Now playing Next Markets Markets' week ahead: Energy stocks spark while luxury goods lose sheen Euronews Business looks at how European stock markets are opening this week amidst business climate data from Germany and upcoming UK inflation numbers 18/12/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. A better Europe starts in its cities A centrally-placed EU Urban Envoy would unite the disparate EU policies and initiatives that currently impact cities and urban areas into a single melody, Burkhard Jung writes. 18/12/2023
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Now playing Next Europe News Brussels launches legal action against Musk's X over illegal content The European Commission has launched legal action against social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, under its landmark law for online platforms, the Digital Services Act (DSA). 18/12/2023
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Now playing Next Top News Stories Today Latest news bulletin | December 18th – Midday Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. 18/12/2023
Now playing Next Ukraine Siberian Battalion: Who are the Russians fighting for Ukraine? The newly-formed "Siberian Battalion" is made up of Russians who have come to fight against their fellow citizens. 18/12/2023
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Now playing Next Green News ROUNDUP: Key environment and energy votes in parliament The European Parliament plenary of 2023 in Strasbourg from 11-14 December saw the legislature wave through a new law designed to reduce Europe’s geopolitically precarious dependence on China for essential raw materials, and a trio of resolutions on green themes. 18/12/2023
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Now playing Next Culture news Author who compared Gaza to Nazi ghettos awarded German literary prize Masha Gessen made controversial comments in an article published in the New Yorker, writing that Gaza is "like a Jewish ghetto in an Eastern European country occupied by Nazi Germany." 18/12/2023
Now playing Next Culture news These are the most memorable celebrity fashion moments of 2023 As we bid farewell to yet another year, let's take a stroll down memory lane, revisiting some of the most iconic and memorable celebrity fashion looks from 2023. 18/12/2023
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Now playing Next The Big Question The Big Question: Why is it so hard to prevent terrorist financing? The Chief Financial Economic Crime Officer at Rabobank tells The Big Question’s Hannah Brown: “Behind financial crime, you have crime - drug addiction, terrorist financing and modern slavery. And this money has to enter into the system.” 18/12/2023
Now playing Next Top News Stories Today Latest news bulletin | December 18th – Morning Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. 18/12/2023