http://www.euronews.com en Latest news from Euronews Euronews 2026 Fri, 16 May 2025 14:41:41 +0200 Fri, 16 May 2025 14:41:41 +0200 30 https://static.euronews.com/website/images/euronews_flatblue.png http://www.euronews.com http://www.euronews.com/health/2025/05/16/polio-outbreak-declared-in-papua-new-guinea-spurring-preparation-for-vaccination-campaign http://www.euronews.com/health/2025/05/16/polio-outbreak-declared-in-papua-new-guinea-spurring-preparation-for-vaccination-campaign Fri, 16 May 2025 13:41:33 +0200 The situation is “serious but manageable,” the country’s top health official said. http://www.euronews.com/2024/09/08/pope-brings-toys-and-medicine-to-the-remote-jungles-of-papua-new-guinea http://www.euronews.com/2024/09/08/pope-brings-toys-and-medicine-to-the-remote-jungles-of-papua-new-guinea Sun, 08 Sep 2024 12:02:24 +0200 Pope Francis is the second pope to visit Papua New Guinea, on the second leg of his four-nation trip through Southeast Asia and Oceania. http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/09/01/pope-to-embark-on-four-country-asia-tour-the-longest-and-farthest-of-his-papal-trips http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/09/01/pope-to-embark-on-four-country-asia-tour-the-longest-and-farthest-of-his-papal-trips Sun, 01 Sep 2024 20:46:08 +0200 Francis will clock 32,814 kilometres by air during his 2-13 September visit to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore, far surpassing any of his previous 44 foreign trips. http://www.euronews.com/2024/05/28/rescue-operations-struggle-in-papua-new-guinea-following-deadly-landslide http://www.euronews.com/2024/05/28/rescue-operations-struggle-in-papua-new-guinea-following-deadly-landslide Tue, 28 May 2024 18:48:12 +0200 A combination of rainfall, in-fighting and difficult terrain have made rescue operations increasingly difficult after a disaster killed as many as 2,000 people. http://www.euronews.com/video/2024/05/28/watch-search-for-bodies-continues-after-catastrophic-papua-new-guinea-landslide http://www.euronews.com/video/2024/05/28/watch-search-for-bodies-continues-after-catastrophic-papua-new-guinea-landslide Tue, 28 May 2024 12:21:33 +0200 A Papua New Guinea government official told the UN more than 2,000 people were believed to have been buried alive by Friday's landslide. http://www.euronews.com/2024/05/27/officials-report-over-2000-buried-in-landslide-in-papua-new-guinea http://www.euronews.com/2024/05/27/officials-report-over-2000-buried-in-landslide-in-papua-new-guinea Mon, 27 May 2024 14:26:20 +0200 A Papua New Guinea official says the landslide death toll was three times higher than the UN estimate, and the government has formally requested international aid while a UN agency reviews the calculation. http://www.euronews.com/2024/05/26/death-roll-rises-to-670-after-massive-landslide-devastates-village-in-papua-new-guinea http://www.euronews.com/2024/05/26/death-roll-rises-to-670-after-massive-landslide-devastates-village-in-papua-new-guinea Sun, 26 May 2024 16:50:03 +0200 The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670. http://www.euronews.com/2024/05/25/more-than-100-feared-dead-in-papua-new-guinea-landslide http://www.euronews.com/2024/05/25/more-than-100-feared-dead-in-papua-new-guinea-landslide Sat, 25 May 2024 10:58:26 +0200 Prime minister James Marape said he would release more information about the scale of destruction and loss of life when it is available. http://www.euronews.com/2023/10/25/im-not-going-to-give-up-on-my-principles-meet-the-italian-scientist-fired-for-refusing-to- http://www.euronews.com/2023/10/25/im-not-going-to-give-up-on-my-principles-meet-the-italian-scientist-fired-for-refusing-to- Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:59:07 +0200 Italian climate researcher Dr Gianluca Grimalda estimates that the slow travel journey will save around 4.5 metric tonnes of carbon emissions. http://www.euronews.com/2021/10/08/nestle-kellogg-s-linked-to-shocking-palm-oil-abuses-in-papua-new-guinea http://www.euronews.com/2021/10/08/nestle-kellogg-s-linked-to-shocking-palm-oil-abuses-in-papua-new-guinea Fri, 08 Oct 2021 16:20:48 +0200 An undercover investigation by Global Witness has linked the use of child labour on oil palm plantations to household brands. http://www.euronews.com/2019/12/12/could-bougainville-be-the-world-s-newest-country http://www.euronews.com/2019/12/12/could-bougainville-be-the-world-s-newest-country Thu, 12 Dec 2019 22:15:47 +0100 They were 97,7% to vote in favour of the independence's island http://www.euronews.com/video/2019/11/23/joy-in-bougainville-as-pacific-islands-begin-independence-vote http://www.euronews.com/video/2019/11/23/joy-in-bougainville-as-pacific-islands-begin-independence-vote Sat, 23 Nov 2019 23:15:14 +0100 John Momis, president of Bougainville, was one of the first to vote on Saturday in a two-week referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea. http://www.euronews.com/2018/05/30/papua-new-guinea-to-ban-facebook http://www.euronews.com/2018/05/30/papua-new-guinea-to-ban-facebook Wed, 30 May 2018 19:29:00 +0200 Papua New Guinea will ban Facebook for one month http://www.euronews.com/2018/05/29/papua-new-guinea-to-shut-down-facebook-for-one-month-to-hunt-down-fake-users- http://www.euronews.com/2018/05/29/papua-new-guinea-to-shut-down-facebook-for-one-month-to-hunt-down-fake-users- Tue, 29 May 2018 20:04:04 +0200 Communication Minister Sam Basil said the shutdown would allow officials to conduct research into how Facebook is being used in the island nation, which is home to some 8 million people. http://www.euronews.com/2018/03/05/death-toll-from-papua-new-guinea-quake-rises http://www.euronews.com/2018/03/05/death-toll-from-papua-new-guinea-quake-rises Mon, 05 Mar 2018 10:56:16 +0100 The Red Cross says at least 67 people died and another 160,000 are affected. http://www.euronews.com/2018/01/14/islanders-flee-as-papua-new-guinea-volcano-erupts-video http://www.euronews.com/2018/01/14/islanders-flee-as-papua-new-guinea-volcano-erupts-video Sun, 14 Jan 2018 12:33:00 +0100 The Kadovar Island volcano was thought to be dormant before it started erupting on Friday. http://www.euronews.com/2017/11/23/png-police-round-up-protesting-asylum-seekers http://www.euronews.com/2017/11/23/png-police-round-up-protesting-asylum-seekers Thu, 23 Nov 2017 07:37:23 +0100 Many refugees are hiding or refusing to leave the Australian-run camp on Manus Island http://www.euronews.com/2017/11/17/search-on-for-uk-explorer-missing-on-quest-for-papua-new-guinea-tribe http://www.euronews.com/2017/11/17/search-on-for-uk-explorer-missing-on-quest-for-papua-new-guinea-tribe Fri, 17 Nov 2017 15:53:08 +0100 The British explorer may have contracted malaria during his trip http://www.euronews.com/2017/11/11/asylum-seekers-get-24-hour-reprieve-from-papua-new-guinea-camp-eviction http://www.euronews.com/2017/11/11/asylum-seekers-get-24-hour-reprieve-from-papua-new-guinea-camp-eviction Sat, 11 Nov 2017 13:44:07 +0100 Manus Island asylum-seekers get a 24-hour reprieve from eviction from the Papua New Guinea camp http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/31/tensions-rise-as-refugees-refuse-to-leave-australian-camp-in-papua-new-guinea http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/31/tensions-rise-as-refugees-refuse-to-leave-australian-camp-in-papua-new-guinea Tue, 31 Oct 2017 07:26:47 +0100 Refugees and asylum seekers held by Australia in Papua New Guinea have barricaded themselves inside a detention centre and launched legal action to fight its closure http://www.euronews.com/culture/2017/10/09/smartphone-film-premier-at-london-film-festival http://www.euronews.com/culture/2017/10/09/smartphone-film-premier-at-london-film-festival Mon, 09 Oct 2017 17:25:11 +0200 A movie secretly filmed on a smartphone from inside an Australian-run detention centre for asylum seekers who want live in the country has premiered at the London Film festival http://www.euronews.com/2017/06/14/australia-pays-millions-in-compensation-to-refugees http://www.euronews.com/2017/06/14/australia-pays-millions-in-compensation-to-refugees Wed, 14 Jun 2017 12:08:03 +0200 Campaigners have hailed the payout to detainees at Manus Island as a victory for human rights http://www.euronews.com/2016/06/08/several-killed-as-papua-new-guinea-police-fire-on-student-protest http://www.euronews.com/2016/06/08/several-killed-as-papua-new-guinea-police-fire-on-student-protest Wed, 08 Jun 2016 09:51:32 +0200 Reports from Papua New Guinea say police have opened fire on a student demonstration, killing as many as four people and wounding around 20. http://www.euronews.com/2016/04/26/australian-offshore-detention-of-asylum-seekers-illegal-rules-court http://www.euronews.com/2016/04/26/australian-offshore-detention-of-asylum-seekers-illegal-rules-court Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:04:38 +0200 Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has ruled that Australia’s practice of detaining asylum seekers on Manus Island is illegal and must stop. Under http://www.euronews.com/2016/03/11/south-pacific-islands-make-their-voices-heard-at-itb http://www.euronews.com/2016/03/11/south-pacific-islands-make-their-voices-heard-at-itb Fri, 11 Mar 2016 13:06:24 +0100 Euronews spoke at Berlin’s ITB to Makelesi Muloilagi, Marketing Officer at South Pacific Tourism Organization, and to Halatoa Fua, Chief Executive http://www.euronews.com/2015/08/16/trigana-air-plane-found-crashed-in-mountainous-area-of-indonesia http://www.euronews.com/2015/08/16/trigana-air-plane-found-crashed-in-mountainous-area-of-indonesia Sun, 16 Aug 2015 18:21:01 +0200 A missing Trigana Air plane carrying 54 people has been found crashed in a remote area of Indonesia's Papua province. http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/30/major-earthquake-rocks-papua-new-guinea http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/30/major-earthquake-rocks-papua-new-guinea Mon, 30 Mar 2015 06:31:02 +0200 An earthquake measuring 7.5 has struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea triggering a tsunami warning. The epicentre of the quake was near the town http://www.euronews.com/2014/08/29/watch-huge-plume-of-smoke-and-ash-after-volcanic-eruption-in-papua-new-guinea http://www.euronews.com/2014/08/29/watch-huge-plume-of-smoke-and-ash-after-volcanic-eruption-in-papua-new-guinea Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:46:02 +0200 Watch: huge plume of smoke after eruption in Papua New Guinea http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/18/one-dead-many-hurt-as-asylum-seekers-riot-at-png-detention-camp http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/18/one-dead-many-hurt-as-asylum-seekers-riot-at-png-detention-camp Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:23:22 +0100 One dead, many hurt as asylum seekers riot at PNG detention camp