prince where gunmen clashed with residents who fought side by side with police.

20/11/2024

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Displaced Khan Younis residents use mud to rebuild their homes

Palestinian news agency Wafa released a video on Tuesday, 19 November, showing the efforts of families to rebuild their damaged and destroyed homes after more than 13 months of bombardment by the Israeli military.

20/11/2024

Greece

Thousands of workers strike in Greece over cost of living and pensions

Protesters say the government has refused to implement policies that will make people's lives better, with unions criticising Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' centre-right government for failing to tackle inflation and high housing prices.

20/11/2024

Hungary

EU fraud investigation opened into Hungarian nursery

The EU's anti-fraud unit opened an investigation into a Hungarian nursery that cost almost €2 million, but has only 12 places available.

20/11/2024

Europe News

You don't have the right to propose laws: EU countries rebuke MEPs

EU countries have penned a joint letter denouncing as "problematic" a new attempt to improve relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission, warning it goes against its founding treaties.

20/11/2024

Azerbaijan

COP29: Ukraine pledges to build back greener

On the sidelines of the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, Euronews spoke to Ukraine’s environment minister Svitlana Grynchuk about why the country remains committed to climate action, and isn’t waiting for the bombing to stop before ‘building back green’.

20/11/2024

Europe News

Crimean Mejlis leader: No peace at the expense of Ukraine's integrity

Refat Chubarov, Chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, told Euronews that any peace agreement at the expense of Ukraine’s territorial concessions, in particular regarding Crimea, would be ‘an indulgence to the aggressor to destroy both the Ukrainian state and the Crimean Tatar people.'

20/11/2024

Europe News

Spanish police arrest gang members accused of recruiting foreigners

Members of the mob allegedly contacted Swedish and Danish minors to commit crimes against rival gangs in Spain.

20/11/2024

Europe News

Teresa Ribera addresses parliament over Valencia flood response

The centre-right Spanish People's Party has sought to blame Ribera for poor emergency management, who in turn blamed Regional President Carlos Mazón.

20/11/2024

Europe News

European Parliament’s centrist groups agree to approve Commissioners

The coalition deal will allow the new European Commission to take office on 1 December, as originally planned.

20/11/2024

Health news

Weight loss yo-yo effect linked to fat cell ‘memory,’ study finds

Fat cells were found to retain a long-lasting "memory" of obesity making it hard to maintain weight loss results.

20/11/2024

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Latest news bulletin | November 20th – Evening

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

20/11/2024

Health news

WHO approves first mpox vaccine for children over 1 years old

The vaccine is the second to be approved by the UN agency and the first approved for children aged one and older.

20/11/2024

Europe in Motion

Do men and women differ on path to financial independence?

A new study shows that women face more difficulties in becoming financially independent due to gender inequalities throughout their lives.

20/11/2024

Europeans' Stories

Closure of Audi Brussels, a symbol of de-industrialisation in Europe

Audi’s decision to close its Brussels plant in February 2025 reflects a more general trend in the European economy: de-industrialisation. Euronews met the workers affected by this phenomenon to understand its tangible effects and analyse the solutions being considered to revitalise European industry

20/11/2024

Healthcare

Italy spent over €1 billion on dozens of ‘drugs to avoid’ in 2022

An independent researcher said the results should spark a re-evaluation of some medicines, but do not necessarily mean patients are being harmed.

20/11/2024

Culture news

French activist Shanley Clemot McLaren on fighting cybersexism

Shanley Clemot McLaren received an award for her fight against cybersexism at the Young Activists Summit - held at the UN on 19 November - alongside four other activists aged under 30 years old.

20/11/2024

Tech News

News is shared on social media without being read, study finds

Seventy-five per cent of news-related social media posts were shared without being read, a new study has found.

20/11/2024

Austria

UN nuclear watchdog holds meeting to discuss Iranian nuclear programme

IAEA nations will discuss at the summit whether to vote on a resolution against Iran for its lack of cooperation.

20/11/2024

Travel News

Move to Italy or live on a cruise: How to escape the US post-election

Searches by Americans for moving abroad soared in the 24 hours after the first polls closed, according to Google data.

20/11/2024

Europe News

Ukrainians in Berlin ask Russians to share blame for 'Putin's war'

Russian opposition figures organised a march to the Russian embassy in Berlin to mark 1,000 days of the war in Ukraine — and some of the city's Ukrainian residents had mixed feelings.

20/11/2024

Culture news

Former One Direction stars attend funeral for Liam Payne

One Direction bandmates and other mourners gathered at St. Mary’s Church in Amersham for Liam Payne’s funeral, following his tragic death in Buenos Aires last month.

20/11/2024

Eco-Innovation

100-year-old London flats seek to bust a big heat pump myth

The UK has some of the worst-insulated homes in Europe making them very expensive to heat.

20/11/2024

Business

Ford to cut thousands of jobs in Europe blaming poor EV sales

The job cuts, which will account for around 14% of the company's total European workforce, are expected to happen by the end of 2027.

20/11/2024

Culture news

Nike honours Rafael Nadal's career with stunning tribute in Paris

Nike paid tribute to Rafael Nadal’s legendary career by projecting a stunning 10-metre animated image of the 22-time Grand Slam champion on the Place du Trocadero in Paris.

20/11/2024

Europe News

Protests continue in Serbia over deadly train station awning collapse

The incident in Novi Sad, which left 15 dead, has triggered a wave of protests against the authorities over the past weeks.

20/11/2024

Green News

COP29: EU commissioner rejects backtracking on climate deal

As negotiators await Azerbaijan’s proposal for a global agreement on climate finance, the EU holds firm on the need to move away from fossil fuels, but refuses to say how much it is prepared to help developing countries do the same.

20/11/2024

Destinations

‘Look beyond Lisbon’: Portugal’s best wine and port towns for 2025

Lisbon locals can’t find affordable homes, transport is bursting at the seams and public services are under strain.

20/11/2024