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Wed, 01 Sep 2021 09:57:09 +0200
UK in talks with 'senior' Taliban over evacuations from Afghanistan
A top UK diplomat is meeting with Taliban representatives in Doha to discuss safe passage for the remaining British nationals in Afghanistan, Downing Street has confirmed.

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 06:48:44 +0200
Football: Here's everything you need to know about the summer transfer window
This transfer window saw some eye-watering deals such as Jack Grealish signing with Manchester City for €117 million

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:59:07 +0200
Biden defends 'extraordinary success' of Afghanistan evacuation amid criticism
Speaking from the White House, President Joe Biden defended the US pullout from Afghanistan as he faced criticism for his handling of the final evacuation.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 20:51:08 +0200
Russia failed to investigate murder of human rights activist, says European court
The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Russia for "failing to properly investigate" the 2009 murder of human rights activist Natalia Estemirova.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 20:30:49 +0200
Western Balkans cautious amid surge of COVID-19 infections
In southwestern Serbia, some school classes will be held online due to the high numbers of new coronavirus cases.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 19:16:25 +0200
Putin approves €170 bonus for police and military ahead of election
Critics say the move is designed to encourage the military to vote for Putin's ruling United Russia party ahead of next month's parliamentary election.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:57:57 +0200
Belarus opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova faces 12 years in prison
Belarus' public prosecutor's office requested 12 years in prison for Maria Kolesnikova, one of the main figures of the opposition movement.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:50:53 +0200
Poland wants state of emergency declared over Belarus border migrants
Poland's government has called for a state of emergency to be declared at the border with Belarus to tackle illegal migration.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:07:47 +0200
Estonian MPs elect Alar Karis as President at second attempt
Estonia’s parliament has elected the chief of a major national museum as their new president in the second round of voting.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:22:03 +0200
Dutch coalition talks deadlocked 5 months after election
Two key parties said they do not want to form a new government with a pair of leftist parties.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:49:15 +0200
Syrian oil spill threatens northern coast of Cyprus
The spill reportedly occurred after fuel leaked from a tank at the Baniyas Thermal Station.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:31:20 +0200
Ukraine's leader to talk with Biden on security, Russian gas
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called Washington's failure to block the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany a grave political error.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:04:03 +0200
Chempark factory explosion in Germany likely caused by chemical reaction
An initial report into the explosion near Leverkusen in July has found that it was probably caused by a chemical reaction inside a waste storage tank.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:40:22 +0200
As EU membership stalls, Balkan countries make controversial move to create their own mini-Schengen
From 2023 no one will stop you from Belgrade to Tirana, said Serbia's president, talking about plans for a "mini-Schengen" zone in the Balkans.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:13:38 +0200
Greek PM abandons plans to create Civil Protection ministry after wildfires
Greece has abandoned plans to create a new Civil Protection ministry after the appointed candidate rejected the role.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:33:22 +0200
South Korea sees drop in COVID-19 transmissions after jump
South Korean officials are expressing cautious hope that COVID-19 transmissions are beginning to slow, after battling the country’s worst wave of infections for weeks.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:06:47 +0200
Watch: Taliban take control of Kabul airport after US withdrawal
A Euronews reporter witnessed first-hand Taliban leaders taking over Kabul airport and celebrating their victory after the last US soldiers flew out of Afghanistan.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 06:42:40 +0200
Hurricane Ida: More than a million homes without electricity in Louisana, Mississippi
Two people are known to have died due to the tropical storm. Authorities expect the death toll to climb.

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 22:53:47 +0200
Taliban celebrate as last US troops exit Afghanistan, ending America's longest war
Celebratory gunfire erupted across the Afghan capital after the last US soldiers flew out following 20 years of war.

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:15:22 +0200
Poland's top court postpones case on whether EU or Polish law reigns supreme
The ruling on whether EU or Polish law reigns supreme will be critical to Poland's future relationship with the rest of the bloc.

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 18:06:37 +0200
German train drivers signal five-day strike over pay and working conditions
The union's demands include better working conditions, a 3.2% salary increase and a one-time "coronavirus bonus" of €600.

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:54:35 +0200
How distrust and disinformation have left Latvia lagging on vaccine rollout
More than two-thirds of EU adults have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In Latvia, that figure is 45.5%

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:10:00 +0200
Activists target Poland's constitutional court ahead of crucial ruling
Judges are set to decide on Tuesday whether Poland's own constitution has primacy over EU law.

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:02:14 +0200
Estonian Parliament fails to elect President after rejecting sole candidate
Estonia’s Parliament on Monday failed to elect a new president to the Baltic country after lawmakers rejected the only candidate in the first round of voting.

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:50:36 +0200
China bans kids from online video games during the week, allows 1 hour a day on weekends
The strict time limits mean under-18s will be limited to playing for just an hour a day on Fridays and weekends.

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 14:49:30 +0200
Milan tower block fire 'reminiscent' of Grenfell disaster, officials say
Italian firefighters said they were continuing to search a 20-story apartment building in Milan that was destroyed by fire, but said that there was no indication that anyone was missing inside.

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 14:26:21 +0200
Afghans would view troops staying as 'continuation of invasion', Taliban spokesman tells Euronews
If any Western troops stay in Afghanistan it will be considered "a continuation of the invasion", a spokesman for the Taliban has told Euronews.

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:21:09 +0200
Vulnerable can get booster shot, WHO Europe says, warning of 'deeply worrying' COVID surge
A further 236,000 people could lose their lives to the pandemic across Europe by December 1, the World Health Organization confirmed.

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:02:11 +0200
Poland detains activists for damaging barrier with Belarus
Polish authorities have erected a barrier along the border with Belarus to stop migrants from crossing in.

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:27:27 +0200
Woman in New Zealand dies from heart inflammation following Pfizer vaccination
The woman developed myocarditis — a known, rare side effect of mRNA COVID-19 vaccination.

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:07:55 +0200
German election: Merkel's candidate goes on the offensive during TV debate
Armin Laschet acknowledged the CDU-CSU's poor showing in the polls but sought to sell his party to Germans as the face of stability.

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 07:26:03 +0200
UN adopts watered down Afghanistan resolution as rockets hit close to Kabul airport
The UN Security Council resolution adopted on Monday urges the Taliban to enable "safe" departures from Afghanistan but doesn't cite the "safe zone" mentioned by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 06:41:06 +0200
North Korea appears to have resumed nuclear nuke reactor operation
The UN's nuclear agency said indications that operations at a 5-megawatt reactor have restarted are "deeply troubling."

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 06:22:53 +0200
Hurricane Ida knocks out power in New Orleans, kills at least one person
Ida — a Category 4 storm — hit on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier.

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 19:17:10 +0200
Serbian director Stefan Arsenijevic takes top prize at Czechia’s Karlovy Vary film festival
Serbian film director Stefan Arsenijevic won the Crystal Globe in the main competition with “As far As I Can Walk”, or "Strahinja" in the original version, an epic film about migration and love.

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 18:52:55 +0200
Numbers down at anti-covid restriction demos in Germany and France
Several thousand people have taken to the streets of Berlin to protest against the German government’s anti-covid restriction measures.

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 16:32:47 +0200
Scientists have accidentally discovered a new island in the Arctic
`The tiny island may not be around very long.

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 13:50:26 +0200
British ex-marine leaves Afghanistan with 200 dogs, cats but no local staff
Paul “Pen” Farthing's mission to rescue the animals has gripped and divided the UK.

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 12:28:26 +0200
In Iraq, Macron visits mosques and churches in the ruins of Mosul
Macron visited the city that was held by ISIS for almost five years.

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 10:42:12 +0200
Hurricane Ida winds already 150 mph ahead of Louisiana landfall
Hurricane Ida arrived on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated Louisiana and Mississippi in 2005.

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 09:45:30 +0200
Avocados and ice cream blasted into space for hungry astronauts
SpaceX also sent 8,000kg of other supplies and a human-sized robotic arm.

Sat, 28 Aug 2021 18:39:20 +0200
Sebastian Kurz reelcted to People's Party leadership
Only three of the 536 delegates voted against Kurz continuing to lead the party.

Sat, 28 Aug 2021 18:20:04 +0200
Transfer window - Cristiano Ronaldo makes a dramatic return to United
In a turbulent 24 hours, Ronaldo chooses to rejoin United, not before flirting with the idea of joining rivals Manchester City

Sat, 28 Aug 2021 15:44:34 +0200
Fishing boat crammed with over 500 migrants arrives in Lampedusa
Accommodation for migrants on the Italian island designed for 250 people now has to cater for over 1,200.

Sat, 28 Aug 2021 13:28:11 +0200
'We mourn with you': Germany marks devastating floods that killed 180
“There are hardly words that can begin to describe what the events on the night of July 14-15 felt like for me," Renate Steffes, a resident of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, said.

Sat, 28 Aug 2021 10:47:04 +0200
30 years after Soviet rule ended, Estonia faces an election with a single candidate
The Baltic nation goes to the polls in October and so far only one candidate has thrown his hat into the ring.

Sat, 28 Aug 2021 09:25:25 +0200
U.S. thwarts second Kabul airport suicide bombing as pull-out deadline nears
A suicide bomber was taken out in a drone strike on Sunday.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 22:52:12 +0200
US intelligence agencies 'divided' on origins of COVID-19 pandemic
The intelligence agencies said that it was not a biological weapon and was likely not genetically engineered in an unclassified report summary released on Friday.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 21:58:05 +0200
Italian authorities reimpose restrictions in Sicily as COVID-19 hospitalisations rise
This is the first time since the beginning of the summer that measures against COVID-19 are reimposed at the regional level.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 20:13:56 +0200
'Don't urinate towards Russia' sign appears at border with Norway
Written in English, the new sign orders people "no peeing towards Russia" or they will face a hefty fine.



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