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Destinations

A definitive guide to the biggest eyesores in Europe

Our audience told us about the buildings, monuments and designs they most passionately hate across the continent.

Smart Regions

River'tri: the waterborne waste collection unit helping Lyon recycle waste

In partnership with the European Commission

River'Tri is a waterborne mobile waste collection point. The river Saône and the barge provide an ecological solution to waste in Lyon, France's third largest populated city.

World

Scientists race to find 'universal vaccine' effective against variants

Delphine Guyon-Gellin is the manager of the 'universal vaccine' project at Osivax based in Lyon. She says, "We are targeting a part inside the virus, which is not accessible for the antibodies, so we train the immune system to develop another type of response: a cellular immunity"

World News

Thick plume of Sahara dust causes air pollution spike in Europe

The cloud of fine sand blown northward from Algeria tinted skies red and mixed with fresh snowfall in the Alps and Pyrenees, leaving slopes looking orange.

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People

How a French city became the European capital of silk

Here, we delve into the history of the French city of Lyon - and the silk industry which put it on the map.

France

Icelandic man has world's first double arm and shoulder transplant

A hospital in Lyon, France, says it is the first in the world to carry out a double shoulder and arm transplant.

No Comment

French traders hold funeral march to highlight lockdown impact

The varied business owners were united by a simple demand: "Let us work".

France

Suspect arrested in Lyon after attack on Orthodox priest

The priest, who was shot at around 16h CET on Saturday, is in a serious condition.

Cinema

Dardenne brothers honoured at forward-looking Lumière Festival

With the Cannes Film Festival unable to take place physically because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Lyon's prestigious Lumière Festival has assumed even greater significance - honouring the past but also facing the future by featuring forward-looking films. Euronews was there.

France

Cinema will survive COVID-19, Lumière festival director says

Lyon's 12th Lumiere festival opens this weekend with 23 feature films presented at Cannes earlier this year in the line-up.

Business Planet

Rethinking tourism after COVID-19

In partnership with The European Commission

Business Planet takes a look at Europe's tourism sector, one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus restrictions, to find out what the EU is doing to help and ask how the sector moves forward.

Sport

Wendie Renard: 'My secret is respect', says OL Champions League winner

After leading Lyon to their fifth consecutive Champions League title, captain Wendie Renard spoke to Euronews' Tokunbo Salako.

Italy

Juventus hire Andrea Pirlo after Champions League fiasco

Juventus won 2-1 on Friday, but it was the French club that went to the quarter-finals.

World

Europe’s cities should take lead on environmental change, says Lyon’s first Green mayor

Grégory Doucet was at the head of a green wave in France’s recent local elections, becoming mayor of the country’s third largest city. Now he says like-minded mayors in other countries should join with him to help influence policy in Brussels.

France

France: Hope springs from the ashes of Lyon's prized gastronomy centre

Uncertainty over the economy and tourism amid the coronavirus pandemic has forced Lyon's International City of Gastronomy to close its doors.

France

Video diary: how COVID-19 helped a community to feed the homeless

For homeless people, the COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented threat. Maxime is one of the volunteers who shows that community has never been so important.

France

French care home staff lock down with residents to see out COVID-19

A care home on the outskirts of Lyon where staff and residents locked down together have had their quarantine lifted after 47 days.

France

Lyon among French football teams upset over league position decision

Amiens, Toulouse and Olympique Lyonnais have all protested against the decision to decide league positions on a points-per-game ratio.

France

'We feel useful': Meet the workers keeping Lyon going during lockdown

Most of those forced to risk their health to serve food, man cash-desks or drive buses do so for minimum wage and some don't receive state aid.

World News

Europe’s cities fear post-lockdown congestion on transport networks

City authorities are looking at new measures to enable large urban populations to move around safely.