Joshua Askew

Lithuania

Loss and longing: The struggle to repatriate migrant bodies

When someone dies trying to enter Europe, family and friends often face the agonising task of bringing their remains back home for burial.

31/08/2023

Russia

Russia has 'right to war' with NATO - Medvedev

“Whether you like it, or not, history is on our side. We will bury you,” he said quoting former USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev.

30/08/2023

Russia

'Wagner is alive and will live in Belarus', says Lukashenko

Members of the mercenary force reportedly relocated to Belarus after its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin's abortive mutiny in June.

25/08/2023

Russia

Wagner boss killed in plane crash: What happens next?

Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin presumed dead on Wednesday. But what happens now?

24/08/2023

Russia

Putin breaks silence on crash that killed Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin

Full coverage and analysis of the crash, it's aftermath and what happens next.

24/08/2023

World News

What are the West's Russia sanctions missing?

Some conspicuous absences exist in the West's sanctions regime against Russia, allowing it to contine raking in a fortune.

24/08/2023

Norway

Attention! Penguin promoted to Major General in Norwegian army

Major General Sir Nils Olav III, Baron of the Bouvet Islands, is now the most highly decorated penguin in the world - probably even the universe.

22/08/2023

Italy

South Italy will become richer than Germany and France - Meloni party

The Tweet professing the "historical fact" was deleted shortly after being posted online.

22/08/2023

United Kingdom

'Evil' nurse: Life in prison for Britain's most prolific serial killer

Lucy Letby injected newborns with air, physically attacked them, force-fed others milk and poisoned two with drugs.

21/08/2023

Lithuania

From allies to uncertainty: Lithuania's Belarusian exile dilemma

"Putin and Lukashenko want the old Iron Curtain between Belarus and Europe," one politician told Euronews, warning against imposing restrictions on Belarusian citizens.

15/08/2023

USA

Hawaii wildfires: 1,000 people reportedly missing in Maui

The number of people killed in devastating fires on the US island state has risen to 55.

11/08/2023

Poland

Poland plans to deploy 10,000 troops on Belarus border

The NATO member has recently warned of the threat posed by Russian Wagner mercenaries based in Belarus.

10/08/2023

Greece

Alarm sounded over migrants stranded in no man's land on Europe border

What's happening in Greece's Evros region "shows the dark side of EU migration policy", one analyst told Euronews.

10/08/2023

Belarus

West sanctions Belarus 3 years after Lukashenko's re-election

Hundreds of Belarusian exiles marched in neighbouring countries on the third-year anniversary of the vote, widely considered rigged.

10/08/2023

Poland

Under the shadow of war, Poland sets election date

Campaigns begin as anxieties in Poland are rising over the presence of Russian Wagner mercenaries near the border.

09/08/2023

Turkey

Life on the breadline: Just how bad is poverty in Turkey?

The Turkish economy was a success story of the 21st century, but now things aren't so rosy.

08/08/2023

United Kingdom

The chequered past of Europe’s ‘floating prison’

Death, bomb threats and crime have blighted Bibby Stockholm's 47 years on the waves. Now the UK government is housing asylum seekers on the barge.

07/08/2023

United Kingdom

Conspiracy theories and disinformation mar UK local election

Claims circulated online that London would be turned into a "net zero prison" with the introduction of "climate lockdowns".

04/08/2023

Lithuania

Fears grow of Russian provocation on Poland and Lithuania borders

“Our borders have stopped various hybrid attacks for years," said Poland's PM Mateusz Morawiecki.

03/08/2023

Business

This country has the worst unemployment benefits in northern Europe

Money given to the unemployed is just 17% of their previous in-work income, but how does your country measure up?

03/08/2023