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Demonstration: Agricultural anger: Spanish capital besieged by irate farmers

Agricultural anger: Spanish capital besieged by irate farmers

As many as 100,000 Spanish farmers have thronged in the capital Madrid in a mass protest against the depressed market for agricultural produce. Saturday’s rally followed Friday’s strike action…

Demonstration

Justice: Meredith murder: Prosecution calls for lifeMeredith murder: Prosecution calls for life Flood: Brown visits displaced in Cockermouth: More rain forecastBrown visits displaced in Cockermouth: More rain… Elections: Romania ponders new president ahead of pollRomania ponders new president ahead of poll
Italian prosecutors have called for a life sentence for American student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, accused of the…
Parts of the north west of England devastated by floods are bracing themselves for yet more rain. Forecasters predict Cumbria, the county…
Romania is gearing up for perhaps its most important vote since the fall of Communism in 1989. The first round of the presidential election…
  1. Williams conciliatory during Vatican visit
  2. CERN restarts its “God machine”
  3. Swine Flu virus begins to mutate
  4. 200 Eritrean migrants brought ashore in Sicily
  5. Martens returns to find new Belgian premier
  6. Death toll rises in Chinese mine explosion

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education: Emir of Qatar’s wife speaks exclusively to euronews

Emir of Qatar’s wife speaks exclusively to euronews

She is a member of an exclusive club – the world’s royal families – but she is also a hands-on public figure. Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned, the wife of the Emir of Qatar, discusses education…

education

Africa: Kenyan PM on Africa’s challengesKenyan PM on Africa’s challenges : Interview with Brent Scowcroft, National security advisor in the George H.W. Bush AdministrationInterview with Brent Scowcroft, National security… : Mikhail Gorbachev, former USSR President :“Perestroika won, but politically I lost.”Mikhail Gorbachev, former USSR President…
Kenya’s current Prime Minister Raila Amolla Odinga was an opposition leader when he ran for president in the December 2007 elections. The…
Brent Scowcroft was in the White House when the Berlin Wall came down. At the time he was National Security Advisor under the George H. W. Bush…
In 1986, the Soviet regime made the first breach in the Iron Curtain. Mikhail Gorbachev, the new Secretary General of the Communist Party, used…
  1. Interview with Walter Momper, former Mayor of West Berlin and Berlin
  2. Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland’s last communist leader
  3. Jacques Delors: Former European Commission President
  4. Former Irish President Mary Robinson turns to climate change
  5. euronews meets Mauritania’s Foreign Minister
  6. Ali Larijani : “We build, we develop missiles as a force for deterence.”

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Diplomacy: A new model for the Mediterranean

A new model for the Mediterranean

Its now one year since the launch of the Mediterranean Union and the organisation is still searching for its identity. As a result the Forum for Young Mediterranean Leaders came together in the…

Diplomacy

Economy: French special loan commission reportsFrench special loan commission reports OECD: OECD ups global growth forecastOECD ups global growth forecast Economy: Spain told wait for better timesSpain told wait for better times
A special commission looking at ways to build the French economy has recommended that 35 billion euros should be spent on strategic investments…
Asia is leading the global economy out of recession but the recovery will be marred by high unemployment and huge government debt across the…
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation has advised Spain that it should to hold off on measures to cut its budget deficit until the economy is in…
  1. Gold tops $1,150
  2. US housing starts tumble
  3. Data theft prompts credit card recall
  4. Madoff boats sold to repay victims
  5. IMF and US push for stronger Chinese currency
  6. Surprise trade surplus for euro zone

latest corporate news

Industry: Severstal’s surprise profit

Severstal’s surprise profit

Russia’s largest steelmaker, Severstal, has posted an unexpected third-quarter net profit. It said the almost 45 million euro profit was due to a strong performance at its plants in Russia. By…

Industry

Trade: Ahold to cut costsAhold to cut costs Food: Cadbury to partner with Ferrero?Cadbury to partner with Ferrero? Banking: UBS targets profit through transformationUBS targets profit through transformation
Supermarket chain Ahold is planning to cut its costs by more than 350 million euros over the next three years. The Dutch company announced that…
Italian chocolate maker Ferrero is reportedly considering an alliance with Cadbury to counter a hostile takeover bid for the British company from …
UBS has said it is targeting an annual pretax profit of almost 10 billion euros. At a meeting of the loss-making Swiss bank’s shareholders…
  1. Bad fuel hedge hit easyJet profit
  2. Canon buying Oce
  3. Mixed news from GM
  4. EADS profit plunges
  5. Investors ask did Vivendi overpay for GVT?
  6. BA and Iberia hope merger can bring profits

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Controversy: Minaret debate angers Swiss muslims

Minaret debate angers Swiss muslims

In Switzerland populist right-wingers and Christian Fundamentalists say minarets are not Swiss and in the run-up to a referendum on whether or not to ban the construction of them, have wall-papered…

Controversy

Africa: Kenyans fight drought with stone-age technologyKenyans fight drought with stone-age technology Independence: Mitrovica: Kosovo’s divided cityMitrovica: Kosovo’s divided city Economy: Latvia blues, from military-political to economicLatvia blues, from military-political to economic
Kenya, and other Horn of Africa countries, have been suffering a drought of rare intensity. Now, urgent efforts are underway to save the people from…
The 2008 declaration of independent statehood in the Balkans has stoked tensions between Kosovan Serbs and Albanians in Mitrovica. What are the…
Twenty years after the collapse of the Iron Curtain, today Latvians are facing another battle… for economic survival.
  1. Zimbabwe: a long way from food security
  2. Velvet generations
  3. Hungary reflects on the fall of the Berlin Wall
  4. Training for Armenia
  5. Cyprus – digging up the past together
  6. The sex trade: the dark side of tourism in Brazil

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: Neukölln puts accent on integration

Neukölln puts accent on integration

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, more than 38 per cent of the Berlin city district of Neukölln is made up of immigrant familes and the unemployment rate in the immigrant community is…

Society: Take the European Route of Roma Culture and Heritage!Take the European Route of Roma Culture and… : Two sides of the wallTwo sides of the wall Festival: Big deals are done at Europe’s Cartoon ForumBig deals are done at Europe’s Cartoon Forum
The story of Europe’s Roma people is a road movie, criss-crossing Europe since their arrival from India hundreds of years ago, but their story is…
Twenty years after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, two families reflect on the changes they have seen since the reinforced concrete that divided a…
A Cartoon Forum may sound like fun and games but big business was the order of the day as movers and shakers of the animation world got together in…
  1. Striving for a multicultural society
  2. Ireland’s Lisbon Treaty vote approaches
  3. German elections
  4. Norway crowns Oslo its intercultural capital
  5. europeans: Europe’s green footprint
  6. Intercultural Lyon, republican contortionism

latest space news

Anniversary: The Ariane Saga

The Ariane Saga

Ariane launches might seem routine – but it’s a routine that’s been going on for 30 years. But each launch is a technological and organisational feat. To succeed requires specialised teams…

Anniversary

Research: Studying the seasStudying the seas Energy: A pocket-sized ecosystemA pocket-sized ecosystem Research: Why Mars?Why Mars?
The circulation of water in the world’s oceans influences the climate. An important factor is the salinity of the water. Global data however, is…
Using organic waste and minerals and the sun as an energy source, pilot project Melissa aims to develop the life support systems essential for…
Thousands of years ago, Mars and Earth probably presented similar primative environments so if life existed on earth, then we can legitimately…
  1. One hundred days of solitude
  2. The space business
  3. Destination Moon, four decades on
  4. Space, Defence and Security
  5. A Window on the Universe
  6. Uncovering Venus’ secrets

latest hi-tech news

technology: Sun-powered boat to circle the globe

Sun-powered boat to circle the globe

A gigantic solar-powered boat is nearing completion in Germany, ready to circumnavigate the globe driven only by the sun. The PlanetSolar carries thousands of photovoltaic panels which convert the…

technology

Research: Virtual autopsies leave victim’s body intactVirtual autopsies leave victim’s body intact Research: Jaws: the dental robotJaws: the dental robot Medicine: Artificial heart goes into productionArtificial heart goes into production
A pioneering autopsy technique is providing answers for grieving families, without having further mutilate the victim’s body.
Dental elements such as crowns and bridges are made from well-known metals, polymers and ceramics but their dental wear properties are often poorly…
An artificial heart that acts almost like a real one could be available to patients within a few years.
  1. Navigation robot leads the way
  2. Harnessing Irish wave power
  3. Monitoring the planet
  4. French health watchdog urges caution over mobiles
  5. Spiderbot is coming!
  6. Electric cars a step closer

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Music: Slovenian guitarist Anze Palka

Slovenian guitarist Anze Palka

Slovenian guitarist Anze Palka has developed a style all of his own – a mix of Spanish flamenco and classical guitar. He says: “The most important thing is that I feel this music and play it…

Music

Music: Britain swings to African street rhythmsBritain swings to African street rhythms Fashion: Westwood presents AnglomaniaWestwood presents Anglomania Painting: Botticelli and Rubens on show in GermanyBotticelli and Rubens on show in Germany
Staff Benda Bilili sings an incredible musical story. A group of street musicians from the Democratic Republic of the Congo – some disabled by polio…
British designer Vivienne Westwood held her Anglomania Spring Summer 2010 show in the car park of the London department store, Selfridges.
More than 80 works by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli have gone on show in Frankfurt in Germany. Meanwhile, in Munich, the Alte…
  1. Shakira’s She Wolf goes platinum
  2. Kate Voegele/Alejandro Sanz
  3. Miles Davis expo in Paris
  4. Mamco in monochrome
  5. The East Side Gallery
  6. Daring to bare: Pakistan’s fashionistas defy Taliban

latest cinema news

Movies: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Werner Herzog directs Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. The film is a remake of the Harvey Keitel outing in 1992 – and has little to do with the original…

Movies

Documentary: Petrol-heads will ‘Love the Beast’ moviePetrol-heads will ‘Love the Beast’ movie : Transit 89 looks back at ‘year of the miracle’Transit 89 looks back at ‘year of the miracle’ War: Andy Garcia stars in Georgia “anti-war” filmAndy Garcia stars in Georgia “anti-war” film
The actor Eric Bana motors on to the wide screen this week with the release of his film ‘Love The Beast’. It charts his obsession with a sports car…
For many the year 1989 is known as the year of the miracle. The fall of the Berlin Wall was the culmination of months or, depending on your point of…
Just over a year after the Russia-Georgia war of 2008, a film based on the conflict is being shot, using many of the same locations. It stars Andy…
  1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon – out soon
  2. Harry Brown hits the street
  3. Dear Wall
  4. Amelia flies in
  5. Out of The Box
  6. A Christmas Carol gets the Zemeckis touch

terra-viva

Environment: Lighting the way

Lighting the way

Old style light bulbs – incandescent or filament bulbs – are disappearing from the shelves. In France, bulbs like that of more than 100 watts have not been on sale since June.   The aim is that…

Environment

Food: British wine wins prizesBritish wine wins prizes Environment: China: a step into the greenChina: a step into the green Renewable Energies: Hjortshoj the eco-villageHjortshoj the eco-village
The sene almost looks like France or even Italy – vineyards rolling almost as far as the eye can see – but in fact these 265 acres of vineyards are…
The University of Nottingham in Ningbo is one of the most advanced centres in China for research and teaching of sustainable energy technologies…
In Denmark, in the eco-village of Hjortshoj near Aarhus, they are using new technologies and working together to carve out a sustainable life style…
  1. Terra Viva: a future for the past
  2. A green challenge in the Red Sea
  3. Wind turbine blows in good fortune
  4. Zero waste in Tuscany
  5. Dutch opt for living on water rather than fight it

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Sport: The Icarus Cup: France’s Free Flying Festival

The Icarus Cup: France’s Free Flying Festival

If it flies without an engine you’ll find it at the 36th edition of the Icarus Cup The only free-flying festival of its kind in the world took place, as it has done for last 35 years, at Saint…

Sport

Movies: Kazan: Muslim cinema festivalKazan: Muslim cinema festival Sport: Sport and transport key to Tatar futureSport and transport key to Tatar future Food: Exploring South Korean CuisineExploring South Korean Cuisine
The Golden Minbar, one of the largest Muslim film festivals in the world, is held here in Kazan – the capital of the Russian Republic of Tartarstan…
Tatarstan, a crossroads of civilizations, religions, nations and cultures, lies on a geographical cornerstone between Europe and Asia. Heart of…
Known as “The Land of Morning Calm”, South Korea is a country in which tradition and modernity come face to face. The capital, Seoul, with its…
  1. Korean food, an extraordinary adventure
  2. PiFan in Bucheon
  3. The philosophy of Taekwondo
  4. Tatarstan Creation of Peace festival
  5. Preserving Ukraine’s wooden architecture
  6. Piano-playing prodigies compete in Ukraine

latest faq

Children: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

On the 20th November 1989, the UN adopted The Convention on the Rights of the Child. This was a legally binding text aimed at protecting the most vulnerable from all forms of exploitation. Twenty…

Children

Society: Discrimination in the EUDiscrimination in the EU Society: Social Security and MobilitySocial Security and Mobility Food: Food pricesFood prices
A recent EU survey found almost in one in six Europeans felt they had been discriminated against in the previous 12 months, either because of their…
National authorities run their own social security systems but the European Union coordinates them, to ensure that people are covered when they move…
The European Commission has food sales in its sights. Brussels wants to improve the efficiency of the supply chain so that everyone benefits – from…
  1. EU lobby register
  2. Poverty and social exclusion
  3. Online shopping
  4. Cross-border inheritance rules shake up
  5. Roma inclusion
  6. Low-carbon energy in the EU