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Good news Friday!

Here's a roundup of some of the brightest stories from the week to cheer up your Friday

08/06/2018

World

Angel investors: Seed capital helps MENA female start-ups take flight

The MENA region’s entrepreneurship ecosystem is growing in size and stature thanks to business accelerator schemes, alternative financing and an expanding community of angel investors and professional mentors.

08/06/2018

World News

Footballers go low to set world record match at Dead Sea

The lowest-altitude match at the Dead Sea comes less than a year after the same group broke the Guinness World Record for the highest-altitude football game played.

05/04/2018

Saudi Arabia

Orange`* is the new black (*or pink, green, blue, yellow...)

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Sulman says women need no longer wear full-length black robes as long as their dress is "decent and respectful".

19/03/2018

World

Food for thought: Literature and gastronomy festivals in Dubai

Inspire Middle East celebrates the region’s love for the written word at the 10th anniversary of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, by spotlighting some of the regional and international talents on the ground.

16/03/2018

Belgium

Women in Politics: How does Europe measure up?

Statisticians have tallied the number women working in parliaments around the world and ranked countries from highest to lowest. So how did Europe do?

12/03/2018

World

VR, cinema and jazz: discovering creative industries at the Abu Dhabi

Creative concepts in the capital: Luminaries gather at the Abu Dhabi Ideas Weekend

09/03/2018

Green News

Women role models of Living it

On the occasion of the International Women's day, we made a selection of creative and unique women who we met in the last months.

08/03/2018

USA

McDonald's flips its arches for Women's Day

It's the first year McDonald's celebrates International Women's Day this way, and some customers are lovin' it.

08/03/2018

World News

International Women's Day 2018 around the world

Look back at Euronews' live blog on International Women's Day events from across the world.

08/03/2018

Spain

Canary Islands minister calls on EU to scrap ‘tax on women’

The Spanish archipelago is the only EU territory that charges zero tax on female hygiene products.

07/03/2018

World News

Abortions on the decline in Europe

Since 2005, there has been a significant reduction in abortions in most European Union member states, according to data analysed by Euronews.

20/02/2018

Saudi Arabia

Saudi women enjoy themselves at football match in Riyadh

Saudi women were only allowed into stadiums in January.

13/02/2018

World News

The EU countries with more female than male scientists

The majority of scientists and engineers in Lithuania, Bulgaria and Latvia are women.

11/02/2018

World News

#Mosquemetoo: Women denounce sexual harassment during Hajj pilgrimage

#Mosquemetoo launched on Twitter to denounce the sexual harassment of Muslim women during the Hajj pilgrimage is going viral.

10/02/2018

Ireland

Meet the Irish expats pledging to return for abortion referendum in #H

Irish emigrants have pledged to return home to vote in favour of ending the country’s near-total ban on abortion.

08/02/2018

United Kingdom

Britain to consider pardoning suffragettes

The move coincides with the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act, which extended voting rights to millions of women over 30.

06/02/2018

Saudi Arabia

107,000 Saudi women apply for 140 jobs at passport office

The General Directorate of Passports had announced two weeks earlier it was looking for female applicants for roles at airports and the country's land borders.

02/02/2018

World News

Which European countries have the strictest abortion rules?

Euronews looks at abortion regulations across the European Union to find out whether countries are pro- or anti-abortion.

30/01/2018

Ireland

Ireland to hold historic abortion referendum

Voters will have the first opportunity in 35 years to overhaul some of the world's strictest abortion rules.

30/01/2018