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Copyright Pixabay/Matthew Gollop Researchers have found that microplastics are omnipresent in European rivers.Scientists found the pieces — less than five millimetres in size — in 100% of water samples taken from nine major…

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses his supporters in front of the general election campaign trail bus in Manchester, Britain November 15, 2019. - Copyright Frank Augstein/Pool via REUTERS British Prime Minister…

Copyright Assemblée plénière des évêques de France/YouTube French bishops voted on Saturday in favour of a plan to offer payments to people who were sexually abused as children by members of the Catholic clergy.The French bishops…

Lamb stew with oxygarum; wild boar and venison stuffing; and cibarium bread.These were some of the Roman-era delights cooked up at a special banquet in Spain.Archaeologists and chefs teamed up to reinterpret food from more than 2,000 years…

North Macedonia should have a snap general election, the country’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said on Saturday, after a bid to start EU membership talks were blocked.The European Council said on Friday it was not going to begin formal…

A rally of the Portuguese Social Democrats in Lisbon - Copyright REUTERS More than 20 political movements will be in the running as voters head to the polls for parliamentary elections in Portugal on Sunday (October 6).But who are the…

FILE PHOTO: Elephants perform during a rehearsal for new show of Swiss National-Circus Knie in Rapperswil - Copyright REUTERS Arnd Wiegmann Touring circuses have a 250-year-old history in Europe, often visiting as many as a hundred…

Copyright REUTERS/Borja Suarez Spain's government has announced a recovery plan worth 300 million euros to combat the economic fallout of the collapse of British tour operator Thomas Cook, acting Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto said on…

The headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France - Copyright AFP It is the organisation that is often confused with similarly worded European institutions. But, this year, the Council of Europe stands out: it is…

Speaker John Bercow is asking MPs not to treat each other as enemies - Copyright REUTERS The UK's junior minister for Brexit has told MPs the government intends to get a new deal with the EU ahead of the 31 October deadline for…

This week, Euronews brings you a series of exclusive reports on "Europe’s Children of ISIS": the victims — and heirs — of one of the most brutal terrorist organizations the world has ever seen. We will ask "What the future…

Copyright REUTERS/Jamal Saidi/Files Greek police have arrested a 65-year-old Lebanese man suspected of involvement in the 1985 hijacking of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) plane in which a US navy diver was killed. The man was apprehended…

France will give out free iodine tablets to around 2.2 million people living close to nuclear plants to help protect them from radiation in case of an accident. The country's nuclear regulator agency ASN said on Tuesday people living within…

Copyright REUTERS/Sergio Perez Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has embarked on a last-ditch mission to get out of the political stalemate and avoid the fourth national election in as many years.Spain has been in…