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Germany celebrates 100 years of women's suffrage

A hundred years ago, on January 19, 2019, German women were allowed to vote and be elected for the first time in history on a national level. As many as 37 of them even won seats at the national assembly.

Notes From The Usa

Muscle Shoals, Alabama: the small town of big musical hits

In partnership with Brand USA

Nestled in the corner of Alabama, Muscle Shoals was originally known for being the location of the Wilson Dam across the Tennessee River… that is until the music industry catapulted this sleepy Alabama town of just over 13,000 inhabitants into the limelight.

Israel

Fabergé eggs go on display at the New Jerusalem Museum

Russian artist Carl Fabergé is synonymous with the bejewelled eggs he made for the Romanov imperial family in the early 1900s.

Living

Food served with a 60 million-year old history

A Jordanian geophysicist has transformed a 60 million-year-old cave into a restaurant.

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Green News

The lingering death of the Dead Sea

The water level drops by 1 metre annually and the Dead Sea could almost disappear in a few decades.

Living

The old silk factory using Da Vinci's 500-year-old machine design

A small but historical workshop is going centuries back in time to make silk.

USA

Euroviews. Unearthing the connection between politics and history | View

Chris Hayes speaks with historian Joanne Freeman about violence within the political class in the decades leading up to the Civil War.

World

Meet one of the UAE’s first family businesses

Before there were roads in the United Arab Emirates, the late entrepreneur Abdul Jalil Al Fahim had the foresight to import the first cars into Abu Dhabi in the early 1960s.

World

How was the UAE founded?

It’s hard to imagine Abu Dhabi and Dubai without their signature skyscrapers, but not so long ago sand dunes stood where the cosmopolitan cities of the United Arab Emirates now do.

World

Exhibition celebrates UAE founder’s relations with Europe

An exhibition in Abu Dhabi is celebrating the United Arab Emirates’ founder Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his foreign policy towards Europe.

Destinations

Back to Stonehenge: Italy's luxury cave fad

It's like being a privileged castaway.

World News

What was the worst year in history? Scientists determine the answer

What was the worst year in history? Scientists determine the answer

Green News

The city of pesto and focaccia

A guide to old and new in Genoa, Italy

France

World leaders mark WWI Armistice centenary in Paris

President Emmanuel Macron led tributes to the millions of soldiers who died during World War One on Sunday, holding a solemn ceremony attended by dozens of world leaders in Paris to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice.

World News

IMMERSIVE STORY: Moscow's Metro aka the 'subterranean palace' in 360

IMMERSIVE STORY: Moscow's Metro aka the 'subterranean palace' in 360

World News

Kristallnacht: the night the Nazis killed Jews and destroyed synagogues

On the 80th anniversary, Euronews traces the roots of the Jewish progrom which signalled the start of the Holocaust.

United Kingdom

Watch: Assyrian 'king of the world' on dispaly in London

The British Museum will be shining a light on "the greatest king you've never heard of", in an exhibition featuring the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal.

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Putin lays flowers at Red Square memorial for National Unity Day

Putin was joined by Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill and other religious leaders as he laid red flowers at a memorial to Russian Duke Dmitry Pozharsky and merchant Kozma Minin.

Germany

German state Hesse finally abolishes death penalty

A region in Germany has this week formally abolished the death penalty and with it fixed a quirk of history.

World

Month of The Dead: Exploring the darker side of London's history

In Britain, Londoners have been celebrating the darker side of their city's history with the annual Month Of The Dead event.