Until recently, Beppe Grillo was just another controversial Italian comedian. Now he is also the founder of V-Day in Italy. V doesn't stand for victory but the Italian equivalent of "Get Stuffed Day", or something a little more rude. He's raising the V-sign to what he calls grey-haired, corrupt, politicians advocating a revolution in Italian politics.
Road-building to nowhere in the Azores - that's not sustainable development. Islands and coastal regions in the European Union are lobbying for a new integrated maritime policy, and funds to go with it, so that no policy - whether for fisheries, transport or the environment - is cut off from the others.
The European Union is now shifting its focus to the Euromed nations and Morocco stands out as a country which is now demanding 'special status'. Human rights, particularly towards women, is one area of focus now for Morocco's new government, but is it having much impact with Brussels?
Opening up after years as a rogue state, Libya hopes tourism will catapult it into the 21st century. Using funds from its huge reserves of oil, Libya has announced plans for a huge eco-resort powered by green energy. What will it mean for ordinary people?
Gaza is home to around a million and a half people, cut off from the outside world since Hamas took control more than two months ago. Economic and social conditions are deteriorating by the day and the threat of death hangs over many of the Strip's inhabitants.
EuroNews travelled to Gaza to get an insight in their hardship.
Once considered an ethnically homogenous nation, Sweden has become much more diverse thanks to its growing immigrant population. Today it is estimated that one in nine Swedes are foreign-born. Europeans examines how Sweden's immigrant population is fighting to integrate into a Europe which is slowly closing its doors.
Considering tensions in multi-cultural societies, Brussels designated 2008 'European Year of Intercultural Dialogue'. Grassroots and youth activities assume a key role in Estonia.
"Why Africa Matters" was the opening theme of a two-day conference held in Brussels this week. Portugal has made Africa a key priority during its EU presidency. But it's not the only one. China is Africa's second biggest trading partner after the EU. In this edition of Agora, two experts offer their views on why China will play an increasingly important role in shaping the continent's future.
After the victory of the Orange coalition in last year's general election in Ukraine, Yulia Timochenko has become the country's prime minister. Her first foreign visit was to Brussels, where she has held a series of meetings with European leaders. In our interview, Timochenko presents her view on the building of the Ukraine-EU relationship, how it is progressing, and how it is seen on both sides.
The voyage to France of Tenzin Gyatso, better known as the Dalai Lama, has drawn plenty of comment, good and bad. Loved or loathed, at 73, the Nobel Peace Prize winner likes to present himself as a simple Buddhist monk. But he has become a global celebrity. Before heading back to India, his home in exile for 50 years, the Dalai Lama spoke to euronews, and explained some of his views on life.
Self-proclaimed South Ossetia is insisting on its independence from the former Soviet republic of Georgia, in the Caucasus egion. Brussels, Washington, Moscow and Tbilisi are on a diplomatic storm-watch over the impoverished and tiny yet strategically valuable territory.
European space scientists are looking at data from their Mars Express probe, trying to unravel the secrets of our solar-system neighbour, the red planet. Among the mission's work, is finding similarities and differences between Mars and Earth.
Is there life on Mars? That's this edition of Space.
The EU and Morocco are to bolster the so-called association agreement between them. As a result Brussels and Rabat will formalise various areas of cooperation that were not in the original association agreement. Immigration, border security and combating terrorism are among the most important areas of agreement between the EU and Morocco.
The leader of Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, is an often-outspoken critic of the West. He has in the past been accused of backing terrorism and seeking to develop nuclear weapons. However, efforts in recent years to normalise Libya's relations with the West have won praise from some world leaders, such as French President Nicolas Sarkozy. EuroNews caught up with him at the EU-Africa summit in Lisbon.
European researchers are looking into the science of bread. They are looking at how industrial techniques could produce the same taste and nutrition in a loaf as a traditional bakery. Armed with lasers, scanners, and nuclear magnetic resonators, they want to know what puts the "go" into "dough".
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