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France

German filmmaker begins 'million step' walk for refugees

Grig Richters is calling on EU lawmakers to give homes to unaccompanied children at European refugee camps.

Cinema

Jane Fonda honoured at the 10th Lumiere Film Festival

Fonda visited the city for the first time in 50 years, and the city opened its doors wide to the American icon.

Romania

Robin Wright talks equal pay, female leaders and celebrity activism

Ahead of the launch of the final series of political drama “House of Cards”, the actress spoke to Euronews about the need to showcase female leaders and the power of celebrity influence.

United Kingdom

Watch: Tear-inducing art aims to encourage empathy towards migrants

The exhibit at London's Tate Modern Museum aims to trigger an emotional response. "It is a call in a way to remember that we have to work all together, even if we think differently," Cuban artist Tania Bruguera said.

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Activists mark anniversary of 2008 financial crisis with protest outside Paris bank

Activists from anti-globalisation organisation Attac protested in front of a branch of HSBC in Paris on Saturday to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis.

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Protesters in Frankfurt demand stable financial system on Lehman anniversary

Some 100 protesters gathered outside the Frankfurt stock exchange on Saturday to demand a stable financial system "beneficial to humans and nature".

West Bank

Teen activist turned icon released

A Palestinian teen who rose to prominence after footage of her slapping and kicking a fully-armed Israeli soldier went viral, has been released from prison.

France

FEMEN co-founder and activist Oksana Shachko dies at 31

Her body was found in her apartment on July 23 in Paris, according to FEMEN. The death was an alleged suicide.

Lithuania

The mother turned disability rights activist: our 7th #Europeanhero

Dana Migaliova's son has an intellectual disability. During the Soviet period he had to be hidden away. Dana wanted to give him a normal family life and, in fighting for this, Viltis was born. Her tireless work for this Lithuanian NGO makes her our 7th #Europeanhero.

Romania

European Personality of the Year: Florin Badita, founder of Corruption

At just 30 years' old, Florin Badita has founded a movement that has single-handedly exposed endemic corruption in Romanian political life. Euronews' Sophie Claudet interviewed him to find out more.

Denmark

Copenhagen's largest cannabis market shut down

Pusher St. in Copenhagen's alternative Christiania neighbourhood was unexpectedly closed on Tuesday morning

Germany

Activists build Holocaust memorial replica outside German far-right politician’s home

Björn Höcke, a German far-right politician, has described the Berlin memorial as "a monument of shame"

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How to be a better activist for causes you believe in

Don’t underestimate the power of continued, small actions to change your community.

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Activists enter the grounds of a brown coal mine near Bonn

France

Watch: Activists light up fireworks at nuclear power plant

Greenpeace demands more security and protection at nuclear power facilities.

Argentina

Violence at protest for missing Argentinian activist

There have been angry scenes in Argentina as tens of thousands of protesters gathered to call for a missing indigenous rights activist to be found.

China

Hong Kong democracy campaigners jailed over anti-government protests

Hong Kong democracy campaigners jailed for six to eight months for roles in anti-government protests known as the umbrella movement.

USA

What is white nationalism?

The events in the U.S town of Charlottesville, Virginia have put white nationalism firmly in the spotlight. But who are the white nationalists and what do they want?

Argentina

Argentina: thousands protest over missing indigenous rights activist

Santiago Maldonado disappeared after clashes as security forces evicted a group of Mapuche Indians from land owned by Benetton in Patagonia.

China

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has died, Chinese government says