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Euronews went to the Arroios Market, one of Lisbon's oldest and most historical markets. It opened in 1940. A few years ago, it went through a renovation. Apart from the traditional stands, now there are restaurants. One of them is very special, it’s called Mezze and it is run by a non-governmental organisation. All the employees here are Syrian refugees. We stopped by to taste the food. Today they are organising a workshop, where 13 people are learning how to cook Middle Eastern specialities. Alaa Alharir, Fatima Wafa Ganham and Rafat Dabah left Syria because of the war. They explain the ideas behind setting up a restaurant in Lisbon. … [Read more...] about Mezze: Syrian refugees bring a taste of home to Lisbon

LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly survived several key votes on herBrexit planTuesday night, but her government was accused by a female lawmaker on maternity leave of "cheating" to pass the legislation. Jo Swinson, the deputy leader of the centrist, pro-European Liberal Democrat party, said she would have voted against the tightly-contested Trade Bill, but was at home with her three-week-old baby. She accused the government of breaking an informal agreement in order to "win at all costs." … [Read more...] about Theresa May survives key Brexit votes but her government is accused of ‘cheating’

The moment was bittersweet, as two of the boys held up a framed pencil sketch of Samarn Kunan. The former Thai navy diver died, aged 38, while he worked underwater, laying oxygen tanks along a potential exit route out of the cave comple they'd been trapped in. "Everyone was very sad," said the coach, Ekkapol. "They felt like they were the reason he had to die and his family had to suffer." … [Read more...] about ‘It was a miracle, I was shocked’

By Diana Kruzman RAHWAY, N.J. (Reuters) – Marvin Worthy, confined to a New Jersey state prison since 2004, cannot watch his son play basketball or visit him in college. But for the past three years, a tablet computer has kept their relationship alive. Eight years after Apple introduced the iPad, specially designed tablets are reaching thousands of prisoners in state and county lock-ups around the United States. In the last year alone, at least 19 states have made tablets available to inmates, saying they reduce violence while providing education and job training. “We talk about school, what he does every day,” said Worthy, 37, who is serving the last 13 years of his sentence in East Jersey State Prison in Rahway. A picture of his son on prom night glowed on the small screen in his hands. The tablets, which are tamper-proof and unable to access the internet, allow inmates to exchange emails with people on an approved list of contacts. But some advocacy groups say their … [Read more...] about In U.S. prisons, tablets open window to the outside world

By Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) – A Vietnamese man has admitted that he helped his country’s secret services to kidnap a former oil executive in broad daylight from a Berlin street and smuggle him back to Vietnam, where the businessman has been jailed for life for corruption. The confession to a German court appears to be the first time anyone involved has officially acknowledged that the Vietnamese authorities were behind the Cold War-style abduction last year which angered Berlin. The man, identified as Long N.H., is on trial for taking part in secret service activity and helping to abduct Trinh Xuan Thanh, a former executive at a unit of state oil company PetroVietnam, with a female companion in July last year. As part of a deal, Long N.H. gave a statement to the Berlin court, said a spokeswoman on Wednesday. “In the confession, he stated that he knew about the kidnapping and had taken part in it and that he had worked for Vietnamese intelligence … [Read more...] about Vietnamese admits he helped agents to kidnap ex-executive in Berlin