France Frenchman, 72, crossing Atlantic in barrel celebrates birthday Jean-Jacques Savin, a former French military paratrooper, told Euronews he was marked his special day in true French style with foie gras, a bottle of white wine from Sauternes, in Southwestern France, and some of his favourite chocolate. 14/01/2019
France Frenchman sets off to cross the Atlantic... in a barrel Former French military paratrooper, Jean-Jacques Savin has set off from the Canary Islands in an attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a barrel. 28/12/2018
Good Morning Europe Plastic waste on remote South Atlantic islands ten times greater than a decade ago, research says Ten times more plastic is washing up onto the shores of remote South Atlantic islands than a decade ago, according to new research published in the journal Current Biology. 09/10/2018
Outdoor She would row single-handed across the Atlantic Ocean She had to row for 12 hours every day for over 100 days, faced up to 10-metre waves with only herself for company and lost contact with the outside world. 21/09/2018
USA Watch: Great white shark's dramatic hunt for seal off of US coast A great white shark's hunt for a seal turned into a dramatic scene off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 15/08/2018
Belgium Five tonnes of plastic waste from the sea is transformed into a whale Five tons of plastic waste has been pulled from seawater and transformed into the Bruges Whale, a gigantic sculpture that highlights the staggering amount of waste floating in our oceans. 05/07/2018
world news UK, Ireland top EU countries ignoring scientific advice on Atlantic fishing “The risk of not following scientific advice is that the EU misses its 2020 deadline in the Common Fisheries Policy to bring down fishing pressure to what is sustainable,” the report’s author, Griffin Carpenter, told Euronews. 04/04/2018
