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Iraq: Christmas service held in Bartella, recently liberated from ISIL

Bartella: Christmas after ISIL Hundreds of Iraqi Christians gathered in Bartella, near Mosul, for a Christmas Eve service – the first since this area was retaken from the Islamic State group (ISIL) in

Italy

Fake prosecco: put a cork in it!

‘Tis the season to be jolly and bottles of fizz are being bought and popped by many of those who celebrate Christmas across Europe.

Germany

Berlin 'Together' to remember 12 killed in attack

Berlin remembers those killed in Monday's attack

Greece

Greek annual Christmas card calls lenders 'Scrooge'

Greek finance ministry seems to take aim at country's lenders with annual Christmas card depicting Dickensian miser

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World News

And also, Christmas special edition: ugly Xmas trees and deadly garlands...

Every Friday, journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which did not reach the international…

Germany

Berlin attack: survivors recount horror as more details of the victims emerge

Two Italian survivors of the Berlin truck attack have recounted the horror they felt the moment a lorry mowed through crowds of people at the Breitscheidplatz Christmas market in the German…

Economy

Greece pensioners receive controversial Christmas bonus payment

Queues stretched down the street outside Athens banks on Thursday, as pensioners waited to collect their Christmas bonus payments from the government.

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Prayers for peace in Pakistan

Pakistan’s Christians took part in a peace rally in Karachi on Wednesday.

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Christmas preparations in Jerusalem

Jerusalem kicked off the Christmas season and festivities with a ‘Santa’ on a camel distributing Christmas trees to residents in the old city.

World News

What children want for Christmas

Reuters photographers around the world asked children to draw what they wanted to receive from Santa for Christmas.

Germany

ISIL claims responsibility for deadly truck attack in Berlin

World News

Christmas tree masterpieces of 2016

A rundown of the weirdest and most wonderful trees from this year's batch

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Finnish, Russian Santas exchange gifts at border

The Finnish Santa Claus and the Russian Grandfather Frost met at the Finnish-Russian border to exchange gifts on Monday.

Germany

Berlin: police say 'truck deliberately targeted crowds' in deadly crash

Hours after a lorry ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin, German police are now saying it was a deliberate act and possibly an act of terror.

Germany

Berlin: "Truck simply drove over people" says witness

By midnight there was still a heavy police presence on streets across the German capital.

Germany

Berlin truck crash: 'early indications point to attack' - German Interior Minister

Thomas de Maiziere says it is too early to speculate over the cause of the Berlin truck crash, but early indications point to an attack.

Germany

What we know about Christmas market attack in Berlin

What we know At around 8pm CET on Monday, December 19, a lorry ploughed into a Christmas market in Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz in a deliberate attack.

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Skyscraper Santa surprises Berlin kids

Santa made an impromptu appearance at the Kollhoff Tower on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin.

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Angels descend from on high in Czech Republic

Thousands of people watched angels flying down from a church tower during the last Advent weekend Christmas market in Ustek, in Northern Bohemia on Saturday.

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Underwater Santa treats fish

A South Korean scuba Santa held an underwater performance on Saturday to bring Christmas cheer to the residents of the Coex Aquarium in Seoul.