Development banks to invest 3 billion euros in ocean plastics fight
World 14:01 10/06/2025LONDON - A group of development banks plans to invest at least 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) by the end of the decade in tackling plastic pollution in the sea, expanding the scope and financial firepower of what remains the world's biggest effort to fix the growing problem.
Over half of Europe and Mediterranean basin hit by drought in mid-May
World 18:35 04/06/2025More than half, or 53 percent of land in Europe and the Mediterranean basin were hit by drought in mid-May, according to an AFP analysis of data from the European Drought Observatory (EDO) from May 11-20, 2025.
Austria's JJ wins Eurovision 2025 with opera-techno fusion
World 16:30 18/05/2025Austria's JJ won the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday, with his operatic song "Wasted Love" triumphing at the world's biggest live music television event.
Eurovision limbers up with over-60s disco
World 09:31 04/05/2025Eurovision host city Basel laid on a mass over-60s disco on Saturday to whip up the party mood ahead of the event's grand final in two weeks' time.
Finland backs EU goal to slash emissions 90% by 2040
World 16:09 29/04/2025Finland supports a European Union target to cut the bloc's net greenhouse gas emissions 90% by 2040, the country's state secretary for climate told Reuters, as governments prepare for tough negotiations on the EU's next climate goal.
ECB forms group to simplify banking rules, source says
World 11:24 27/04/2025The European Central Bank has launched a task force, chaired by Vice President Luis de Guindos, that will look for ways of simplifying banking rules in Europe, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Saturday.
Policymakers are achieving the art of the impossible, IMF chief says
World 11:17 25/04/2025Praising what she described as "impossible" policy shifts in Germany, Britain and Argentina, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday the global economy is entering a "new era."
Europe had most widespread floods for more than a decade in 2024, scientists say
World 16:32 15/04/2025BRUSSELS -- Europe faced its most widespread flooding last year since 2013, with 30% of the continent's river network hit by significant floods, scientists said on Tuesday, as fossil fuel-driven climate change continued to prompt torrential rain and other extreme weather.
Travel agencies on tenterhooks as 3 European nations stop accepting Vietnam’s new passport
Economy 20:02 03/08/2022The organization of tours to Europe has been affected by the refusal from Germany, Spain, and the Czech Republic
Vietnam legislature hands over 200,000 donated COVID-19 jabs following chairman’s trip to Europe
Vietnam News 13:07 13/09/2021Belgium and Slovakia gifted 200,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine jabs and pledged to transfer more shots to Vietnam
Europe starts to reopen borders but no free travel yet
World 09:37 15/06/2020European countries ease some border controls on Monday after coronavirus lockdowns, but Spain’s continued closure
540 Vietnamese citizens brought home from US, Europe
Vietnam News 10:46 17/05/2020All of them have been brought to quarantine camps following their arrival
