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Afghanistan

UNHCR presents Aqeela Asifi with 2015 Nansen Refugee Award

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has named Afghan refugee Aqeela Asifi its 2015 Nansen Refugee Award winner. She was recognised for devoting her time to

15/09/2015

Italy

French director Bertrand Tavernier awarded Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

French director Bertrand Tavernier was awarded a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday (September 8). Receiving

08/09/2015

France

Husband and wife Nazi hunters offered Germany's highest award

Husband and wife Nazi-hunters have been awarded Germany’s highest distinction, the Order of Merit, for several decades’ of work bringing war

20/07/2015

Switzerland

Mandela prize: the UN awards it for the first time

The first United Nations Nelson Mandela Prize will be given to Namibian ophthalmologist Dr. Helena Ndume and former Portuguese president Jorge

23/06/2015

World News

Wikipedia wins the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation

The Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation has been won by the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. There were 24 nominations from 10

17/06/2015

World News

Leonardo Padura wins Princess of Asturias Award for Literature

The Princess of Asturias Award for Literature has gone to the Spanish/Cuban novelist and journalist Leonardo Padura. There were 27 nominations from

10/06/2015

Spain

Spain's El Celler de Can Roca is named world's best restaurant

Spanish restaurant El Celler de Can Roca has regained its title as the world’s best restaurant. It beat previous winner Noma, with which it has

02/06/2015

World News

Spain tops world's 50 best restaurants

A Spanish eatery has topped the list of the world’s 50 best restaurants. El celler de Can Roca, which won the title in 2013, regained it at an awards

02/06/2015

World News

Charpentier and Doudna win Princess of Asturias Award for gene-editing technology

Two women credited with creating revolutionary gene-editing technology have won this year’s Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific

28/05/2015

Cinema

Icelandic comedy tops Cannes' Un Certain Regard section

Icelandic comedy ‘Rams’ (‘Hrútar’) emerged the winner of the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The president of this

26/05/2015

Cinema

Hungarian Holocaust drama tops Cannes film critics' awards

Hungarian Holocaust drama ‘Son of Saul’ has been named the best film in the main Competition section of the 68th Cannes Film Festival by Fipresci

25/05/2015

Cinema

France honoured at 68th Cannes Film Festival

French director Jacques Audiard’s ‘Dheepan’ was the surprise winner of this year’s Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The jury, who are only

25/05/2015

Cinema

Flowering female sexuality in Turkey explored in 'Mustang'

‘Mustang’ is a film by Turkish director Deniz Gamze Ergüven and is presented as part of the Directors Fortnight, a parallel selection, at the Cannes

21/05/2015

Spain

Spanish philosopher Emilio Lledo wins Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities

The Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities has been bestowed on the Spanish philosopher Emilio Lledo. The prize honours a

20/05/2015

Germany

Martin Schulz wins EU's prestigous Charlemagne Prize for integration

European Parliament President Martin Schulz is the latest International Charlemagne Prize laureate. He received the medallion in recognition of his

14/05/2015

Spain

Esther Duflo wins Princess of Asturias Social Science prize

The 2015 Princess of Asturias Social Sciences prizewinner is French economist Esther Duflo. Born in 1972 in the relatively short time since clinching

13/05/2015

Spain

Francis Ford Coppola wins the Princess of Asturias Award for Arts

The first of the eight Princess of Asturias Awards was announced in Oviedo in Spain. The jury nominated a shortlist of three for the Award for the

06/05/2015

Sport

Bobsleigh, Volleyball and Sochi triumph in the inaugural SportAccord awards

The winners of the SportAccord Euronews awards were announced in Sochi. Mariusz Wlazly scooped the Sportsman of the year gong. The Polish volleyball

23/04/2015

World News

Euronews Sportaccord winners in Sochi

The winners of the euronews Sportaccord awards were announced in Sochi. Mariusz Wlazly scooped the Sportsman of the year gong. The Polish volleyball

23/04/2015

World News

Watch live: SportAccord euronews official sport awards ceremony

The inaugural SportAccord euronews awards ceremony honouring the greatest achievers in their fields is taking place in Sochi. As the official partner

22/04/2015