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Saudi blogger Raif Badawi wins EU's Sakharov rights prize

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for insulting Islam and for cyber crime, was awarded the

Business Line

Business Line: Poland's election, Yahoo!'s touchdown, and meat's misfortune

Poland has made its choice and has made it very clear. The country’s conservative opposition party Law and Justice (PiS) seized back power when the

Europe News

EP rejects possible GM food bans

MEPs on Wednesday rejected a draft law that would have allowed countries to ban certain GM food and animal feed even if the produce was authorized by

World News

Tony Abbott says Europe's border policy is a 'catastrophic error'

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Economy

Volkswagen puts brave face on crash into the red

Volkswagen plunged into the red in the third quarter, the first such loss for 15 years. The reason is the 6.7 billion euros set aside to deal with

Europe News

MEPs reject net neutrality rule changes

MEPs voted on Tuesday against plans to amend legislation that aims to protect “net neutrality” in the EU. Proposed changes to an EU regulation on how

Sport

Chelsea's woes continue as Arsenal up the ante

Defending English Premier League champions Chelsea continued their wobbly descent down the table following their 5th defeat in 10 domestic games

Economy

Business activity grows in eurozone but low prices disappoint

Stronger business activity in France and Germany boosted figures for the eurozone in October – but there was no sign of healthy price increases

World News

And also... Merkel's throne; Lenin's makeover; Schweinsteiger's 'Nazi model'

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which may not have reached the

Sport

Dutch great Cruyff diagnosed with lung cancer

Netherlands football legend Johan Cruyff has been diagnosed with lung cancer. The 68-year-old was informed of the illness last week after undergoing

Economy

Netflix goes South, YouTube turns Red

Netflix enters three more European markets this week: Spain, Portugal and Italy. The video-streaming giant revealed its intentions back in June but

Europe News

Migrant crisis re-boots Europe's relations with Turkey

The continuing influx of Syrian migrants, seeking a new life in Europe, has thrown the EU’s relations with Turkey into the spotlight. Turkey is a

Slovenia

Migrant journey to Slovenia continues despite entry limits

Thousands of migrants continued their miserable journey into the smallest country on the Balkan route: Slovenia. The country’s parliament is expected

Slovenia

Slovenia witnesses 'domino effect' as Croatia diverts thousands of migrants

Thousands of migrants are expected to arrive in Slovenia in the coming days, after Hungary closed its border with Croatia at midnight on Friday. The

Hungary

Balkan borders continue to close as Hungary says will seal frontier with Slovenia

Hungary will close its border with Slovenia after barring its three major crossing points on its Croatian border, ending the possibility for refugees

Turkey

EU 'too late' for Turkey with its 'political bribery'

The European Union has offered candidate country Turkey “re-energised” talks on joining the bloc, if it helps stem the migrant flow to Europe

Europe News

Greece opens first 'hotspot' centre for refugees

Greece has opened its first reception centre on the island of Lesbos. Known as ‘hotspots’, the centre will separate new arrivals between bona fide

World News

Calls for more solidarity with refugees as Bulgarian border guard shoots Afghan migrant dead

Hundreds of Greeks marched in Athens on Thursday night to demand more solidarity with refugees, as it emerged that a Bulgarian border guard had shot

Sport

UEFA back suspended President Platini

European football’s governing body has backed president Michel Platini in his bid to become president of FIFA despite him being under criminal

Sport

The Netherlands fail to reach Euro 2016

The Netherlands have failed to reach a major tournament finals for the first time since 2002 after they lost to the Czech Republic in their last