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United Kingdom

Harrods: Protest over waiters' tips at landmark London store

Saturday was a busy old day at Harrods – but for all the wrong reasons as far as the luxury department store is concerned.

08/01/2017

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Greece: Tear gas fired at cuts protest in Athens

Greek police fired tear gas and pepper spray at pensioners during an anti-austerity protest in which some of the elderly demonstrators tried to tip over a riot police bus blocking a road to the prime

04/10/2016

Europe News

Social unrest continues in France and Belgium

Train services have been reduced today in France, where rail workers have started an unlimited strike.

31/05/2016

France

French strikes multiply as Euro 2016 nears

Strike action is multiplying in France and the timing couldn’t be worse with the Euro 2016 football tournament due to start there in just 10 days…

31/05/2016

Italy

Hunger is no game as Italian court quashes homeless man's food theft conviction

Italy's highest court has delivered a verdict that is firmly rooted in reality.

04/05/2016

Switzerland

Davos and divisions - WEF warns against growing gap between rich and poor

On the eve of the official opening of the World Economic Forum in Davos there were warnings about the growing gap between rich and poor. It’s just

20/01/2016

World News

Gunshots, grenades and anger in Jerusalem

Israeli police shot dead a Palestinian they said tried to stab an officer near Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday, the latest in a spate of street attacks in the occupied territories.

26/12/2015

Europe News

Anti-Uber protest brings central Brussels to a standstill

The Belgian capital of Brussels came to a standstill on Wednesday as some 300 taxi drivers protested against ride-hailing service Uber. Taxi drivers

16/09/2015

Cinema

John Turturro picks up Lifetime Award at Jerusalem Film Festival

The 32nd edition of the Jerusalem Film Festival kicked off with Hollywood glamour, as John Turturro attended the opening. The US actor, writer and

24/07/2015

USA

American Civil War flag offends many as symbol of slavery

Held for nine murders in Charleston, South Carolina, Dylann Roof has also fired up passions in the United States over the flying of a southern battle

23/06/2015

USA

Baltimore's problems aren't just about racism, nor just about Baltimore

04/05/2015

USA

Uneasy calm in Baltimore

An uneasy calm has settled on Baltimore with riot police lining streets where nights of rioting occurred as citizens expressed anger over the death

29/04/2015

USA

Baltimore's increasingly marginalised youth find violence in many forms

Fifteen buildings were set ablaze, more than 200 arrests were made, 15 troopers were injured, the National Guard was called out and Baltimore imposed

29/04/2015

Yemen

Yemen: a tinderbox in a Saudi-Iranian 'Cold War' shadow

Strategically important at the crossroads between East and West, Yemen’s four-year political crisis has recently been escalating into a full-blown

25/03/2015

China

Gay woman in Hong Kong spurns father's double dowry offer

24/01/2014

World

Euronews correspondent in Ukraine gives view on crisis

04/12/2013

USA

Obama: Growing income inequality threat to "American dream"

04/12/2013

World

Red lines crossed in Kyiv, opposition still pursuing government resignation

03/12/2013

Culture news

Are we heading towards a generation gap?

17/12/2012

Culture news

Generation... why?

05/12/2012