Montenegro was holding an early parliamentary election Sunday, a vote that could put an end to deep political divisions and years of instability that have hampered the small NATO-member country on its route to joining the European Union.
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Novak Djokovic admits “history is hovering” over him as he takes on Casper Ruud in the French Open final on Sunday with a men’s record 23rd Grand Slam title tantalisingly close.
Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson shocked Britain on Friday by quitting as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament.
Abysmal comments on Instagram after the match in Istanbul.
Entire villages in southern Ukraine were flooded after the Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro river burst on Tuesday. One of the river’s tributaries, the Inhoulets, burst its banks, flooding fields and villages situated more than 50 kilometres north of Kherson. FRANCE 24’s correspondent Gulliver Cragg toured part of the stricken area with the head of the Snihurivka military administration – the wartime equivalent of a mayor.
Spain’s hard left decided Friday to join forces on a single political platform for the July 23 elections, in a boost for Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s reelection hopes.
In this edition of Brussels, my love?, we discuss a proposal for a nature restoration law that hit a roadblock this week when centre-right politicians called on the European Commission to go back to the drawing board.
In 1943, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising took place. It was a courageous act of resistance against the Nazis by several hundred Jewish fighters.
Since 1941, the Jewish population of the Polish capital – approximately 400,000 people – had been confined by the Nazi occupiers to a small neighbourhood in the center of the city. Many died as a result of starvation and diseases there. Others were sent to the Treblinka death camp.
Talking Europe hosts Bujar Osmani, the foreign minister of North Macedonia, which launched EU accession talks nearly a year ago – although it has been in the EU’s waiting room for far longer than that. Currently a screening process of North Macedonia’s legislation is under way, and Osmani urges the opening of talks with the EU on key topics. He warns that North Macedonian society has become wary of “making concessions while there are no deliverables”.
Official reactions are pouring in after home affairs ministers struck a major deal to revamp the European Union’s migration and asylum policy.
As European countries grapple with the question of how to handle migration policy across the continent, many countries are looking to Denmark, known for having some of the strictest immigration rules in the European Union. Today’s Focus takes us to a district of the capital, Copenhagen, where the debate around immigration and integration has flared in recent times. This report by our colleagues at France 2 and FRANCE 24’s Jack Colmer Gale.
Russia will start deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus after the facilities are ready on July 7, President Vladimir Putin told his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Friday during a meeting in Sochi. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
Residents in the quiet French Alps town of Annecy awoke in shock on Friday, a day after a Syrian refugee armed with a knife stabbed four preschool children and injured two adults in an attack whose motive remains unclear.
European Union countries have reached a major deal to revamp the bloc’s migration and asylum policy.
The EU institutions have been hit by a number of scandals in recent months, including alleged high-level corruption in the European Parliament.
The European Union is hoping to boost domestic production of semiconductors and capture 20% of the global market by 2030.
A man armed with a knife stabbed six people, including four preschool children, by a lake in the French Alps on Thursday in an attack that sent shock waves through the country. The suspect, who was arrested, did not have a terrorist motive, according to the local prosecutor.
After years of divisive and bitter debates, the European Union is nearing a major deal to establish a unified migration policy.
The EU-Mercosur trade agreement has been on hold for a number of years now.
Brussels worries the new law could be used to target opposition politicians in the run-up to Poland’s general election later this year.
Europeans view China as a strategic partner more than a rival, a new European Council on Foreign Relations survey shows.
Ukrainians living near the Dnipro River abandoned inundated homes and rescue teams evacuated people and their pets Wednesday as floodwaters peaked across a swathe of southern Ukraine following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. Ukrainian officials warned of the dangers of floating mines unearthed by flooding and the spread of disease and hazardous chemicals. Follow our live blog for the latest updates on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
The annual event aims to promote Europe’s sustainable objectives.
World number one Carlos Alcaraz survived a third set wobble to cruise past fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-2 6-1 7-6(5) on Tuesday (June 6) and earn a spot in the French Open last four.
A vast network of tunnels 400 metres underground that has been under construction for nearly 20 years will soon begin operating as the world’s first spent nuclear fuel disposal facility – locking away radioactive uranium deep beneath the Earth’s surface for thousands of years. It is hoped the Onkalo facility in Finland will provide a solution to the problem of how to safely store the world’s nuclear waste.