Dutch police said on Friday they were investigating the projection of an anti-Semitic laser message onto the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam — an incident the prime minister condemned as “reprehensible”.
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New laws set to come into effect in Amsterdam. Soon it will be illegal to smoke pot on the street in the city’s red light district. The change in regulation is intended to improve the lives of Amsterdam’s residents who’ve long complained about the disruption caused by tourists. FRANCE 24’s Leo McGuinn explains.
Northern Portugal is believed to contain the largest lithium reserves in Europe. These resources have attracted the attention of some of the world’s largest mining companies. London-based firm Savannah Resources wants to open the continent’s biggest open-cast lithium mine in the village of Covas do Barroso by 2026. Supporters of the project say this would give Europe an invaluable supply of lithium for producing electric car batteries, helping the EU reach its carbon-zero target by 2050. However, many locals and environmentalists oppose the project. Our regional correspondents report.
In this special travelogue, FRANCE 24’s Caroline de Camaret and Luke Brown follow EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell step by step through the EU-Ukraine summit that happened last week in Kyiv. Our team accompanies him on the train, on the plane, in meetings and on a visit to a mine clearance operation. Borrell analyses his relations with his European and Ukrainian counterparts as well as the EU’s support for the war and shares his geopolitical vision. We discover European diplomacy in action on the ground and behind the scenes, all the while collecting impressions of the trip.
The conclusions from an extraordinary European Council put the focus on the external, rather than the internal, aspects of migration.
Iran has long been one of the world’s most prolific executioners. But it seems to have taken the death penalty to a new level recently, with dozens of people executed in the last few weeks, according to the Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights. The UN has denounced what it calls state-sanctioned killing, while campaigners say capital punishment has been weaponised to intimidate those who have been protesting since of the death of Mahsa Amini. She died following her arrest last September, after allegedly violating the Islamic Republic’s dress code for women. The EU’s response has included sanctions and a strongly-worded resolution in the European Parliament. But what more should the bloc be doing?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took centre stage this week as he toured European capitals, drumming up support. #StateOfTheUnion
Donations and a field hospital: How Belgium is mobilising to help Turkey and Syria
Marc Tarabella’s parliamentary immunity was lifted by MEPs earlier this month, paving the way for his arrest.
Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian journalist known for storming a prime-time news broadcast on state television to protest against the war in Ukraine, has released an autobiographical book describing the media “propaganda factory” in Moscow.
It’s one of the oldest symbols of democracy. The 2,500-year-old Parthenon in the Greek capital Athens attracts around 7.2 million vistors annually. But for more than two centuries, the site has been missing some of its marble sculptures. They were taken by the British ambassador in the 1800s, then sold to the British Museum in London, where they are still on display. Now pressure is mounting on the museum to return the Greek sculptures to their birthplace. Our correspondents in Greece report.
The study was produced by the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF).
Syrian government requests European humanitarian assistance two days after devastating earthquake
The EU Commission proposed EUR145 million in new funding last week to support the country’s economy and energy security.
France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and Poland are among those who had advocated an exit from the contentious agreement.
Energy giant BP has reported record annual profits. The news comes as the company is scaling back on its goals to reduce the amount of oil and gas it produces by 2030 as part of attempts to reduce carbon emissions. Camille Knight reports.
Germany’s new defence minister, Boris Pistorius, made an unscheduled visit to Kyiv on Tuesday, two weeks after Berlin agreed to provide Leopard tanks to help Ukraine counter Russian forces, according to the Ukrainian government. Read our live blog to see how all the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
Historians estimate that about 114,000 people lie in mass graves scattered across Spain massacred by supporters of Franco during or after the civil war.
The code compels ship to disembark without delay as soon as the first rescue operation is complete, even if other migrants remain lost at sea.
As revellers flock to Venice to celebrate its iconic carnival, local authorities have a much more worrying concern. The Serenissima is one of the world’s most beautiful cities, but also one of the most fragile. The Italian city on the lagoon is increasingly threatened by rising sea levels, which are exacerbated by climate change, and is frequently hit by flooding. If nothing changes, Venice could disappear underwater by the end of the century. Our correspondents report on the protective measures the city has put in place.
The EU and G7 countries have also expanded the existing price cap on Russian crude oil to include all refined products.
Nurses and ambulances staff stepped up their demands for better pay Monday to combat the UK’s cost of living crisis with their biggest round of health service strikes. The stoppages — part of a wave of industrial action across the UK economy — will see nurses and paramedics take action on the same day for the first time. FRANCE 24’s correspondent in London Benedicte Paviot tells us more.
Britain faces its largest ever strike by health workers on Monday as tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers walk out in an escalating pay dispute which the health minister said would place further strain on the National Health Service (NHS).
In France, nearly 125,000 women have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). The fight against this practice has led to the creation of psychological and surgical care over the last 40 years but the subject remains taboo. FRANCE 24 provides an overview of the situation on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, February 6.
Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides took the lead in Cyprus’s presidential election on Sunday and will face off against leftist-backed candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis in a runoff on February 12.
