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Police investigate attack on pro-democracy vigil near Iranian embassy

Three men reportedly attacked a vehicle outside the embassy that was displaying pro-democracy banners.

Art

Rendez-vous: The best of Europe's art and culture

Immerse yourself in Afrobeat in Paris, discover links between magic and surrealism at the Museum Barberini in Germany or discover the Guggenheim museum in Spain during its 25th anniversary and see three collections of its treasures.

My Europe Series

What were the top stories in Europe this week?

Berlin hosted a conference aimed at helping Kyiv rebuild and Olaf Scholz met Emmanuel Macron in Paris.

Culture news

Daniel Brühl: "No one wins in a war – even the winners”

Interview: Daniel Brühl speaks about the new Netflix war movie 'All Quiet on the Western Front'

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Germany

Germany agrees to controversial sale of Hamburg port terminal

The purchase could open up the possibility of Beijing politically instrumentalising part of Germany's -- and Europe's -- critical infrastructure.

Europe News

Macron and Scholz try to mend differences in Paris lunch meeting

Both countries have bones to pick with the other on issues ranging from energy to defence.

Art

Does art made by an AI have aesthetic worth?

Mario Klingemann is the artist and architect behind Botto, a decentralised artist that sells its generated artwork on the blockchain for thousands of dollars every week.

Europe News

Rebuilding Ukraine will be a 'challenge for generations', says Scholz

The World Bank has estimated that the cost of damage in Ukraine will be around €350 billion.

Ukraine

Germany's president pledges more support for Ukraine in surprise visit

Frank-Walter Steinmeier said his trip was focused on helping Ukraine repair its destroyed infrastructure, besides bolstering military support.

Ukraine

National leaders gather in Berlin for Ukraine ‘Marshall Plan’

The conference, hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the European Commission, will not involve concrete pledges of cash towards the estimated €750 billion reconstruction cost.

Germany

Two ex-German soldiers convicted over Yemen war mercenary plan

The men had tried to recruit soldiers for a paramilitary unit and were found guilty of forming a terrorist organisation.

Culture news

German climate activists throw mashed potatoes on Monet painting

Climate protesters have thrown mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting at Potsdam’s Barberini Museum, to protest fossil fuel extraction.

Euronews Witness

Rising temperatures see beetles and fire ravage European forests

A combination of record-high temperatures and drought saw France lose some 65,000 hectares of forest this summer to rampaging wildfires. These same conditions saw the Bark beetle flourish, devouring a staggering 11,000 hectares, one-quarter, of the Franconian Forest in Germany.

Germany

Fire ravages Ukrainian refugee shelter in Germany

Investigators think the fire was arson after a swastika was found to have been painted on the door.

Germany

German cybersecurity chief sacked over alleged ties with Russia

The head of the BSI agency, Arne Schönbohm, was dismissed after allegations appeared linking him to a security agency founded by a former Russian intelligence agent.

Germany

Scholz advocates for a future 36-member EU 'of free and equal people'

The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke at the Congress of the Party of European Socialists in Berlin, calling for more military autonomy of the EU and expansion reforms

Russia

Ukraine advancing, Zelenskyy says as Minsk mulls joining Russia's war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a confident address to the Ukrainian people, but tensions on the Belarus border continue to grow.

Lithuania

Lithuania wants German troops 'for marriage, not one night stand'

Some 3,000 German soldiers have been assigned to protect Lithuania but for the time being they'll remain in Germany.

Europe News

Fifteen European countries unite to boost air defence capabilities

Fifteen European countries have united to boost air defence capabilities.

Germany

Pawnbrokers the winners as economic reality bites in Germany

"We have never seen such an increase," said German pawnbroker Nikolaus Bode