Sources: BBC
The 77th annual Cannes Film Festival opens in Cannes, France, with Meryl Streep receiving an honorary Palme d'Or award. 2024-05-14
Armenia and the European Union agree on a landmark deal to support the Armenian economy over the next four years following high-level talks in Brussels. The €270m support package is designed to help Armenia become less dependent on Russia. 2024-04-5
The painting "Head of an Old Farmer's Wife in a White Hat" by Vincent van Gogh is sold at auction for more than €4.5 million. 2024-03-10
The European Union says that it will provide fighter aircraft and finance €500 million in procurement and delivery of weapons to Ukraine, the first time that the EU has done so. The EU will also provide €50 million in medical supplies. 2022-02-27
A German couple is jailed for twelve years each for selling the woman's son to a Spanish pedophile on the dark web, who repeatedly abused him. The couple themselves previously abused the boy and a three-year-old girl, whom they are ordered to pay €42,500 in compensation. The Spaniard is sentenced to ten years. 2018-08-7
The French film "Blue Is the Warmest Colour" wins the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. 2013-05-26
A million dollars worth of jewelry meant for use by celebrities at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival is stolen from a Novotel hotel room in Cannes. 2013-05-17
The Cannes Film Festival board of directors announce that Steven Spielberg will head the 2013 Cannes Film Festival jury. 2013-02-28
The 2011 G-20 summit gets underway in the French city of Cannes, with discussions expected to focus on the continuing Eurozone debt crisis. 2011-11-3
The Greek parliament holds a vote of confidence in government cuts associated with a new €12 billion loan from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. 2011-06-21