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By royal appointment: New English entries in 2024 Spanish dictionary

Spoiler, granularity and wasabi are among the new foreign terms chosen by Spanish academics to join the new words in the Diccionario de la Lengua Española.

29 December 2024

Iran

Iranian police detain Italian journalist on assignment in Tehran

The Italian Foreign Ministry reports that the Italian reporter was arrested in Iran's capital last Thursday while she was filming a news report.

27 December 2024

Europe

We must combat Russian propaganda in Moldova, says minister

Moldovan Foreign Minister Mihai Popşoi told Euronews that the country needs 'to work hard to combat that narrative to show that we are already advancing on our European path'.

20 November 2024

Moments

Ranked: Which European countries speak the best and worst English?

Some of Europe’s most popular destinations are the most challenging to move to if you only speak English.

18 November 2024

Space

SpaceX flight successfully docks at International Space Station

On board are European astronauts from Italy and Sweden as well as Turkey’s first ever citizen in space.

20 January 2024

Travel News

Where in Europe speaks the best - and worst - English?

Some of Europe’s most popular tourist destinations are the least proficient in English.

5 December 2023

Italy

Four people still missing on Italian island after deadly landslide

Rescuers struggle to find the people still missing after the landslide in the southern Italian island of Ischia. They can't use excavation tools are have to rely on shovels to dig through the mud and debris

29 November 2022

Italy

Influencers get support from new union in Italy

The first union for web influencers and content creators in Italy, Assoinfluencer, aims to provide legal protection and support.

18 November 2022

Culture news

Peter Bowles, star of To The Manor Born, dies at 85

His agent said the actor had died of cancer.

17 March 2022

Sport

Super League in tatters as Atletico and both Milan clubs quit project

The decision threatens to sink the controversial new league, plans for which were announced just two days ago.

20 April 2021

World News

Ten years in the making, an indie film pays tribute to The Smiths

Twenty of The Smiths tracks feature in the movie by Stephen Kijak and RLJE Films which is set in the summer of 1987.

25 March 2021

The Cube

Will English remain an official EU language after Brexit?

The European Commission has stated that any decision on this would need the support of a unanimous vote in the European Parliament.

31 December 2020

Belgium

'Stop using so much English', French journalists tell EU Commission

French journalists in Brussels complain Commission uses too much English

25 September 2020

World News

Do you speak 'Euro English'?

The unofficial English of the EU has its supporters and its critics, but is it a 'real' language or just a result of bad learning?

23 April 2020

Belgium

'Goodbye and good riddance': EU diplomat's joke was final word to UK

Irena Andrassy, the Croatian ambassador to the EU, told her British counterpart "thank you, goodbye, and good riddance" at his last meeting of EU ambassadors.

4 February 2020

World News

Who are the best English speakers in Europe?

A new report on English proficiency ranks countries based on an online test.

5 November 2019