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Review of the Year: What challenges lie ahead in 2021?

Health crisis and natural disasters forced the world to live life differently in 2020. Euronews takes a brief look at what challenges and big events await for 2021.

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Review of the Year: winds of protest in the East

Belarus, Bulgaria and Russia have different histories and peoples but common denominators: a Soviet past, authorities that seem to see themselves as irreplaceable and populations revolting against the status quo.

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'What planet are you on?': EU urged to do more over climate crisis

Greenpeace argues the science, technology and money to tackle climate change already exists. What is missing, they say, is the political will to do so.

Moldova

Thousands protest after Moldova's new president stripped of key power

MPs loyal to outgoing pro-Russia president Igor Dodon voted to strip Maia Sandu, Moldova's new pro-EU president-elect, of control of the powerful state security.

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Moldova

Moldova: Sandu is president, but the battle for power has only begun

As president, Maia Sandu has few powers which remain at the hand of the country's pro-Russian Socialist party.

World

'Moldova is at a crossroads' - Maia Sandu

Maia Sandu is the former Prime Minister of Moldova and candidate in the Presidential election. In this edition of Euronews' Global Conversation, Rosie Wright asks her about what Sandu calls Moldova's crossroads moment: between east and west, between functionality - or becoming a failed state.

Spain

Spanish government wants to repeal parental consent rule for abortions

It would allow 16 and 17-year-olds to terminate a pregnancy without getting consent from their parents.

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Splinter-net? Is the internet fracturing along geopolitical lines?

"There is a larger and disturbing trend where governments directly interfere with the internet, attempting to score short-term political points, without regard for the long-term damage," Konstantinos Komaitis, of the Internet Society, told Euronews.

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Trump supporters stage motorcade near Portland, Oregon

Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters staged a car parade on Monday near Portland, where anti-racism protests have been going on for months

Russia

Thousands rally against Putin for fifth Saturday in a row

The rallies in Khabarovsk, a city on the border with China, is a major show of defiance against Moscow's policies, observers say.

USA

Twitter to label government officials and state-backed news accounts

The new feature will first be applied to countries represented in the five permanent members of the United Nations' Security Council: China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US but the platform said it would then extend it to other countries.

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Europe and UAE working towards a sustainable future, says ambassador

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Europe has a good relationship with the United Arab Emirates, says Andrea Matteo Fontana, the EU’s Ambassador to the UAE. The next step is creating a future that is more sustainable, where there is more solidarity.

Spain

COVID-19: Regional elections in Spain go ahead amid increased security

Voters head to polling stations in Spain's Galicia and Basque Country regions in elections postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Moldova

Moldovan MP 'kidnapped' after defecting from ruling party

MPs with the Pro-Moldova party have said Ștefan Gațcan has been kidnapped and forced to resign as a member of parliament after he tried to defect the ruling Socialists.

France

French politician dies of COVID-19

Tributes have been paid on social media to the former French government minister, Patrick Devedjian, who has died of Covid-19 at the age of 75.

World

IGCF: What are the best practices in government communication?

The 9th edition of International Government Communication Forum brought together global communication experts to explore best practices in the field.

Ukraine

'We need new brains': MPs vote to oust Ukraine's prime minister

Denys Shmygal is Ukraine's new prime minister after MPs voted to accept the resignation of Oleksiy Honcharuk.

South Sudan

Rebel leader in South Sudan sworn in as vice president

Rebel leader Riek Machar became vice president in South Sudan as the country reeling from civil war tries to form a coalition for the third time.

Azerbaijan

ECHR slams Azerbaijan for jailing activists who defaced statue

Bayram Mammadov and Qiyas Ibrahimov were caught writing on a statue. They were beaten up before being charged with "drug trafficking" and jailed.