Europe

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Nearly half of EU youngsters exposed to online abuse, new report finds

Most abuse messages target social, political and sexual orientations.

07/11/2024

Culture news

Why does this French statue of a priest have an erection?

French artist's latest artwork depicts an erect Abbé Pierre - a statement on the church's omerta against sexual abuse.

07/11/2024

Europe News

Claus Strunz: Government collapse a 'heart attack' for Europe

Euronews Editor-in-Chief Claus Strunz gives his view on the collapse of Germany's coalition government, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz dimissed his Finance Minister and set a no-confidence vote for early next year.

07/11/2024

Business

BMW: German car maker's profits tumble as sales plunge in China

The iconic German car maker is the latest car manufacturer to be hit by falling sales, including in China, where sales were down by almost 30%.

07/11/2024

Europe News

Germany arrests US citizen on suspicion of spying for China

Federal prosecutors said the American citizen is suspected of offering access to intelligence when he worked for the US armed forces in Germany.

07/11/2024

Cult

GPHG 2024: Fine watchmaking celebrates this year's best creations

As it does every autumn, the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) is set to honour the year's most outstanding timepieces. The 24th awards ceremony will take place on 13 November at the Théâtre du Léman and will be broadcast live on Euronews.com.

07/11/2024

Culture news

Rachel Cusk wins the Goldsmiths Prize for 'Parade'

It's the British writers 12th novel and fourth nomination for the prize.

07/11/2024

Art

Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael face off in London’s new exhibition

The Royal Academy's new exhibition spotlights the fierce rivalry and mutual influence between Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and a young Raphael in Florence around 1504.

07/11/2024

Europe News

Rutte to Trump: North Korean troops in Ukraine war threaten US too

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said the latest developments in the war on Ukraine should convince Donald Trump to engage with the alliance.

07/11/2024

Economy

Sweden cuts key interest rate to boost staggering economy

Sweden cuts its key rate by 0.5 percentage points to 2.75%, the largest reduction in over a decade.

07/11/2024

Cinema

'Kneecap' leads nominations for British Independent Film Awards

Announced by 2023 winners, Mia McKenna-Bruce and Vivian Oparah, this year's BIFA nominations showcase the best of the year's British film.

07/11/2024

Europe News

EU court dismisses banks' appeal in cartel case

The European judges dismissed appeals lodged by Credit Agricole and Credit Suisse against a 2021 Commission decision that exchange of sensitive information between traders was an anticompetitive cartel in the secondary trading market.

07/11/2024

Europe News

Scholz names finance minister amid Germany's ruling coalition crisis

Ministers in the German government are reshuffling after its ruling coalition effectively collapsed. The opposition have called for an earlier vote of no confidence.

07/11/2024

Europe News

EIB allocates €900 million for recovery of Spain's flood-hit regions

The aid model follows the rapid response approach used by the EIB after the floods in Central Europe last September.

07/11/2024

Europe News

Boost EU defence capabilities against Putin, future commissioner warns

Europe needs to be ready to defend itself, not because of Trump's victory in the US, but because of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the new commissioner for defence and space told MEPs during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

07/11/2024

Economy

Bank of England makes its decision on UK interest rates

The Bank of England decides to cut its main interest rate to 4.75% following a fall in inflation to its lowest level since April 2021.

07/11/2024

Health news

Hungary’s Várhelyi confirmation delayed over women’s health concerns

It’s not over yet for Orbán’s pick as EU Commissioner: His confirmation has been postponed as he failed to impress MEPs, slipping on reproductive and sexual rights.

07/11/2024

Europe News

New environment commissioner approved after parliamentary stand-off

After a somewhat unconvincing showing in the teeth of a grilling by several European Parliament committees, Swedish former EU affairs minister Jessika Roswall has been waved through as the next environment commissioner.

07/11/2024

Radio Schuman

Europeans ask where Kamala Harris went wrong

The contest between Trump and Harris was expected to be neck-and-neck, but Donald Trump was swiftly confirmed as 47th US president on Wednesday morning.

07/11/2024

Tech News

Seven French families sue TikTok over harmful content

The lawyer representing the plaintiffs told Euronews that TikTok’s “addictive” design and limited content moderation is harmful to young people.

07/11/2024

Health news

Microplastics are shielding pathogens in wastewater - study

Microplastics are harbouring bacteria in wastewater and that could be dangerous for human health.

07/11/2024

Europe News

EU leaders meet in Budapest and ask: How do we deal with Trump?

The uncertain future of EU-US relations under a second Donald Trump presidency will be one of the main issues when European leaders meet in Budapest.

07/11/2024

EuroVerify

'Bot' accounts swamp Spanish social media with misleading flood claims

As Spain reels from its worst flooding in decades, misleading posts about DANA — the phenomenon that caused it — have been going viral on social media.

07/11/2024

Climate

2024 set to be the first year above 1.5C of global warming

Unless the impossible happens 2024 will be the hottest year on record.

07/11/2024

Hungary

US Ambassador to Hungary says Orbán gambled with US-Hungary relations

David Pressman, the US Ambassador to Hungary, responded to the outcome of the US presidential election during a press conference on Wednesday.

06/11/2024

Italy

Italy's 'Libra' vessel to arrive in Albania with eight migrants

The ship, expected to arrive at the port of Shengjin on Thursday morning, left Lampedusa with only eight asylum seekers after judges in Catania and Rome rejected the Meloni government's decree on 'safe countries' last Monday.

06/11/2024