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Three dead and two missing after floods ravage French Riviera

Severe thunderstorms and flooding have caused deaths and destruction in the Var region of southeastern France.

21/05/2025

Radio Schuman

Why Europe should be worried about the ongoing drought

People across Europe are revelling in the current summery weather conditions. However, record low levels of rainfall in recent months foreshadow a worrying future for the continent.

21/05/2025

EuroVerify

Fact check: Did France ask Telegram to silence Romanian conservatives?

Paris has categorically rejected the allegations made by Telegram founder Pavel Durov, who has provided no evidence to back up his allegations.

21/05/2025

Green News

World forest loss last year ‘unlike anything we’ve seen’, data shows

Brazil, set to host the COP30 climate conference later this year, lost the largest area of tropical forest in 2024.

21/05/2025

Europe News

Belgium requests lifting of MEP immunity in alleged corruption case

Belgian authorities have requested the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of five MEPs in a corruption probe linked to Huawei, involving alleged money laundering and active corruption.

21/05/2025

Europe News

EU to review trade and cooperation with Israel over Gaza offensive

A majority of the European Union's foreign ministers backed a Dutch proposal to review the bloc's ties with Israel over its actions in Gaza.

20/05/2025

Europe News

EU to provide emergency funds to help keep Radio Free Europe afloat

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s corporate headquarters are in Washington but its journalistic base is in the Czech Republic, which has been leading the EU drive to find funds.

20/05/2025

Europe News

Spain considers press access shakeup to parliament after disruptions

Journalists have protested against the behaviour of activists who they say harass them and impede their work.

20/05/2025

Europe News

EU Parliament to stage urgent debate on Hungary's 'spring clean' law

The Hungary rapporteur of the European Parliament, Tineke Strik, told Euronews that enough of the body's political groups support the debate. The law, once adopted will see foreign funded NGO's and media listed and potentially fined.

20/05/2025

Europe News

EU lifts all economic sanctions on Syria to speed up recovery

Donald Trump's sudden decision to lift sanctions on Syria accelerated the timeline in Brussels, which had been working on a step-by-step roadmap.

20/05/2025

Tech News

'Thank you for the copyright': ABBA legend warns against AI code

The planned Code of Practice on AI has been heavily criticised by both publishers and US Big Tech companies, albeit for different reasons.

20/05/2025

Europe News

Brussels seeks easier exits of asylum seekers from the EU

The European Commission proposed a revision of the “third safe country” concept, paving the way for agreements similar to the UK-Rwanda asylum partnership.

20/05/2025

Europe News

EU elections Super Sunday shows centre-left parties remain in freefall

Experts told Euronews that centre-left parties are losing connection to voters across the continent in a period of time when social issues are pressing.

20/05/2025

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Russian drone strikes hit homes in Kherson and Sloviansk

Five people were injured and several homes damaged after Russian drone strikes hit the Ukrainian port city of Kherson in the early hours of Tuesday.

20/05/2025

Economy

EU budget needs 'a comprehensive overhaul' to handle shocks, says IMF

EU spending rules have not kept pace with challenges facing the bloc, warned the IMF’s Europe director.

20/05/2025

Europe News

UK suspends trade talks with Israel and sanctions West Bank settlers

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced on Tuesday the suspension of free trade negotiations with Israel and new sanctions on West Bank settlements.

20/05/2025

Green News

Investigation exposes the ‘sprawling empire’ of 5 Dutch fishing giants

Environmental campaigners say that governments have allowed a few supermajors to take “tentacular” ownership of the seas.

20/05/2025

United Kingdom

UK jails smuggler for 25 years over arranging migrant boats to Europe

UK-based Egyptian national Ahmed Ebid helped smuggle nearly 3,800 people from north Africa to Italy as part of a lucrative criminal network.

20/05/2025

EU Decoded

Can the EU do enough to attract scientists to work in its countries?

Europe is home to more than two million researchers and the bloc wants to attract many more, especially after restrictions imposed by the US government on the scientific community. Will the "Choose Europe" initiative be enough to make the EU a world leader in science?

20/05/2025

Nature

Lack of endangered whale babies raises alarm among scientists

Experts say North Atlantic right whales need to have 50 calves per season to start recovering. This year they produced just 11.

20/05/2025

Destinations

Europe’s best city breaks for budget travellers this summer

The report found that prices have fallen in half the cities surveyed.

20/05/2025

Europe News

EU will move ahead with new sanctions on Russia without US

A phone call between Donald Trump and European leaders exposed America's unwillingness to move forward with sanctions against Russia.

20/05/2025

Europe in Motion

Which EU country seizes the highest amount of fake goods?

EU customs officers reported significant volumes of counterfeit goods that pose health and safety issues.

20/05/2025

Europe News

EU budget chief soothes farmers fears over funding changes

The EU Budget Commissioner reassured farmers that no decision has been made yet regarding the structure of the next long-term EU budget, acknowledging their concerns about threatening agricultural funding.

20/05/2025

Germany

Politically motivated crimes in Germany reach record high

Germany's Interior Ministry has proposed a series of measures to combat politically motivated crimes, which it says have increased by 40% in the last year.

20/05/2025

Economy

UK faces higher fruit and vegetable prices for non-EU goods

Exotic fruits such as pineapples, avocados and mangoes could become more expensive for UK shoppers, along with more common items such as tomatoes.

20/05/2025