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Belgium begins to return art to Africa that was taken from its former colonies.

Thousands of exhibits will be returning to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, starting from early 2022.

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🎭The government hasn’t called for it, so UK theaters have - pleading with their customers to wear masks in a bid to avoid another closure during the crucial Christmas period. 🎄

Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-12-04/Wear-masks-to-save-Christmas-shows-UK-theaters-plea-to-audiences-15...

Germany’s devastating summer flood was not the country’s first but it highlighted the need to do more to protect communities as climate change continues to threaten our cities and towns.

Planners and engineers have been looking at ways to work with the natural world, rather than trying to contro...

Andras Gyorfi is leading a tree-planting initiative in Hungary's capital Budapest, bringing people together to change their environment through social media.

Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-12-03/The-Hungarian-tree-commando-helping-create-a-greener-Budapest-15dwEhZAnT2/index.html

👮"This part of the border is sealed," Croatia border guards tell CGTN.

Read our report from the migrant camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina where, despite drones and thermal imaging cameras, some continue to try to find a way into the EU.

Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-12-04/-No-frien...

The six words Italy hopes will bolster its relations with the world: ‘Passion’ and ‘style’, of course. But what are the other four? 🇮🇹

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Barbados has officially removed the UK’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state. This means that the Caribbean island nation is officially a republic.

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🐫 Franck Doens and his camel Dino run a rubbish-collection project with volunteers, picking up the mostly plastic waste that washes up in some of France's most picturesque places 🇫🇷

Find out more on #ClimateIcons: https://stories.cgtneurope.tv/hubs/tackling-climate-change/climate-icons/index.html

Friday night at the pub turned into three nights snowed in at England’s highest inn for 61 pubgoers in the UK. 🍻🇬🇧

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🎮💻 Tech giants and start-ups hope the 'metaverse' will transform how people use the internet.

Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-11-26/Exploring-the-metaverse-the-internet-s-new-frontier-15gQ6sDJigg/index.html

Spain has one of the lowest rates of coronavirus deaths. 😷 + 💉

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The deaths of 27 people comes after years of efforts to tackle the issue of people risking their lives to cross between France and the UK.

Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-11-25/Why-is-the-Channel-migrant-situation-so-difficult-to-solve--15tUX8BOp5C/index.html

China and Italy will both be hosting the winter Olympics (in 2022 and 2026) and ahead of the games, the countries are looking to strengthen their bond through a love for winter sports. ⛷

Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-11-25/Italy-and-China-to-strengthen-ties-through-winter-sports-1...

Courtrooms have become the next battleground for climate activists, who increasingly see the judicial system as a powerful tool to bring about change.

Read more on Klimaatzaak: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-11-23/Climate-Icons-The-activists-who-took-their-government-to-court-13DIkoJOvXW/ind...

⚠️ We all know there is a global plastic pollution problem. 5 trillion single-use plastic bags are used every year.

🧋One million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute. But what if we could use the plastic that would normally end up in landfill or incinerators for something else?
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Social media plays to our negativity bias, says expert in conspiracy theories, David Robert Grimes. Read more 👇

https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-11-23/How-much-do-conspiracy-theories-stoke-protests-against-COVID-19-rules--15qCaPcJKW4/index.html

🇦🇹 Austria woke up under a new lockdown today, the most drastic measure taken by a Western European government in months, as new infections continue to rise across the continent. 😷

Read more 🔗 https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-11-22/Austrian-lockdown-begins-with-crowded-schools-and-stalled-vacci...

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If the world is to meet its climate and carbon targets in the wake of COP26, governments, scientists, individuals and national and international organisations are going to have to work together to find solutions and change the way we all live our lives.
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🛍️🎄 Budapest’s markets have opened a day before wearing masks indoors becomes compulsory. The mask rule was announced after a sharp rise in cases, with 11,289 infections recorded on Friday, the highest daily total so far in the fourth wave.

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Two giant panda cubs in France have been given their official names in a celebrity naming event. France's World Cup-winning footballer Kylian Mbappe and China's Olympic diving gold medallist Zhang Jiaqi were presented as the godparents of the young bears at a zoo in central France.

The cubs had...

CGTN Europe spoke to scientist Rosa Maria Mateos from the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain 60 days after the first eruption of the volcano on La Palma, Canary Islands.

The Cumbre Vieja volcano is still causing major disruption and shows no signs of abating. More than 100 earthquakes were...

The sleaze storm began when BorisJohnson encouraged MPs to save Conservative politician Owen Paterson from being suspended for breaking the rules on paid lobbying.

He also tried to shut down the anti-corruption watchdog before backtracking.

Read more 🔗 https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-11-18...

Angered at the plight of migrants stuck on the nearby border with Belarus, residents of a Poland border town are stockpiling essential supplies to give to those in need.

Read more 🔗 https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-11-18/Polish-villagers-stockpile-supplies-for-migrants-on-Belarus-border-15gTtcJ...

“It's horrendous, it's horrifying. I don't really have words for this.” The situation at the Poland Belarus border is deteriorating.

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