2025-12-22

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Berlin Zoo animals enjoy Christmas snacks

Animals at Berlin Zoo joined the festive mood as they enjoyed Advent-style sacks filled with Christmas snacks.

22/12/2025

Crossing Cultures

Spain and China’s iconic foods: olive oil and Jinhua ham explained

In partnership with CGTN

From Andalusia to eastern China, two ancient food products reveal how tradition, geography and regulation shape global food heritage.

22/12/2025

Culture news

Be good for goodness sakes! Santa Claus is coming to town

As reported by Finnish public broadcaster YLE, Santa Claus has left his hometown in Korvatunturi, Lapland ahead of his round-the-world journey delivering presents.

22/12/2025

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | December 22nd, 2025 – Evening

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this December 22nd, 2025 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

22/12/2025

Ukraine

Ukraine hits Russian oil terminal, jets and ships in wave of strikes

Meanwhile, Russia continued its strikes on Ukraine, firing scores of drones at Ukrainian energy infrastructure overnight and attacking targets in Ukraine's Donbas.

22/12/2025

France

Cyberattack knocks France's postal service and its banking arm offline

The same services affected on Monday — Colissimo parcel tracking and the Digiposte digital vault — were already disrupted on Saturday, though La Poste did not immediately confirm whether that incident was also an attack.

22/12/2025

Tech News

A pirate activist group scraped and released Spotify’s entire library

A pirate activist group said it ‘backed up’ Spotify’s music catalogue, claiming it put metadata for 256 million tracks online. The streaming platform said it’s ‘actively monitoring’ the incident.

22/12/2025

Culture news

‘Driving Home For Christmas’ singer Chris Rea dies aged 74

British singer Chris Rea, known for hits including the Yuletide classic 'Driving Home For Christmas', has died after a short illness... three days before Christmas.

22/12/2025

Green News

Warming seas trigger record ‘bloom’ of octopuses in British waters

Unprecedented numbers of the common octopus have been found in British waters this year, but what’s behind the rare ‘bloom’?

22/12/2025

Health news

This ‘artificial womb’ could save the lives of very premature babies

By mimicking the maternal womb, doctors hope to extend the fetal stage of development, improving health outcomes later in life.

22/12/2025

Turkey

Turkish MPs brawl during heated budget debate

Ruling party and opposition lawmakers exchanged punches after a dispute over the legacy of the Turkish Republic's founding father Atatürk. The budget was, in the end, passed despite a 10-minute fight in the chamber.

22/12/2025

Tech News

Waymo resumes driverless car service after San Francisco power outage

The robotaxis service was suspended for hours as vehicles struggled to read malfunctioning stoplights amid a city-wide power outage.

22/12/2025

Economy

China hits EU with 42.7% tariff on dairy imports

Beijing will slap tariffs of up to 42.7% on EU dairy products, citing unfair subsidies and escalating a tit-for-tat trade dispute triggered by EU action on Chinese electric vehicles.

22/12/2025

Sport

NBA and FIBA to approach European clubs over new league plan

The proposed European basketball league is planned to feature permanent spots and an annual qualifying system, with launch targeted for October 2027. Countries under consideration to host the matches include the UK, France, Spain and Italy.

22/12/2025

Green News

How climate change could stunt millions of children’s growth

Researchers have warned of the unexpected consequences of extremely hot, humid conditions during pregnancy.

22/12/2025

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Winning number 79,432 earns €4 million in Spain’s Christmas lottery

The number 79,432 won Spain’s Christmas Lottery, bringing four million euros per series. Tickets sold in León and Madrid led to widespread celebrations.

22/12/2025

Business

Why Turkish investors are increasingly choosing Poland

Despite a slowdown in foreign investment, Poland continues to attract international companies. A Turkish entrepreneur tells Euronews why his firm chose the country as its base.

22/12/2025

Denmark

Denmark demands territorial respect after Trump posts Greenland envoy

The government in Copenhagen has insisted on respect for its country's territorial integrity on Monday, after the US president appointed the Louisiana governor as an envoy to bring Greenland under US control.

22/12/2025

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Hundreds join annual year-end clean at Kyoto's major Buddhist temples

Hundreds joined the annual year-end clean at Kyoto's Higashi-Honganji and Nishi-Honganji temples, a 500-year-old tradition to prepare for the New Year.

22/12/2025

Business

Italy slaps Apple with €98m fine over app tracking policy

The fine adds to growing European scrutiny of Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature and its impact on competition in mobile advertising.

22/12/2025

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | December 22nd, 2025 – Midday

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this December 22nd, 2025 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

22/12/2025

Cinema

Sinners, accidents and battles: Here are the best movies of 2025

Join us for Euronews Culture's countdown to our favourite film of the year. How many have you seen?

22/12/2025

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German paraplegic engineer becomes first wheelchair user to travel to space

A paraplegic engineer from Germany was part of a crew that made a suborbital journey on a spacecraft operated by Jeff Bezos’ company, Blue Origin.

22/12/2025

France

France to build new nuclear carrier replacing Charles de Gaulle

France's president confirmed the construction of a 78,000-tonne nuclear carrier capable of carrying 30 jets, with delivery projected for 2038. The PA-NG will cost €10bn and be Europe's largest warship, backed by 800 firms.

22/12/2025

Culture news

Italian broadcast workers union calls for Eurovision 2026 boycott

The USB union at Italy's state broadcaster RAI has begun a petition calling for Italy to boycott Eurovision 2026 over Israel’s participation. It's seeking 3,000 signatures and urging RAI to follow five other countries in quitting the song competition.

22/12/2025

Partner content

Milan’s Christmas tree ignites Olympic hopes

Partner content presented by TCL

Milan’s 29-metre Christmas tree has become the centre of a month-long winter wonderland celebrating Milano Cortina 2026, with TCL blending light, technology and Olympic values to inspire visitors through immersive igloos, athlete stories and sustainable design.

22/12/2025

Business

Department stores fight TikTok and Amazon for beauty shoppers

Beauty bars, robot-applied eyelashes and 18th-century VR chateaus: beauty departments of major department store chains have gone all out as social media and e-commerce reshaped the $129bn US beauty market.

22/12/2025

Football Now

Morocco begin AFCON 2025 with statement win over Comoros

The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is officially underway, and host nation Morocco have made a winning start on home soil.

22/12/2025

Culture news

170 Belgian artists denounce Eurovision 2026 participation

A collective of 170 Belgian artists and cultural personalities has denounced public broadcaster RTBF’s decision to take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest as Israel is set to compete despite “its war of extermination” in Gaza.

22/12/2025

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Senior Russian general killed in Moscow car bombing

A senior Russian military official was killed in Moscow when an explosive device detonated under his car.

22/12/2025