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Romania

'I want to stop Romania becoming like Hungary': ex-PM Victor Ponta

Romania’s former prime minister Victor Ponta has told Euronews he wants to stop the country becoming like Hungary.

World News

Which EU country is most opposed to having Jewish or Muslim family?

A poll by Pew Research Center has revealed the Europeans most opposed to having Jewish or Muslim family members.

Italy

Di Maio serves a slice of pizza populism to hit back at EU's Oettinger

When Italian populist Luigi Di Maio put out a social media post of him eating a pizza, some might have expected him to use Italy’s best-known food export as an analogy for who one of Europe’s most indebted countries owes money to.

World News

As it happened on Thursday, May 31 | Euronews

Euronews brings you the latest news and updates as it happened this morning.

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Denmark

Copenhagen and Malmo want to build "world's first international metro"

City chiefs in Denmark and Sweden are looking at spending up to €4 billion on what is thought to be the world’s first international metro.

United Kingdom

Real-Liverpool: European Judo Union calls out Ramos' illegal move on S

A tweet comparing a Sergio Ramos’ controversial tackle on Liverpool star Mohamed Salah to an illegal judo move has gone viral.

Poland

Poland’s €1.7 billion bid for permanent US base to combat ‘Russian int

There are already US forces in Poland on a rotational basis but recent Russian actions mean a permanent presence is now necessary, according to a proposal by the country’s defence ministry.

Italy

Cottarelli 'accepts mandate to try and form next Italian government'

Former IMF official Carlo Cottarelli says he has accepted an invitation to try and form Italy's next government.

France

Immigrant who saved child from balcony fall given path to citizenship

An immigrant was dubbed the ‘Spider-Man of Paris’ after climbing a building to save a four-year old child that was clinging from the outside of a fourth-floor balcony. Now President Emmanuel Macron has begun the process of making him a French citizen.

Bulgaria

Fed-up fans demand their Bulgarian team move to FYR Macedonia

Bulgarian team's fans ask to join FYR Macedonian football league after claiming 'repression' had seen them relegated from Bulgaria's top division.

Belgium

Protests over fatal shooting of 2-year-old migrant girl in Belgium

Hundreds turned out in Brussels to protest against the fatal shooting of a two-year old Iraqi-Kurdish girl by police in the Belgian province of Hainaut a week earlier.

World News

Twitter sees the funny side to GDPR e-mail burst

People have been receiving a spurt of e-mails ahead of major new data protection laws coming into force on Friday and the deadline has sparked some funny responses and memes on social media.

World News

As it happened this morning, Thursday, May 24

This is how we covered the news this morning, Thursday, May 24.

United Kingdom

Study probes Europe's online trade in endangered animals

Endangered animals offered for sale in Europe included cheetahs, parrots and a penguin.

Germany

German firm sorry over ‘racist’ post linked to newly-wed Meghan Markle

A sweet manufacturer in Germany has apologised after posting a picture of a chocolate-covered marshmallow on the day of Meghan Markle's marriage to Britain's Prince Harry.

World News

As it happened this morning, Wednesday, May 23

This is how we covered news emerging on Wednesday morning.

Italy

Italy's 'civil war on abortion'

Campaigners say abortion is harder than ever for women in Italy, exactly 40 years since it was legalised.

World News

GDPR explained: what the EU’s major new data protection rules mean for

New data protection rules come into force on May 25. They have been billed as the biggest shake-up of data privacy laws since the birth of the web.

World News

As it happened this morning, Tuesday, May 22

Take a look at our latest updates to see how the news unfolded this morning.

Hungary

Hungarian TV falls for fake story on Ramadan name change

Hungary's public broadcaster fell for a fake story about German city Essen changing its name to Fasten during Ramadan.

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