World News

Euroviews. 2023 has been a year of catastrophes for children worldwide

Children affected by conflict are calling for decision-makers to protect them. They want to feel safe in their homes, with their families and friends, Inger Ashing writes.

23/12/2023

Euronews Witness

Why does Denmark have one of Europe's lowest rates of bullying?

Denmark, along with Sweden and Finland, has one of the lowest rates of bullying in Europe. We speak to teachers, pupils and parents to find out how this Scandinavian country is managing to stamp out harassment in schools.

15/12/2023

Gaza

UNICEF: Gaza Strip most dangerous place in the world for children

The UN's children's agency is calling for a lasting humanitarian ceasefire: "To accept the sacrifice of the children in Gaza is humanity giving up."

02/12/2023

France

New report shows thousands of French minors victims of sexual assault

The newly-launched Domestic Abuse Task Force estimates that there are some 160,000 children victims of sexual violence in France every year - and many cases go unreported.

01/12/2023

Tech News

Euroviews. Can emerging AI strategies protect vulnerable groups?

Algorithms mirror the society that created them, posing the logic that in order to address specific challenges legislation should reflect the society, not just the algorithms themselves, Yonah Welker writes.

22/11/2023

Europe News

MEPs call for child sexual abuse crackdown without ‘mass surveillance’

The European Parliament adopted Tuesday its draft position on plans to crack down on child sexual abuse online, calling for the new EU rules to avoid "mass surveillance" or "scanning" of the internet.

14/11/2023

World News

What will become of Gaza's children?

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), an average of 420 children are killed or injured in the Gaza Strip every day. But what happens to the children who survive this war?

08/11/2023

United Kingdom

UK concrete crisis: What is RAAC and why is it 'crumbling'?

As schools across the country are forced to partially close and London airports confirm their buildings have RAAC, Euronews takes a look at the impact RAAC has and will have going forward.

11/09/2023

Luxembourg

Stop putting children in Luxembourg prison, anti-torture group says

The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has urged the authorities in the country to stop detaining children in Luxembourg Prison - an adult prison - under dangerous circumstances.

08/09/2023

Ukraine

How are internally displaced Ukrainian children coping?

In the final instalment of this two-part series, Euronews investigates how children in Ukraine have had their lives upended by Russia's invasion. How are NGOs Save the Children and UNICEF tackling challenges posed by internal displacement and disruptions to education?

07/06/2023

Tech News

TikTok fined €14.5 million in the UK for ‘misusing children’s data’

The UK’s data watchdog found more than one million UK children under the age of 13 were estimated to be on TikTok in 2020.

04/04/2023

World News

Euroviews. The number of children without child benefits is simply inexcusable

Today, three-quarters of the world’s children — 1.77 billion — lack access to critical social protection, Natalia Winder-Rossi and Shahra Razavi write.

30/03/2023

Europe News

'Devastating': One in four EU children at risk of poverty, says NGO

Children with migrant backgrounds, refugees, asylum-seekers, undocumented and unaccompanied children are among the hardest hit.

07/03/2023

Tech News

TikTok is setting time-limits for teens. Critics say it's not enough

TikTok announced the screen time limits after being criticised for its highly addictive algorithms. Experts aren't convinced.

03/03/2023

World News

Hundreds of Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia: EBU Report

A new report has verified hundreds of social media videos of unaccompanied Ukrainian children being taken to Russia.

14/02/2023

United Kingdom

UK waters down online restrictions after free speech criticism

Critics were concerned that the new law could lead to censorship and undermine free speech.

29/11/2022

No Comment

Clowns entertain Palestinian children following conflict with Israel

Clowns entertain Palestinian children amidst the rubble of a building in Rafah destroyed during the three-day deadly conflict between the Israeli military and Islamic Jihad militants in the coastal Palestinian enclave of Gaza

10/08/2022

Culture news

Ukrainian mothers photographed with the belongings they fled with

In a searing photo series released by Save the Children, four Ukrainian mothers and their young children reveal the things they took with them when they fled their besieged homes.

24/05/2022

Scenes

Meet the Gazan clowns making children laugh this Ramadan

In partnership with Media City

"We make the children so happy that they forget the conflict, bombings and destruction."

25/04/2022

No Comment

Romania starts vaccinating children aged 5-11

In Romania, children aged 5-11 years can now be vaccinated against COVID-19 in 219 paediatric centres.

26/01/2022