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Should parents be worried about a new self-harm Tik Tok 'challenge'?

The Labello Challenge has caused a wave of panic in France as parents fear their children may be exposed to the supposedly self-harm encouraging trend.

20/05/2022

World News

Analysis: Can Europeans be trusted to follow the post-lockdown rules?

The question comes after a makeshift rave in Brussels raised eyebrows in Belgium.

24/06/2020

France

France school closures to be 'catastrophic for an entire generation'

When it comes to education, will the COVID-19 pandemic prove to be an incubator for inequalities? Euronews went to a French suburb to try and get some answers.

09/05/2020

World News

What is the 'Tetris challenge'?

Fire, ambulance and police departments from across Europe have got involved.

20/09/2019

No Comment

'Chap Olympiad' celebrates British eccentricities with umbrella joust

The event marked the celebration of British eccentricities. The extravagant "Chap Olympiad" saw competition participants try to outdo each other in unconventional "sporting" competitions.

12/08/2019

World News

Most people want higher taxes for the rich, finds 21-country poll

The OECD surveyed 22,000 people in 21 wealthy countries. It found that 68% of respondents are in favour of higher taxes for the rich.

20/03/2019

Mexico

Watch: Mexico takes gold at Homeless World Cup

The 16th edition of the event ended on Sunday with joy for hosts Mexico, after their men’s and women’s sides were named winners.

19/11/2018

Indonesia

Indonesia’s struggle to end human shackling

On ‘World Mental Health Day,’ Human Rights Watch (HRW) is using the hashtag #BreakTheChains to ramp up awareness for their on-going campaign to end human shackling in Indonesia.

10/10/2018

Turkey

Istanbul cafe employs Down syndrome staff

“I say to every customer: please don't pity us. We are different, we are overcoming boundaries," says teenage waiter Evren.

09/10/2018

China

China's experiment in social engineering holds grim portent for the world

What you buy, what you read, where you go, who you talk to; it all counts as credits or penalities in China's vast new monitoring system, and your results can determine your basic freedoms.

02/10/2018

Russia

Russians rally against changes to retirement age

Tens of thousands of Russians have joined nationwide rallies to protest against an unpopular pension reform plan that will raise the retirement age.

22/09/2018

United Kingdom

Women may have to quit work to care for ageing relatives after Brexit

Women in England may have to give up work to look after their elderly relatives unless care workers from the European Union are given priority after Brexit, ministers have warned.

06/08/2018

Spain

#Europeanheros: the social worker who carries every case in her heart

Elvira Monreal Rodríguez talks to Euronews about the fight that exists within every human being, and the pleasure that she takes in awakening it.

23/07/2018

Sweden

#Europeanheroes: the youth worker who likes surprises

Our fifth #Europeanhero is a youth worker in Sweden. He believes everyone has good in them, and that a smile or a kind word may be all that is required to bring it out.

04/07/2018

Finland

Helping eradicate homelessness: our #Europeanhero from Finland

Juha Kaakinen is an architect and leading proponent of the "Housing First" approach in Finland. As CEO of the Y Foundation, he helps to provide permanent housing for the homeless, bringing dignity to people's lives, and drastically cutting the number of rough sleepers.

26/06/2018

Europe News

Europe Day: How much is there to celebrate?

Roots of EU celebrated, as bloc faces rise in Euroscepticism

09/05/2018