2025-02-22

Europe News

Austria's parties inch close to new coalition without far-right FPÖ

For Austria, the political situation is unprecedented, as coalition formation talks have never taken this long.

22/02/2025

Cinema

Berlinale 2025: Golden Bear goes to Norwegian Film ‘Dreams (Sex Love)’

Against the backdrop of the general elections in Germany tomorrow, Berlin celebrates a new Golden Bear winner, capping off an edition that was significantly less controversial than last year’s. Here’s the full rundown.

22/02/2025

Europe News

Bulgarians boycott major supermarkets to protest rising food prices

Shoppers are demanding a law to regulate prices and asking supermarkets to limit their profit margins on foodstuffs to less than 30%.

22/02/2025

Europe News

Bulgarian nationalists stage protest against plans to join eurozone

Police said that several demonstrators had been arrested, while some officers had been injured during the clashes.

22/02/2025

Europe News

Stabbing attack leaves one dead and five people injured in France

The suspect was arrested by the police. According to the public prosecutor, the suspect, a 37-year-old man, was already known to the authorities and had been on a terrorism watchlist.

22/02/2025

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | February 22nd – Evening

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

22/02/2025

World News

Trump announces new round of Ukraine peace talks with Russia

The first round of negotiations in Riyadh on Tuesday prompted European allies to rally around Volodymyr Zelenskyy, nervous about Trump's perceived pivot to Moscow and fears that talks would take place without Ukraine's direct involvement and favour Russia.

22/02/2025

Gaza

Hamas releases six last hostages in first phase of ceasefire agreement

The six included three Israeli men seized from the Nova music festival and another taken while visiting family in southern Israel when Hamas-led militants stormed across the border in the 7 October, 2023, attack that triggered Israel’s 16-month bombing campaign in Gaza.

22/02/2025

Europe News

Suspect in Berlin stabbing attack is Syrian refugee, police say

The attack took place two days before snap parliamentary elections in Germany in which migration has become a top issue, pushed to the forefront by five deadly attacks involving immigrants over the past nine months.

22/02/2025

Europe News

European leaders visit Trump following revised Ukraine commitments

Polish President Andrzej Duda will meet with Donald Trump on Saturday, French President Emmanuel Macron will be in DC on Monday, while UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to be in the US on Thursday.

22/02/2025

Europe News

NATO continues largest military drills of 2025

In the run-up to the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Steadfast Dart 2025 exercises comprise about 10,000 military personnel from nine nations as part of NATO’s new Allied Reaction Force.

22/02/2025

Europe News

Pope Francis in critical condition, Vatican says

The 88-year-old Francis, who has been hospitalised for a week with a complex lung infection, also received blood transfusions after tests showed a condition associated with anaemia, the Vatican said in a late update.

22/02/2025

Cinema

Berlinale interview: ‘Honey Bunch’ - Deconstructing love in darkness

What would you for love? We sit down with Canadian filmmakers Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli to talk about their follow-up to 2020’s ‘Violation’ – ‘Honey Bunch’, a haunting and strangely tender deconstruction of all the things we believe to be love and devotion.

22/02/2025

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | February 22nd – Midday

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

22/02/2025

Eco-Innovation

This heart-inspired buoy is harnessing wave power in Portugal

European countries with strong Atlantic swells like Spain, France and Ireland have the most wave energy potential.

22/02/2025

Art

Shuck One pays tribute to Black history at Pompidou Centre in Paris

An installation by French street artist Shuck One is honouring Black historical figures and key moments in France’s past as part of the 'Black Paris; exhibition at the Pompidou Centre.

22/02/2025

The Dialogue

Nasser Al-Khori leverages the power of sport to shape the leaders of tomorrow

In partnership with Media City

Nasser Al-Khori is the driving force behind Generation Amazing, the foundation is a legacy of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

22/02/2025

Europe News

Trump denies media reports he will visit Russia in May

The French weekly news magazine Le Point, citing anonymous sources, reported that Trump may attend a parade in the Russian capital to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

22/02/2025

Destinations

I found crowd-free onsen and artisan masters in Japan’s Gifu province

It is now easier to reach Gifu prefecture from Europe with direct flights from Helsinki to Nagoya.

22/02/2025

Art

The King of Clubs: New exhibitions delve into life of Leigh Bowery

Leigh Bowery is perhaps best remembered his flamboyant fashion as much as his groundbreaking club nights. When Taboo in Covent Garden opened in 1985, it arguably became the most influential nightclub in British culture. Two exhibitions in London are now looking back on his legacy.

22/02/2025

Business

Why are seasoned investors betting big on European equities?

Investor confidence in European equities is surging as markets hit record highs. A Bank of America survey shows fund managers expect earnings upgrades and German fiscal stimulus to fuel gains, with 76% anticipating further upside this year.

22/02/2025

Brussels, My Love?

Brussels, my love? Can the EU stave off a trade war with the US?

In this edition, we hear how the EU is trying to go green but stay competitive and tell you who the most corrupt countries in Europe are.

22/02/2025

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | February 22nd – Morning

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

22/02/2025

Europe News

Anti-Fico protesters mark seventh anniversary of journalist's murder

Thousands of anti-government protesters commemorate the seventh anniversary of the killings of an investigative journalist and his fiancée in Slovakia.

22/02/2025

Europe News

Germany's Scholz, Merz rally in final days ahead of federal election

As Sunday’s snap federal election nears, political parties are intensifying their efforts in the final stretch to drum up support.

22/02/2025

No Comment

Christie’s AI art auction sparks controversy amid artist protests

Christie’s AI art auction sparks controversy as 6,000 artists protest over copyright concerns. Despite the backlash, the auction continued, further fuelling the debate on AI creativity.

22/02/2025

No Comment

Russian airstrikes devastate Kharkiv and Kherson, killing two and injuring several

Russian airstrikes hit Kharkiv and Kherson, injuring several and killing two. A mother died in Kherson, but her twin children survived.

22/02/2025