CGTN Europe
China Global Television Network (CGTN) has always sought to look for new ways of shedding light on world events.
We’re truly international and committed to searching out important and under-reported stories wherever and whenever they happen.
We’re now expanding our reach in Europe, and you can watch us 24 hours a day on cgtn.com.
Our motto is ‘See The Difference’ and that’s exactly what we offer – a fresh take on the news, with features and analysis on current affairs, as well as shows on business, science and technology.
And you’ll find out more about China, the fastest-growing economy in the world.
So whether you want to learn more about the world, or new perspectives on what’s happening across Europe, give CGTN a try.
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Hungary defiant in face of EU's 'unacceptable' Russian oil embargo
Budapest says Hungary's energy security could be jeopardized if the EU imposes a ban on Russian oil, calling the plans ‘unacceptable’ and vowing to veto them.
Read more 🔗 https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2022-05-06/Hungary-defiant-in-face-of-EU-s-unacceptable-Russian-oil-embargo-19Nq1LZghCo/index.html
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German school helping Ukrainian kids cope with trauma
Munich’s ‘school of hope’ offers psychological and educational support to 250 children from Ukraine. 🙏
In Germany, it is mandatory for these children to start at local schools three months after they arrive, so those who came at the start of the conflict will soon have to be transferred to the r...
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Greece drops COVID-19 restrictions
With the tourist season imminent, Greece has reduced its pandemic requirements – and offered more booster jabs. But not everybody agrees, as CGTN’s Evangelo Sipsas reports from Athens.
Read more 🔗 https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2022-04-24/Eyeing-summer-Greece-drops-COVID-19-rules-and-rolls-out-boo...
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Going underground in Odesa
In a city where there’s no underground metro network, where can residents shelter when they hear an air raid siren?
A group of volunteers in Odesa have been preparing the catacombs that lie beneath the city, ready to withstand Russian missiles.
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Ukraine conflict is entering a critical phase, says former U.S. Marine
‘This will also be even more firepower intensive. The Russians have a lot of artillery and armor, and they're planning to use it.’
Former U.S. Marine colonel Mark Cancian says the Ukraine conflict is entering a critical phase.
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Germany opens doors to refugees again
Will Ukrainian refugees keep getting the same warm welcome in Germany that they do now, or will the strains of providing for them begin to tell on German generosity?
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‘European weapons have made a huge difference already’ - Mark Cancian
‘European weapons have made a huge difference already’… and tanks and heavy artillery are on the way.
Former U.S. Marine colonel Mark Cancian explains the Ukrainian side of the arms race.
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A Ukrainian commander's appeal
“Our final days or hours”
Ukrainian military commander in Mariupol says the end is near for defenders and pleads for international extraction of his troops and hundreds of trapped civilians.
Read more 🔗 https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2022-04-20/Ukraine-conflict-day-56-Mariupol-officer-warns-of-...
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Landfill site exposed by erosion spilling into the ocean
Waste dumped in landfill sites decades ago is re-emerging and causing pollution - in part because of rising sea levels. 🌊
Read more 🔗 https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2022-04-10/The-landfill-waste-coming-back-to-haunt-us-197CoPQDH7W/index.html
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Red Cross to the rescue
Food and shelter are vital. But if refugees have to stay in a strange land for a long time, they need other types of help. In Madrid, Ukrainian expatriates are helping with the culture shock – as CGTN Europe’s Rahul Pathak reports.
Read more 🔗 https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2022-03-28/Spanish-Red-...
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Abandoned alpine border buildings
This tri-border area of Austria, Italy, and Slovenia has been forgotten for years but now journalist Georg Lux and photographer Helmuth Brandstatter have rediscovered these abandoned places.
Read more 🔗 https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2022-03-28/-Alpine-borders-and-their-abandoned-buildings-18Hdrl...
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Lviv’s volunteers work tirelessly and in secret to keep Ukraine supplied
Oleksiy Shevshuk is in charge of organizing and distributing all of the humanitarian aid arriving at Ukraine’s government warehouses
It's one of half a dozen such government-run warehouses around the city, receiving daily deliveries from Europe.
Charities and individuals have donated almost eve...
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Inside Poland's humanitarian aid center
CGTN Europe correspondent Natalie Carney is in Lublin, Poland where a vast warehouse has been commandeered to process the humanitarian aid pouring in from all over Europe and ensure it reaches the parts of Ukraine where it is most needed.
#BehindTheScenes
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Poland voices fear of renewed Russian threat from Ukraine conflict
Poles fear their country getting dragged into the Ukraine-Russia conflict as Western arms move through Poland to Ukraine. Vladimir Putin says such convoys risk becoming legitimate Russian targets.
Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2022-03-23/Poland-voices-fear-of-renewed-Russian-threat-fr...
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Ukraine teenager's agony at leaving mother and homeland behind
Hungarians are showing kindness to strangers, opening up their homes in unprecedented numbers to welcome refugees from Ukraine. See some of their stories here.
Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2022-03-22/Ukraine-teenager-s-agony-at-leaving-mother-and-homeland-behind-18C5tsl6D16/index.html
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War in Ukraine piles pressure on German automakers
Cars are Germany's biggest export, and an existing global semiconductor shortage was already weighing heavily on the industry before the conflict in Ukraine erupted.
Read more 🔗 https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2022-03-15/War-in-Ukraine-piles-pressure-on-German-automakers--18p5DLzDAKQ/index.html
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Singer songwriter Shaun Gibson performs for #ToTheFutureTogether
To mark 50 years of full diplomatic relations between China and the UK, listen to Pass It On, which features elements of British and Chinese musical traditions.
Read more 🔗 https://stories.cgtneurope.tv/to-the-future-together/index.html
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Facts around China’s $127 billion-a-year relationship with the UK
Quick facts around China’s $127 billion-a-year relationship with the UK. 🇨🇳 🇬🇧
#ToTheFutureTogether
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China-UK relations will be decided by people with vision, China's UK ambassador
The future of 🇨🇳🇬🇧 relations will be decided by people with vision, says China’s ambassador to the UK
#ToTheFutureTogether
Read more 🔗 https://stories.cgtneurope.tv/to-the-future-together/index.html
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To the Future Together
Join us on March 13th as we mark the 50th anniversary of China's full diplomatic relations with the UK, with our launch special "To the Future Together".
#CHINAUK50 #ToTheFutureTogether
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Update from the Russian side
Our reporter Aljosa Milenkovic sent this update from the Russian side of the border. Despite the conflict raging in Ukraine negative COVID-19 tests are still being demanded by border guards.
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What’s happening to the internet in Russia?
What’s happening to the internet in Russia? 🤔
Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2022-03-11/How-Russia-is-responding-to-the-information-war--18inRZLbi9i/index.html
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Studio switches to cardboard sets to cut carbon emissions
TV sets are ditching wood for cardboard, in a bid to become more environmentally friendly. Cardboard is 100 percent recyclable, has a carbon footprint 90 percent lower than wood, and it’s also much, much cheaper - without losing any of the magic of cinema.
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Meet the British students learning Mandarin
Some 5,000 students across 75 schools in the UK are now studying Mandarin, a number which is expected to double in the next few years. But why are so many British pupils willing to study one of the hardest languages in the world?
