brussels bureau Women from Central Eastern Europe steal the spotlight at the 2019 Women in Europe awards
brussels bureau The Brief: EU declares a climate emergency In Strasbourg, MEPs voted in favour of a resolution that would require Europe to keep in mind the environmental effects of all future legislation.
state of the union Green light for the new Commission team In the State of the Union this week we look at how Ursula von der Leyen won support for the make-up of her new commission by MEPs
Smart Regions Tales and tech to kindle love of books in kindergarten kids An innovative project combines old-fashioned storytelling with digital technology in Estonia and Latvia to kindle a new love of books among kindergarten children.
Sweden A$AP Rocky blocked from playing gig at Swedish prison he was held in The US rapper — whose real name is Rakim Mayers — wanted to perform at the prison in Stockholm where he was detained ahead of his assault conviction. 04/12/2019
France France opens anti-hate office after Jewish graves desecrated The office will coordinate police and judicial work to hold responsible those who commit anti-semitic, islamophobic, and anti-christian hate crimes, France's interior minister Christophe Castaner said. 04/12/2019
United Kingdom Former Labour MP urges voters to back Tories to 'stop Corbyn being PM' A former Labour Party MP has urged voters to back the opposition Conservative Party in the upcoming general election in order to "stop Jeremy Corbyn from becoming prime minister". 04/12/2019
United Kingdom Turner Prize 2019: Award shared between four nominees for first time Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo, and Tai Shani won the Turner Prize - a highly coveted arts award in the UK - after forming a collective in the name of "solidarity". 04/12/2019
World How will Brexit impact Europe's defence? Euronews answers Uncertainty looms as the UK and the EU are yet to decide on a legal framework for their future defence cooperation after Brexit, just a few weeks before Britain is due to leave the bloc. 04/12/2019
Czech Republic Andrej Babis: Czech PM fraud investigation to continue The ruling reverses an earlier decision to drop the case that the PM had received European Union subsidies. 04/12/2019
Finland Finland's Prime Minister resigns after postal strike The Centre Party said it had lost confidence in the Social Democrat leader over the handling of the strike. 03/12/2019
Netherlands Why did 12m people in the Netherlands receive an emergency message? The Dutch government uses the NL-Alert system to inform citizens about disasters and give emergency instructions. 02/12/2019
Italy University condemns professor's 'shameful' pro-Nazi tweets The university rector had said the tweets were expressed in a "personal capacity" before releasing a revised statement denouncing the tweets. 02/12/2019
The Cube Facebook takes down Conservative ad that featured BBC content The BBC had expressed their concern and published a statement on Twitter. The Press Team said that it was a "completely unacceptable use of BBC content which distorts our output and which could damage perceptions of our impartiality". 02/12/2019
United Kingdom Watch again: Britain honours London Bridge attack victims Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, were killed on Friday when Usman Khan, a man convicted of terrorism offences, went on the rampage with kitchen knives near London Bridge. 02/12/2019
Ukraine Ukrainian politician's son killed in attack in Kyiv Unknown gunmen opened fire at the car of a local MP in the centre of Ukraine's capital on Sunday, killing his three-year-old son, a police source told Reuters. 02/12/2019
World COP25: A timeline of global climate change negotiations Here's a history of major global events in climate change decisions, treaties and negotiations from 1951 to 2019. 02/12/2019
Malta Malta's PM announces plan to step down in 2020 Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, engulfed in crisis over the probe into a murdered journalist, announced on Sunday he planned to step down, saying he would ask his ruling Labour Party to start choosing a new leader for the country next month. 01/12/2019
Poland Poles protest over rule of law after judge suspended Poles protest over rule of law after judge suspended 01/12/2019
World About 74 convicted terrorists released early from prison - UK PM Boris Johnson said he thought people should serve full prison sentences. 01/12/2019
Poland Amazon removes 'inappropriate' Auschwitz Christmas products The Auschwitz Memorial asked Amazon on Sunday to take down items featured on the website that it said were inappropriate. 01/12/2019
Germany German far-right AfD party elects new leader backed by radical wing The far-right Alternative for Germany on Saturday elected a decorator from the east backed by a radical wing within the party as one of two co-leaders. 01/12/2019
Belgium Watch back: EU leaders mark 10 years since Treaty of Lisbon The new European Commission took power after being delayed one month. 01/12/2019
United Kingdom Loud bang that woke London was sonic boom caused by fighter jets Fighter jets scrambled to intercept an aircraft that lost communications while in UK airspace. 01/12/2019
