Sweden

Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström win The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

The pair were awarded the prize "for their contributions to contract theory."

10 October 2016

World News

Nadia Murad, Yazidi woman and survivor of ISIL atrocities, becomes UN Ambassador

Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a 23-year-old Yazidi woman who survived trafficking and sexual abuse at the hands of ISIL, has been appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United…

18 September 2016

Cinema

First Filipino win at Venice Film Festival

Filipino director Lav Diaz picks up the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for 'The Woman Who Left', while the runner-up Silver Lion is split between Andrei Konchalovsky for Holocaust drama 'Rai'

12 September 2016

World News

Greek volunteers win 2016 Nansen Refugee Award

UN refugee agency rewards Hellenic Rescue Team and psychologist Efi Latsoudi, who helped thousands of migrants reaching Greece.

7 September 2016

Spain

SOS Children’s Villages wins Princess of Asturias Award

SOS Children’s Villages International, an organisation dedicated to abandoned and orphaned children, has claimed the Princess of Asturias Award for Concord.

6 September 2016

Cult

Beyonce and Rihanna get the gongs at the MTV Music Video Awards

Beyonce gathered the gongs at the MTV Video Music awards, including the top trinket, video of the year.

29 August 2016

Sport

Full Champions League draw results, Ronaldo is 2016 UEFA best player

It's time for Europe's biggest football competition, the UEFA Champions League. 32 European teams have been drawn on Thursday at the UEFA headquarters in Monaco.

25 August 2016

World News

Vote: Who is the EU's most innovative technology enterprise?

The search is on to find which teams within the European Union are producing the most groundbreaking research project or product.

4 August 2016

Culture

21 Africans receive Queen Elizabeth's 'Young Leaders Award'

A total of 21 young Africans were awarded by Queen Elizabeth II as part of the second edition of the Queen's ''Young Leaders Award.''

24 June 2016

Spain

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and Paris Agreement win Asturias Award

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement have won the International Cooperation division of the 2016 Princess of Asturias Awards.

22 June 2016

Italy

Italian restaurant is the "best in the world"

Run by chef Massimo Bottura, the Osteria Francescana can be found in the Italian city of Modena.

15 June 2016

Sci-Tech

The brightest minds shine at the European Inventor Awards

Euronews reporter Chris Cummins travels to sunny Portugal and introduces us to some of Europe's brightest minds: ''It's fitting that here in Lisbon, the final resting place of the great Portuguese exp

14 June 2016

Cult

Tony Awards: stars pay homage to Orlando victims

At the Tony Awards in Los Angeles, organisers dedicated the ceremony to the victims of the Orlando shooting.

13 June 2016

Spain

War photographer James Nachtwey wins Asturias award

The American photographer James Nachtwey has won this year’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanitites.

19 May 2016

Spain

Spanish actress Nuria Espert wins Asturias Award for the Arts

The first of the annual Princess of Asturias Awards has been won by the Spanish actress, theatre director and stage designer Nuria Espert. The

11 May 2016

Cinema

Cannes 2016: high security as high society descends on French Riviera

The final preparations are being put in place to arguably the most important film festival of them all, the 69th edition of Cannes, which kicks off this…

11 May 2016

Business Series

Budapest hosts Bocuse d'Or European competition as city's culinary fame grows

Hungary's capital, Budapest - a rising star in the culinary world - is proving that by this year hosting the European heat of the Bocuse d'Or world cooking contest.

10 May 2016

Europe News

Pope Francis tells EU leaders "being a migrant is not a crime"

Pope Francis has been awarded the Charlemagne Prize, given for outstanding services towards European unification. At a ceremony in the Vatican

6 May 2016

Vatican

'I dream of a Europe where being a migrant is not a crime' - Pope receives Charlemagne Prize

Pope Francis has called for Europe to remember its founding values, as he received the Charlemagne Prize for his contribution to European unity.

6 May 2016

Culture news

Malaysian and Kenyan artists win prestigious cartooning prize

Kenyan and Malaysian cartoonists Gado and Zunar have been awarded the 2016 Cartooning for Peace Prize. The accolade, which rewards cartoonists for

5 May 2016