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Nearly one-third of women in the EU have experienced violence at home, at their work, or in public, according to a survey published Monday on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.However, only one in four of those women report violent incidents to the authorities, revealed the survey conducted between 2020 and 2024 by Eurostat, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). The highest rates of women who have experienced physical violence, threats or sexual violence were recorded in Finland (57 percent), Sweden (53 percent) and Hungary (49 percent). The lowest rates…

Serbia’s refusal to impose sanctions on Russia was one of the main stumbling blocks impeding the country from moving to the next stage of accession talks. Hungary’s pitch to advance accession talks with Serbia to the next stage was rejected by a sizable group of European Union countries, several diplomats told Euronews, making it impossible to secure the necessary unanimity.The debate played out on Monday during a closed-door meeting of ambassadors.Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Sweden were among those who opposed the move, pointing the finger at Belgrade’s patchy track record on fundamental rights, strained relations…

The pair were found guilty of murdering their parents in 1989 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. They have repeatedly appealed their convictions, arguing they were sexually abused by their father. A judge is set to decide on Monday whether new evidence warrants re-examination of the convictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez in the murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion over 30 years ago. The pair were found guilty of murdering Jose and Kitty Menendez in 1989 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. They have consistently argued that they had been sexually abused…

His party now narrowly trails both his main coalition partner, Foreign Minister Micheál Martin’s fellow centrists Fianna Fáil, on 21 percent, and Mary Lou McDonald’s left-wing opposition Sinn Féin, on 20 percent. Fine Gael had led every poll since June, shortly after the 38-year-old Harris replaced an exhausted Leo Varadkar as taoiseach and party chief, reinvigorating a party seeking to extend a record 14-year run in power. Fine Gael’s campaign has focused on Harris, plastering the country with posters featuring his face and the slogan “A new energy.” He’s crisscrossed the country daily to shake seemingly every hand on offer…

By Rushan Abbas, Founder and Executive Director, Campaign for Uyghurs, Chairperson of Executive Committee, World Uyghur Congress The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. To the Uyghurs in China and elsewhere, our democracy holds the promise that one day, their voices might finally be heard. We cannot let it be eroded, Rushan Abbas writes. As a Uyghur American and advocate for human rights, watching President Donald Trump’s victory was personal. For many in the Uyghur community, this is not just another political transition but a…

The rape trial of 51 defendants in the southern French city of Avignon has shocked France and sparked a national discussion on sexual violence. Some prosecutors have demanded the maximum sentence for Gisèle Pélicot’s ex-husband, who is accused of drugging her and inviting dozens of men to rape her while unconscious in their shared home in Provence in a trial that has shocked France.Prosecutor Laure Chabaud asked the panel of judges for 20 years — the maximum possible penalty for aggravated rape — for Pélicot’s now ex-husband. “Twenty years between the four walls of a prison,” Chabaud said. “It’s both…

Social media sites are lobbying the Australian government to delay its proposed age limits for children younger than 16. An advocate for the digital industry wants new Australian legislation to ban children under 16 from social media to be delayed.Sunita Bose, managing director of Digital Industry Group Inc, was answering questions at a single-day Senate committee hearing into world-first legislation that was introduced into the Australian parliament last week.Bose said the Parliament should wait until the government-commissioned evaluation of age assurance technologies is completed in June.”Parliament is asked to pass a bill this week without knowing how it will work,”…

Rhys Anderson’s father, Scott, told British outlet the Daily Mail overnight that he was in “complete shock” and expressed fears his son will be tortured. “We spoke on WhatsApp almost every day until he went on his most recent operation,” Scott Anderson said. “He was acting as a signalman.” Kyiv’s military captured parts of Kursk in August in an operation that represented the first military offensive into Russia since World War II. North Korean soldiers have since been deployed to help Russia repel the incursion, prompting condemnation from Ukraine’s allies in the West.

The stunning frescoes are attributed to Italian Baroque painter Carlo Maratta and his pupils, Girolamo Troppa and François Simonot. It began as a routine check of some cables in the Renaissance Villa Farnesina in Rome…But what electrician Davide Renzoni uncovered when he opened a ceiling trapdoor was nothing short of astonishing – a secret hidden for centuries.Concealed above a 19th-century vaulted ceiling, lay a breathtaking discovery: vibrant 17th-century frescoes untouched by time.”The first thing I saw was the landscape behind me and this ‘putto’ (cherub). Then I saw that there was another trapdoor, I went to get a lamp to…

👉Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app👈   Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard share their daily guide to the day ahead in politics in under 20 minutes. Another week, another opportunity for Rachel Reeves to defend the tax rises in her budget. Today she’ll want to reassure business leaders as they complain her plans are putting them off hiring. But as the government announces welfare reforms this week to get more people back into work – does the budget actually undermine those plans? Also this week, MPs will vote on whether…