Saturday

9th Dec 2023

Ticker

Paris Notre Dame set to reopen in 2024

The Notre Dame cathedral in Paris is expected to reopen to worshippers and the public in 2024, culture minister Rima Abdul Malak said on Thursday, more than three years after its roof was destroyed in a massive blaze in 2019, AFP reports. The ministers said the clean-up phase of the restoration project had ended, allowing rebuilding work to get underway at the end of the summer.

Read and decide

Join EUobserver today

Become an expert on Europe

Get instant access to all articles — and 20 years of archives. 14-day free trial.

... or subscribe as a group

Analysis

How Moldova is trying to control tuberculosis

Moldova, Europe's poorest country, is working hard to combat tuberculosis. The country wants to be tuberculosis-free by 2030, at the same time as joining the EU. That's quite a challenge.

Feature

Sudanese fleeing violence find no haven in Egypt or EU

Since the cycle of violence started earlier this year in Sudan, more than six million people have been displaced. With increasingly fewer safe areas within the country, thousands have been forced to flee to neighbouring countries — especially Egypt.

Opinion

How should EU reform the humanitarian aid system?

The example of Ukraine illustrates that donors like the EU should be more ambitious about the localisation of aid. And this funding to local actors needs to be predictable, flexible, and longer than the typical one-year funding cycle.

Join EUobserver

Support quality EU news

Join us