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Berlin cracks down on Airbnb style renters to protect affordable housing

Berlin has made it illegal for people living there to let entire homes to tourists through Airbnb and other short-stay renters to protect affordable housing.

Business Series

Amazon earnings jump, cloud services unit excels

Amazon.com has reported profit and revenue vastly better than expected, giving its shares a big bump. The cloud services division was a standout earner.

USA

Facebook triples profits: social media can be addictive to investors, too

Facebook’s latest financial earnings smashed expectations, propelling shares in the social network to a fresh all-time high on Thursday (April 28)

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Africanews launches to 7 million homes across Africa

Africanews, the sister network of euronews, launched from the Republic of the Congo on Wednesday (April 20). Africanews aims to give Africa its

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Europe News

Google hit with EU anti-trust charge over Android 'dominance'

The European Commission accused Google on Wednesday of unfairly trying to crush rivals to its Android smartphone operating system. Marghete Vestager

World News

Ecuador: fake pictures of lightning before the earthquake go viral

Reports of mysterious lightning flashing over the Ecuadorian sky just before Friday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake sent social media into overdrive

Business Planet

Crowdfunding helps Europe's businesses boom

Crowdfunding is no longer a niche, it’s booming in Europe. In this edition of Business Planet, from Finland, Serge Rombi finds out how these

Culture news

Russian cartoon Masha and the Bear goes viral

Russian cartoon TV series “Masha and the Bear” has become a world wide hit and is broadcast in over 120 countries. The show was launched in 2009 and

Economy

China stands firm after US trade report slams 'Great Firewall'

China’s standing firm against the US, saying it will not change its policies on foreign investment in the country. It comes after an American report

World News

And also... Russian Communists want their star back, Sweden's new phone number, Gay slur 'not homophobic' - French ruling

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

Business Series

Verizon close to making bid for Yahoo's web business - reports

Telecom giant Verizon Communications is believed to be poised to make a bid for Yahoo’s web business. It is also hoping to put in an offer for a

United Kingdom

Creativity vs. Brexit: sending the message

As the date of the Brexit referendum approaches the campaigns for leaving the EU or staying accelerate. The more ferocious the PR war the more

Turkey

Turkey probes leak of 50 million people's data

Turkey is investigating how hackers managed to post online the personal data of nearly 50 million people, or two-thirds of the population. It is

World News

Live streaming: the next big thing to shake up broadcasting

World News

Euronews and Africanews: a new media group serving news diversity

Business Planet

Estonia - Europe's under-exploited El Dorado for digital enterprise

Estonia is Europe’s most connected country for business.

World News

We all know about April the 1st, but still they fool us

We highlight some of the best April Fool's Day jokes in the European media (and beyond)

United Kingdom

How Spanish trolls tried to sink a British boat competition

Economy

Yahoo 'moves forward with sale'

Yahoo has reportedly set a deadline of April 11 for the submission of preliminary bids for its internet business - which includes search, mail and news sites - and Asian assets.

Russia

Online information monitoring centre hopes to catch Kremlin's attention

Russian President Vladimir Putin recently suggested “information threats” should be a top priority for the federal security service and other state