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Dutch contestant Joost Klein has been expelled from Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest final after a complaint by a member of the production crew, organisers said, adding to the headaches for hos...

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240511-dutch-contestant-expelled-from-eurovision-hours-before-contest-final

The Eurovision Song Contest final gets underway in Sweden's Malmo on Saturday with thousands of protesters expected to culminate a week of tensions surrounding Israel's participation during the G...

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240511-tens-of-thousands-protest-in-malmo-as-israel-competes-in-eurovision-final

Russian forces have captured five villages as part of a renewed ground assault in Ukraine’s northeast, the country’s Defence Ministry said Saturday. Ukrainian journalists reported Friday that...

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240511-russia-claims-capture-of-five-villages-in-northeast-ukraine

Hundreds of people were evacuated from border areas in Ukraine's Kharkiv region after a surprise Russian offensive as President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday urged Ukrain...

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240511-hundreds-evacuated-from-ukraine-border-after-russian-offensive

A police force in a Madrid commuter town has become an example to others in Europe on how to prevent institutional racism. Fuenlabrada, where 15 percent of residents are immigrants, has found a m...

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20240511-spanish-town-aims-to-minimise-racial-profiling-in-police-checks

Russian forces launched an armoured ground attack on Friday near Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv in the northeast of the country and made small inroads, opening a new front in a war that has lon...

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240511-russian-forces-launch-new-assault-on-ukraine-s-kharkiv-region

Hundreds of people were evacuated from areas near the Russian border in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, the regional governor said Saturday, a day after Moscow launched a surprise ground offensive.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240511-russian-attacks-force-hundreds-to-flee-border-area-in-ukraine-s-kharkiv-region

It was hardly a surprise that Israel’s Eurovision contribution would result in protests of some kind. Despite its own rules, the 68-year-old international song contest has for decades been us...

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240511-eurovision-israel-in-spotlight-as-politics-once-again-becomes-star-of-show-eden-golan

Tens of thousands of disgruntled Polish farmers marched through downtown Warsaw on Friday to protest the European Union’s climate policies and oppose the pro-EU government of Prime Minister Don...

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240510-polish-farmers-march-in-warsaw-against-eu-climate-policies-and-the-country-s-pro-eu-leader

With just a few weeks to go before EU elections, the far right in France is on track for a comfortable win, if the polls are correct. The National Rally only just beat France's ruling party, Rena...

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20240510-europe-votes-far-right-dominates-campaign-in-france

It has been called an invisible epidemic. Every year, around 300,000 people in Europe die prematurely because of air pollution, according to the European Environment Agency. Those of us living in...

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20240510-breathing-in-europe-s-polluted-air-eu-aims-for-stricter-quality-standards

Ukraine vowed Friday to quash a surprise Russian ground offensive, after troops launched a major cross-border assault in the Kharkiv region, looking to chalk up fresh battlefield gains with Ukrai...

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240510-russian-forces-attack-ukraine-s-northeast-kharkiv-region-opening-new-front

Hungary and China signed a number of new agreements on Thursday to deepen their economic and cultural cooperation during a visit to the Central European country by Chinese President Xi Jinping, a...

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240510-hungary-and-china-sign-strategic-cooperation-agreement-during-visit-by-chinese-president-xi

President Xi Jinping vowed to deepen already flourishing economic ties with Hungary during a visit to Budapest on Thursday, advocating that its closest European Union ally "play a bigger role" in...

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240510-china-s-xi-in-hungary-celebrates-history-s-best-relations-with-orban

Yachts, private planes and luxury villas – all belonging to Russian oligarchs, whose assets in Italy have been frozen since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to Brussels, those asse...

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240510-2-3-billion-euros-of-seized-russian-assets-a-headache-for-italian-authorities

Britain exited a shallow recession with better-than-expected growth in the first quarter, official data showed Friday, in a boost to embattled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of this year's elec...

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240510-uk-economy-exits-recession-ahead-of-election

Amid fresh intelligence warnings that Russia is preparing “violent acts of sabotage” targeting Europe and NATO member states, security experts tell FRANCE 24 that they have already noted a si...

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240510-suspected-russian-sabotage-campaigns-great-return-russian-agents-europe

Israel qualified for this weekend's Eurovision song contest grand finale as thousands of demonstrators marched through Sweden's Malmo on Thursday to protest its participation over the Gaza war.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240509-israel-qualifies-for-eurovision-final-amid-protest-about-its-participation-over-gaza

Climate activist Greta Thunberg joined thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Eurovision 2024 host city Malmo, Sweden on Thursday to protest Israel's participation in the song contest...

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240509-thousands-join-gaza-war-protest-against-israel-s-eurovision-participation

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday fired the head of the department responsible for his personal protection after two of its officers were detained this week over an alleged assas...

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240509-zelensky-fires-bodyguard-chief-foiled-assassination-plot-russian-plot

After the massive party in Marseille to welcome the arrival of the Olympic flame, it's time to turn our gaze north for what's also billed as another "it's a small world after all" feelgood celebr...

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20240509-political-stage-eurovision-song-contest-met-with-israel-gaza-war-protests

Climate activist Greta Thunberg joined thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Eurovision 2024 host city Malmo on Thursday to protest Israel's participation in the song contest ahead o...

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240509-thousands-join-gaza-war-protest-israel-eurovision-participation

Years of under-investment in electric vehicle technologies and supply chains have left European carmakers struggling to keep up with their Chinese competitors. But even as the EU debates putting ...

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240509-china-clean-car-manufacturers-find-european-foothold-hungary-ev-orban-xi-jinping

The highest-grossing tour in history finally arrived in Europe on Thursday as Taylor Swift kicked off her European dates with four nights in Paris. More information with FRANCE 24 journalist Pete...

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240509-after-camping-outside-the-la-defense-arena-for-up-to-several-days-taylor-swift-fans-beyond-excited-to-attend-the-concert

Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday urged voters to cast their ballots in defence of democracy, as postal voting for June's EU elections began amid a spat of attacks against politicians in Germany...

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240509-scholz-urges-germans-to-go-vote-against-outrageous-and-cowardly-attacks-on-politicians

Former Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales will stand trial on charges of sexual assault and coercion for kissing forward Jenni Hermoso without her consent after last year's Women's...

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240509-former-spanish-football-federation-president-luis-rubiales-to-stand-trial-over-world-cup-kiss

Russia on Thursday wrapped itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, as President Vladimir Putin celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II by hailing his forces fighting in Ukrai...

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240509-putin-warns-of-global-crash-at-celebration-of-russia-s-wwii-victory-day

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned his nuclear forces were "always" on alert and added that Moscow would not tolerate any Western threats during an address on the annual Victory Day para...

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240509-putin-warns-that-russia-s-nuclear-forces-are-always-on-alert-in-victory-day-speech

A court in Spain said Thursday it has shelved a probe into another alleged tax fraud by Colombian pop star Shakira, putting an end to her legal woes in the country where she once lived.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240509-spanish-court-shelves-shakira-tax-fraud-case

The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled, according to the EU medicines regulator. Story by Vedika Bahl.

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240509-astrazeneca-pulls-its-covid-19-vaccine-from-the-european-market