Alice Tidey

World News

Anti-Semitism 'remains pervasive' in EU, survey finds

Nearly 90% of Jews in the EU believe anti-Semitism has grown in their country over the past five years.

10 December 2018

United Kingdom

Heathrow Airport to give European staff financial help post-Brexit

EU citizens wishing to stay in the UK post-Brexit will have to apply for settled status which costs £65 (€72).

10 December 2018

World News

Group led by Thomas Piketty aims to fight right-wing populism in EU

A group formed by Thomas Piketty aims to fight right-wing populism in the EU. Its core proposal is the creation of an €800 billion annual budget – equivalent to 4 per cent of the EU's GDP, and four times the the bloc's current budget.

10 December 2018

World News

Russia overtakes UK to become world's second biggest arms producer

Russia has become the world's second biggest arms producer, relegating the UK to third place − but the US continues to dwarf even its closest competitors.

10 December 2018

France

Authorities seize 285kg of cocaine near French Caribbean island

The cocaine bust is the second bigegst of the year on Saint Martin.

6 December 2018

Germany

Germany 'made most requests' to send asylum seekers to other EU states

Germany was the most prolific in the EU at trying to transfer asylum seekers to other countries in the bloc, latest figures show.

6 December 2018

Romania

Romania's ruling coalition loses parliamentary majority: what it means

Four MPs defected from the ruling party on Tuesday to join a small opposition movement.

5 December 2018

World News

Why is the US threatening to bin its nuclear weapons pact with Russia?

"It might not happen right away but in some time we will be back to the situation in the 1980s when over 2,000 Soviet Pioneer missiles were capable of hitting Bonn, Paris, London," a Russia military analyst told Euronews.

5 December 2018

United Kingdom

Blow to May as DUP slams Brexit legal advice as 'devastating'

Many British MPs, including May's Northern Irish allies, have condemned the government after it finally released the full legal advice on Brexit.

5 December 2018

United Kingdom

UK issues military alert after Russian TV crew caught secretly filming

The Ministry of Defence has called on the public and troops to report suspicious activity near military sites after a Russia TV crew was caught secretly filming.

2 December 2018

Netherlands

Noah way! Builder of life-size Ark plans to sail boat to Israel

Noah way! The gigantic vessel has no motor so tugboats need to be hired. Cost? More than €1 million.

29 November 2018

United Kingdom

No deal Brexit to put UK, EU at greater risk, security minister warns

If the UK crashes out of the EU without a deal it will be cut out from the bloc's databases on which DNA, fingerprints and information about suspects are shared.

29 November 2018

United Kingdom

May warns MPs that UK's future rests in their hands

The Commons Liason Committee grilled Prime Minister Theresa May about her Brexit strategy on Thursday morning.

29 November 2018

World News

EU recycles only 42% of its plastic waste, says Eurostat

Lithuania topped the ranking, recycling 74.4% of its plastic waste. Estonia came in last, recycling less than a quarter of plastic packaging.

29 November 2018

World News

Here's how much your country spends on your healthcare

Luxembourg spent €5,600 per inhabitant on healthcare in 2016 — the highest of any EU member state.

29 November 2018

United Kingdom

Will Brexit really hurt the UK economy?

Euronews takes you through all the important points in the Treasury and Bank of England Brexit reports, which look at the economic damage that could be caused by the EU's departure from the EU.

28 November 2018

World News

Discrimination against black people 'commonplace' in EU: Report

Nearly a third of black people in the EU have been the victim of racial harassment in the past five years, a new survey has found.

28 November 2018

Slovenia

Slovenia is first NATO state to appoint female army chief

Major General Alenka Ermenc now leads the country's 7,500 troops.

28 November 2018

Netherlands

Holocaust survivors to be compensated by Dutch wartime train operator

More than 100,000 Dutch Jews were killed during the Second World War.

28 November 2018

France

France to fully reimburse condoms to combat AIDS

People in France will soon be able to get free condoms if they are prescribed by a doctor.

27 November 2018