Now playing Next Economy The five challenges facing Italy's economy in 2024 With the ongoing national challenges such as slow GDP growth, an immigration crisis and a soft labour market, the global scenario remains bleak. For Italy, growth, albeit small, might still be on the cards, Osama Rizvi writes. 22/01/2024
Now playing Next Tech News Friar Tech: The Vatican's top AI expert who advises Silicon Valley It might seem like an oxymoron but the Vatican's top brain on the technology most shaping our world just now hails from a medieval order. 21/01/2024
Now playing Next Climate Where in Europe offers the biggest grants for heat pumps? Heat pumps are expensive - but these government subsidies are making them affordable for homeowners. 21/01/2024
Now playing Next 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. 20/01/2024
Now playing Next Living From Estonia to Spain: Meet Europe's new greenest city This Spanish city wants to be ‘the beacon’ of green policies in Europe this year. 20/01/2024
Now playing Next Green News Will Bologna’s 30km/h speed limit benefit the environment? The highly contested Città 30 (City 30) scheme aims to reduce road accidents and improve air quality. 19/01/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Coalition puts fake meat on ministers' menu, and sinks in teeth Austria, France and Italy pushed for putting lab-grown meat on the ‘menu’ of the next gathering of EU agriculture ministers, taking the helm of the 12-country coalition against this food technology. 19/01/2024
Now playing Next Space Meet the first all-European crew set to launch to the ISS The crew will spend two weeks aboard the International Space Station, conducting more than 30 experiments, including research on stem cells, biological processes, and other microgravity studies. 18/01/2024
Now playing Next Business Italy's motorists drive European car market forward in 2023 Euronews Business breaks down the latest data on the European car market. 18/01/2024
Now playing Next Green News Geothermal potential in northern, western Europe flagged as lawmakers Northern Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium are key potential locations for boosting the supply of geothermal energy, an expert told Euronews, as EU lawmakers backed a strategy to boost the bloc’s development of the renewable source. 18/01/2024
Now playing Next Finland Left vs Right: Finland goes to the polls in close presidential race The two leading contenders represent the left and right-wing of the Finnish political spectrum and are separated by just three percentage points as advance polling stations open. 18/01/2024
Now playing Next World News EU pledges to prolong aid to Italy's flood-devastated region EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised to allocate extra funds to help the reconstruction of the devastated Emilia-Romagna region. 17/01/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Norway's approval of deep-sea mining divides European Parliament Norway's controversial decision to approve commercial deep-sea mining in its waters has highlighted a left-right rift in the European Parliament. 17/01/2024
Now playing Next Economy Beyond GDP: Why economic growth requires more than just numbers A new report from the WEF claims that a conventional GDP growth picture is incomplete without a deeper understanding of the underlying nature and quality of growth. 17/01/2024
Now playing Next Italy Migrant rescue ships grounded by Italy’s strict regulation against NGO After a 20-day detention imposed by Italian authorities, the Ocean Viking - a migrant rescue ship that has saved thousands of people in distress since 2016 - will be able to go back to sea on Friday. 17/01/2024
Now playing Next Europe News ‘Two extinction rebellions’: Climate, migration fears to shape EU vote Two ‘tribes’ of voters, one mostly worried about climate change and the other about immigration, could shape the outcome of June’s European elections, according to a new report. 17/01/2024
Now playing Next Business Shell to sell huge part of Nigeria oil business in $2.4 billion deal The London-based energy giant has faced decades-long local criticism for the environmental impact of its oil exploration in Nigeria. 17/01/2024