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.
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.
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.
The ice cap is slowly melting. As climate change takes hold new routes first sailed by Amundsen are becoming more viable. European satellites are carefully scanning the Arctic region. We travel to the northern Norwegian town of Tromso to meet the scientists tracking these dramatic changes.
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 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.
India's cotton revolution, holding promise for millions of farmers, genetically modified crops far beyond Europe also raise calls for scrutiny. What lessons in agriculture, investment and the environment can be learned in northern India?
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 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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Slovenia's struggle to see its own diversity
Presidential elections in Slovenia have drawn some attention to the country that will itself preside over the European Union next year. It's a chance to find out a little more about Slovenian identity and the nature of a society which remains diverse despite a reputation that suggests otherwise.
He won two Grand slams, knocked Roger Federer off the number one perch and was awarded with the prestigious Prince of Asturias prize in the sports category, tennis ace Rafael Nadal talks with euronews about the best season of his career. A season that will be capped off with a lucrative Shanghai Masters tournament and a Davis Cup final showdown in November against Argentina.
The moons of Jupiter and Saturn: Astronomers are learning more and more about the moons of our solar system. Ultra long-distance probes are opening up new opportunities, allowing scientists to study them on the same level as the moons' mother planets.
In this edition of "Space", the astral satellites that make up the systems of Jupiter and Saturn.
