Joshua Askew

Lithuania

Brawl in Vilnius after flowers placed on destroyed Russian tank

Lithuanian police are investigating a series of incidents of Russian sympathisers bringing flowers to a destroyed Russian tank on display in the capital.

28/02/2023

World News

'Fall of democracy': Georgia's foreign agent law widely condemned

"The goal of this law is to stop critical voices from being heard," said a group of the country's media outlets.

28/02/2023

United Kingdom

Will Britain become a republic or keep the royal family?

Britain will celebrate King Charles's coronation in May with three days of pageantry, but is the republican movement getting stronger?

03/02/2023

Ukraine

Ukraine war: A month-by-month timeline of the conflict so far

Here's our look at the key moments since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February last year.

30/01/2023

Lithuania

'Bodies in the forest': Missing migrants worry activists

Lithuania’s government recently approved controversial legislation to formalise pushbacks as an official policy at the Belarus border.

25/01/2023

Ukraine

'TikTok warriors': What are Chechen fighters doing in Ukraine?

Chechens - including radical Islamists - are fighting alongside Ukrainian troops, while Russia has used them to execute deserters and do its dirty work on the battlefield.

20/01/2023

Health news

‘Run into the ground’: How did Britain's NHS end up on life support?

Staff shortages, under-funding and a drive towards privatisation are all contributing factors, say campaigners, as nurses launch a new round of strikes.

18/01/2023

Ukraine

'Loss is all around us': Ukrainian women reporting from the frontline

“We don't really have a choice of burning out or not,” Ukrainian journalist Alya Shandra told Euronews. “If we burn out and who's left?"

17/01/2023

France

'He was in love': Teary goodbye for Iranian protester in France

Mohammad Moradi, an Iranian student in Lyon, drowned himself to protest the brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters in Iran.

13/01/2023

Climate

Gone nuts: What new foods can UK grow due to climate change?

England baked in 40C temperatures last summer leaving farmers looking for crops that can survive in a changing climate.

11/01/2023

Travel News

Airport security: The weirdest items seized by the TSA last year

Every year US authorities release a list of the weird and wacky things seized at airports.

11/01/2023

Iran

Words have power: The origins of 'woman, life, freedom'

From revolutionary Kurdish political writings to the women fighting against ISIS in northern Syria, the phrase 'woman, life, freedom' has an interesting back story.

11/01/2023

Green News

Right wingers move to derail climate law in Switzerland

Switzerland’s People’s Party argues climate laws are counterproductive during the current energy crisis, triggered by the war in Ukraine.

10/01/2023

Green News

Is your gas oven polluting your home?

A new study - shared exclusively with Euronews Green - has found that gas cookers are fuelling air pollution in homes and increasing the risk of childhood asthma.

09/01/2023

Romania

In photos: Romania's 'dancing bear festival'

Centuries ago, people in northeastern Romania would don bear fur and dance to fend off evil spirits. Nowadays, the custom lives on as a popular tourist attraction.

08/01/2023

Iran

'Reprehensible': EU condemns executions of Iran protesters

Critics have pointed out that the condemned men were sentenced to death in hasty, closed-door trials, without proper legal support.

07/01/2023

Nature

This new map tracks sewage dumping in the UK

Many British water suppliers discharged massive amounts of untreated sewage into the sea this summer, during a heatwave.

06/01/2023

Green News

'Ray of light': Emissions cuts can save world's glaciers, study finds

Half of the world’s glaciers are doomed to disappear, according to new research. But it says limiting global warming can help save the rest.

06/01/2023

Iran

At least 100 protestors facing execution in Iran, says rights group

Iran Human Rights claim the number is an absolute minimum, with the Islamic Republic "intensionally creating confusion" by sharing contradictory statements on death penalty cases.

29/12/2022

Lithuania

Lost legs and dashed dreams: Europe's forgotten migrant crisis worsens

At least three migrants have had their legs amputated in recent months after trying to cross the Lithuanian-Belarus border.

22/12/2022