Archives for 02/09/2024

After an incredible summer of football at the Euro 2024 championship, Euronews Culture take a closer look at one of the tournament’s unsung heroes, Hisense, the design obsessed global electronics firm which provided the giant screens at Germany’s record-breaking fan parks. What a summer of sport we've had this year. From the Euros, via Wimbledon to the Olympics, fan zones, for many, have been … [Read more...]

Members of the international court are bound to detain suspects if an arrest warrant has been issued, but the court doesn’t have any enforcement mechanism. Russia's President Vladimir Putin began his first visit to a member country of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Mongolia on Monday.Stepping off the plane in the capital Ulaan Bator late on Monday, Putin was greeted by the foreign … [Read more...]

The European Union needs to "show boys and girls" that leadership means men and women "leading together," Vestager said. Outgoing European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has denounced EU governments for undermining Ursula von der Leyen's efforts to appoint a gender-balanced 'college' of Commissioners responsible for steering the EU's powerful executive. Capitals have flouted von der Leyen's … [Read more...]

Goalball, a unique team sport designed exclusively for athletes with impaired vision, is one of the oldest sports registered at the Paralympic Games. Goalball is played on a court using goals that are 9 metres wide. The aim of the game is to score as quickly as possible by throwing a ball adorned with bells. Each team has three players on the court who can use their entire bodies to stop the … [Read more...]

One person in New Hampshire has died from eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a rare illness transmitted by mosquitoes. Europe, meanwhile, is seeing a rise in several more common illnesses. One of the latest mosquito-borne illnesses to put officials on alert is one that is rare yet serious, with some saying it could in the future spread more widely in the United States.One person died in the … [Read more...]

The EU executive has unveiled a new initiative aimed at making the nursing profession more attractive to counter an ongoing nurse shortage across Europe. The initiative is a joint effort between the European Commission and the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Regional Office for Europe, focusing on both retaining nurses and increasing their numbers across EU member states.Funded through the … [Read more...]

The controversial new green plans, opposed by the industry, were agreed by officials on Friday Airlines operating flights from European airports will soon have to report the estimated climate impact of vapour trails from jet engines to the European Commission, as well as the amount of carbon dioxide they emit annually.The airline industry had lobbied hard against the new rules — adopted by … [Read more...]

The regional government wants to avoid severe episodes of scarcity like Catalonia has seen in the past four years. Catalonia is planning to spend €2.3 billion by 2040 on solving its chronic water shortage problems. The regional government has set itself the goal of “guaranteeing water security and ceasing to depend on rainfall”. Last week, the region's new President Salvador Illa presented an … [Read more...]

Top News Stories Today Updated: 02/09/2024 - 18:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. ...More Appeared first on: euronews.com … [Read more...]

RMS Titanic Inc., a Georgia-based firm that legally owns the rights to the 112-year-old wreck, completed its first expedition since 2010 and unveiled new images from the site on Monday. A bronze statue from the Titanic, long thought to be lost forever, has been rediscovered during a recent expedition by the company holding salvage rights to the wreck site. The expedition to the remote North … [Read more...]

The EU hopes a first-of-a-king investment deal with Angola will increase access to key resources needed for the green transition, while encouraging the west African state no to become over-reliant on its substantial oil reserves. The European Commission says a new sustainable investment deal with Angola will create a better environment for EU firms to invest in green energy, agriculture and … [Read more...]

The hike in education-related expenses remains a growing problem, especially for poor and single parents, but also for the children of refugees. Starting school is the beginning of a new adventure for children all over the world and a big day for youngsters in the Czech Republic.Data from the country’s Ministry of Education shows that there are 118,000 first-graders this year, and a total of … [Read more...]

In northwestern Spain, villagers blocked zebra crossings to protest too many tourists - but ended up causing a huge traffic jam. Spain has seen many overtourism protests this year, but one small village has been making its grievances known in a very unusual way. In the Galician village of O Hío in northwest Spain, locals took it upon themselves to protest against the volume of tourists by … [Read more...]

Continued delays are jeopardising the EU’s €724bn post-Covid recovery fund, warns a new report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA). Three years after creating a huge fund to stimulate post-pandemic recovery, EU member states have used under a third of the €724bn in grants and loans, EU auditors said in a report published today (2 September). By the end of 2023, Belgium, Finland, … [Read more...]

New European Environment Agency data ranks urban centres based on fine particulate matter pollution, which has the highest negative health impacts. Air pollution is still Europe's biggest environmental health risk, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). New data shows that, while policies to reduce pollution have improved air quality over the last three decades, many European city … [Read more...]