• The challenge encourages nominated participants to be filmed having a bucket of ice water poured on their heads and then nominating others to do the same. (wikipedia.org)
  • What's colder than having a bucket of ice water dumped over your head? (peta.org)
  • The milk crate challenge went viral in the summer of 2021. (theconversation.com)
  • The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went viral throughout a wide variety of social media platforms (particularly on Facebook) during late July and August of 2014. (christianpost.com)
  • On "More or Less" this week we discuss the ice bucket challenge: are viral memes a good way to get people giving to charity, or does it make us careless about what the charities are doing with the money? (timharford.com)
  • The global leaders of tech are taking on the most viral - and chilling- charity campaign to date by dumping buckets of ice on their head in order to raise awareness for Lou Gehrig's Disease. (speckproducts.com)
  • Learn more about the ALS #IceBucket challenge and exactly why it's become so viral. (speckproducts.com)
  • The ice bucket challenge has become a viral phenomenon as of late. (bitesizevegan.org)
  • A new study by a team of scientists from the University of Malta and the Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier (CNRS/Université de Montpellier) could help develop treatment strategies for a crippling disorder that was the focus of the Ice Bucket Challenge, the world's largest global social media phenomenon. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Within two weeks, word then reached Quinn's friend Pete Frates and he took the challenge, making him the fourth person to complete the challenge for ALS. (wikipedia.org)
  • Pat Quinn, who was friends on Facebook with the Senerchias, encouraged his friends to take the challenge, and soon after, Pete Frates began posting about the challenge on Twitter. (wikipedia.org)
  • The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was popularized by philanthropist Corey Griffin, in an effort to raise funds after his friend Pete Frates was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. (autoevolution.com)
  • Pat Quinn and the late Pete Frates, another man diagnosed with ALS, started the challenge to raise money for research and awareness. (abc30.com)
  • The Ice Bucket Challenge, sometimes called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, is an activity involving the pouring of a bucket of ice water over a person's head, either by another person or self-administered, to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as motor neuron disease or Lou Gehrig's disease) and encourage donations to research. (wikipedia.org)
  • From 1991 to early 2014, a challenge of unknown origin often called the "Cold Water Challenge" became popular on social media in areas of the Northern United States and Northern Norway. (wikipedia.org)
  • One version of the challenge, which took place in Salem, Indiana, as early as May 15, 2014, involved dousing participants with cold water and then donating to a charity, for example a local child diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. (wikipedia.org)
  • The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation popularized the "Cold Water Challenge" in early 2014 to raise funds as an unsanctioned spin-off of the polar plunge most widely used by Special Olympics as a fundraiser. (wikipedia.org)
  • On May 20, 2014, the Washington Township, New Jersey, fire department posted a video on YouTube participating in the "Cold Water Challenge" with fire hoses. (wikipedia.org)
  • More and more people, now including celebrities like Justin Timberlake and world leaders like former President George W. Bush, are recording themselves as they're doused with ice water for the sake of raising money and awareness for research into Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. (cbsnews.com)
  • My objection definitely isn't to throwing ice water over yourself," William MacAskill, co-founder of the organization Giving What We Can, told CBS News. (cbsnews.com)
  • Several variations have been suggested as part of the ice bucket death rumor, but most frequently the ill-fated charitable party is said to have fallen victim to a slippery ice bucket or died of shock after being exposed to freezing water. (snopes.com)
  • The two friends are holding a plastic trash bin full of ice water and drop the whole trash bin on his head. (snopes.com)
  • Latasha Brown accepted a friendly online challenge invite from her best friend via Facebook the challenge is to toss a bucket of ice cold water over your body. (snopes.com)
  • Similarly, other reports claimed that a 17-year-old Mississippi girl named Nancy Oley died of a broken neck while attempting the challenge when a giant bucket of ice water was accidentally dropped on her head. (snopes.com)
  • Locals say an increasing number of youngsters have been jumping into the water at the popular 'tombstoning' spot because of the ice bucket phenomenon. (snopes.com)
  • Nominated by their coworkers, 10 NSP employees had multiple ice-cold buckets of water dumped on them. (keyc.com)
  • The Ice Bucket Challenge involves daring a person to dump a bucket of ice water over their head within the next 24 hours, or else donate money toward fighting ALS . (theverge.com)
  • Took to a lovely beach to dump the ice water on his head. (theverge.com)
  • Can you smell it if it's cooked with ice water? (theverge.com)
  • But you don't have to dump ice water on your head to support ALS. (seerinteractive.com)
  • Last week I finally succumbed to social pressure and invited some colleagues at the BBC to film me having a bucket of iced water tipped over my head. (timharford.com)
  • No doubt some will find this line of reasoning colder than a bucket full of iced water. (timharford.com)
  • After Dani Pedrosa and Marquez were quick to douse themselves in icy water for the ALS cause, even though the former jumped into a not-that-icy pool after the shower, it's the 9-time world champion who gets a taste of the ice bucket. (autoevolution.com)
  • If employees could raise $5,000, Paul Swan, Tri-Ed's vice president of sales and marketing/Canada, and Mike Culbertson, VP of Tri-Ed's technical sales group, would also endure a bucket cold water and ice. (securitysales.com)
  • Critics pour cold water on the Ice Bucket Challenge: are they right? (theconversation.com)
  • The videos are basically records of activities which involve dumping a bucket of ice water on someone's head. (christianpost.com)
  • The first is to record a video of themselves pouring a bucket of ice-cold water over their head. (christianpost.com)
  • There are cases, especially those who are of celebrity status, would still pledge to donate and at the same time pour themselves with the ice water. (christianpost.com)
  • The challenge is simple: film yourself getting doused by a bucket of ice water, post it to social media, and challenge your friends. (nintendolife.com)
  • There's a larger mystery that must be addressed, though: will Reggie still be considered a victor in the Ice Bucket Challenge if the water screams in terror and explodes into steam before hitting his skin? (nintendolife.com)
  • The ice and water is not ready. (nintendolife.com)
  • The icy water will change his outfit into Ice Mario clothes! (nintendolife.com)
  • Oh boy, can't wait to see how Reggie handles the ice cold water. (nintendolife.com)
  • Reggie's jumping from the roof top into a pool of ice water in his Mario trunks right after Fils-A-Mech is done filling it up. (nintendolife.com)
  • At just six years old, the brave little boy followed thousands of others across the world, who are pouring ice cold water over their heads and posting videos to social media, to raise money and awareness for worthy causes. (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
  • I thought it was a bit mean to put ice in the bucket so we used cold water. (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
  • Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is the latest to answer the call and take a bucket of ice water to the head for charity. (theverge.com)
  • The ice bucket challenge - which sees devotees pour iced water over themselves - has raised 67.1 million euros for the ALS Association. (euronews.com)
  • Journalist Ayman Aloul said he created the challenge to raise awareness that water is so scarce after Israeli bombing that it would seem ridiculous for Palestinians to be throwing it over their heads. (euronews.com)
  • He said: "We looked for a bucket of water - however the use of water is more important than to empty over our heads. (euronews.com)
  • Therefore I decided to use rubble instead of iced water. (euronews.com)
  • DIRT BUCKET CHALLENGE The dirt bucket challenge emerged in California as a protest against the fad of throwing water over one's head while the state is experiencing a drought. (euronews.com)
  • The duo who launched the spoof challenge said they had 'altered proceedings' in the light of California's lack of water. (euronews.com)
  • Basically, someone will pour a big bucket of ice water on themselves, then call out the names of two or three other people to do the same. (golfdigest.com)
  • If they don't pour ice water over their own heads within 24 hours, they have to donate $100 to a charity of the person who called them out's choosing. (golfdigest.com)
  • Of course, Homer pulls a Homer by trying to weasel his way out of pouring a bucket's worth of ice water on himself, but, thankfully, someone (we won't spoil that for you) gets the drop on him. (963theblaze.com)
  • Then it was a mixture of screams, squeals and laughter as residents began to pour the ice-water-filled buckets over the campers heads. (actsretirement.org)
  • There has been criticism about the ice bucket challenge being a waste of water and a callous flaunting of our first-world privilege. (bitesizevegan.org)
  • I would like to point out that all of the water used in all of the buckets for all of the challenges cannot come close to the water usage of the animal products industry . (bitesizevegan.org)
  • That said, my water for the challenge was collected rainwater with little rainwater ice cubes. (bitesizevegan.org)
  • Infants most often drown in bathtubs or buckets of water. (medscape.com)
  • On Aug. 14, Tri-Ed's senior management team challenged all 600 of its employees to join in the effort to raise awareness and money in the battle against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. (securitysales.com)
  • Ice Bucket Challenge Rules Explained: How Challenge Helps ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease Charities? (christianpost.com)
  • The scheme was originally to raise awareness for the devastating condition known as ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), with participants able to donate to ALS research as a way to cop out of the ice bath. (nintendolife.com)
  • With only about half of the general public knowledgeable about Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (more commonly called Lou Gehrig's Disease), the Ice Bucket Challenge is making a profound difference. (vuhoops.com)
  • On what date will the Siberian Ice Bucket bucket challenge be taking place in 2017? (siberiantimes.com)
  • The challenge first received increased media attention in the United States on June 30, 2014, when personalities of the Golf Channel program Morning Drive televised the social-media phenomenon, and performed a live, on-air Ice Bucket Challenge. (wikipedia.org)
  • When it came to figuring out HOW he could help, he says he remembered the phenomenon of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. (tmz.com)
  • WOODBURY, N.Y. - Count Tri-Ed employees and a few executives among the legions of participants in the ALS "Ice Bucket Challenge" social phenomenon. (securitysales.com)
  • The Ice Bucket Challenge, a web phenomenon that has been raising millions for ALS research, is currently washing through the games industry and Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime is not expected to back down. (nintendolife.com)
  • The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is, at least for this summertime moment, a pop culture and social media phenomenon that benefited a worthy cause. (healthcaresuccess.com)
  • When Kennedy took the challenge in mid-July last year, the then little-known stunt was not tied to a specific charity. (wikipedia.org)
  • Most now are opting for both the bucket and charity, however. (nintendolife.com)
  • He argues: "Yet it's hard to shake the feeling that, for most of the people posting ice bucket videos of themselves on Facebook, Vine, and Instagram, the charity part remains a postscript. (euronews.com)
  • Those who declined the ice bath were compelled to give $100 to a charity of the challenger's choice. (healthcaresuccess.com)
  • She first teased her Instagram video, writing: "Getting ready to ice myself for #ALS. (etonline.com)
  • I saw her video on Instagram, and from there I received the challenge from Lima Estates , which is another ACTS Retirement Life Community in Media, Pennsylvania. (actsretirement.org)
  • In the video, Sergio is seen sitting on a chair with a helmet on as two friends are holding a bucket from a balcony. (snopes.com)
  • The "ice bucket challenge gone wrong/slippery bucket" version of the rumor got a boost on Twitter when a parody account spread the video without attribution. (snopes.com)
  • Frates was the one who kicked off the challenge, posting a video to the tune of Vanilla Ice's "Ice, Ice Baby. (theverge.com)
  • The most memorable ALS Ice Bucket Challenge video I have seen. (glennbeck.com)
  • While there's nothing funny about the debilitating disease, the ice-bucket-dump video clips are good natured and amusing. (healthcaresuccess.com)
  • Watch more of your favorite celebrities accept the challenge in our video below. (963theblaze.com)
  • Sharma countered that the beauty of the ice bucket challenge is that its participants act on impulse. (cbsnews.com)
  • Moreover, the photograph accompanying the Huzlers article did not picture a now-deceased woman named Latasha Brown, but rather a still-alive woman named Sandra Robinson whose photo had been included in a much earlier Natchez Democrat article about ice challenge participants. (snopes.com)
  • The rules of the ALS Challenge are simple: those who have been mentioned or tagged by participants have two options to complete the said challenge. (christianpost.com)
  • The virality of the ice bucket challenge gave rise to a false dichotomy: you're either in support of curing a debilitating disease, or you put the lives of animals above humans. (bitesizevegan.org)
  • Indeed, while the ALS Association has gained more than 630,000 new donors, there have been 2.4 million videos related to the challenge on Facebook. (cbsnews.com)
  • Chances are you've seen the "ice bucket challenge" mentioned on Facebook or Twitter, especially now that celebrities and other notable figures have been participating in the meme. (snopes.com)
  • There have been more than 1.5 million videos pertaining to the challenge that have been shared on Facebook between June 1 and Aug. 13. (christianpost.com)
  • Maysam Yusef, a university student, started a Facebook page for the rubble bucket challenge, which is designed to highlight the plight of Palestinians in Gaza. (euronews.com)
  • Too many of these videos have been all about the celebrity or the challenge itself. (glennbeck.com)
  • You probably have encountered at least a couple of videos of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. (christianpost.com)
  • The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge continues to rage on, with everyone from your next-door neighbor to Benedict Cumberbatch submitting videos online. (963theblaze.com)
  • As reported earlier , Reggie has been challenged by Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, who also called out Sony's Shuhei Yoshida and Valve's Gabe Newell. (nintendolife.com)
  • As Haden surfaces, he immediately calls on head coach Steve Sarkisian to join the challenge. (foxsports.com)
  • For more information on the "Ice Bucket Challenge," head over to ALS.org . (foxsports.com)
  • The Ice Bucket Challenge concept evidently had a head start. (healthcaresuccess.com)
  • The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has hit Villanova and the gauntlet has been laid for head coach Jay Wright as assistant Ashley Howard has laid down the challenge. (vuhoops.com)
  • Even if a person completes the challenge, they're more than welcome to donate money too. (theverge.com)
  • Once a person completes the challenge, they're also supposed to dare several other people - usually three - to participate, which is why the challenge has been growing and growing. (theverge.com)
  • After someone completes the challenge, they present it to others to keep the chain going. (comicbook.com)
  • The evidence for that proposition is thin, as it happens, but even if the many tens of millions raised by the ice bucket challenge are brand-new charitable giving, we could still ask where that money would best be spent. (timharford.com)
  • Check out how our very own CEO, Irene Baran, made her own version of the ice bucket challenge in light of the California drought. (speckproducts.com)
  • 76ers partner Michael Rubin 's dishing cold, hard facts about how he came up with the ingenious All In Challenge -- which already has Drake , Tom Brady , Meek Mill and so many more onboard. (tmz.com)
  • not only because he's donating his first-ever Bucs jersey , but also cause he challenged Drake . (tmz.com)
  • According to the Wall Street Journal, the Ice Bucket Challenge was begun by professional golfers as means to support various pet charities. (wikipedia.org)
  • The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has led to a significant rise in donation to ALS charities . (comicbook.com)
  • In the end, I sent a few pounds of my ice bucket donation to the Motor Neurone Disease Association. (timharford.com)
  • Ianto took part in the challenge to support Macmillan Cancer Support and in honour of his mum, who is currently in hospital having her lymph nodes removed. (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
  • But as new entries are posted, a rumor suggesting ice bucket challenges can be fatal has circulated as well, with a few versions of the tale often accompanying posts about the social media trend. (snopes.com)
  • It's worth mentioning that while rumors of heart attacks or blunt force trauma due to the ice bucket challenge in its current form (as a fundraising tactic for ALS) specifically cited above may be untrue, some earlier fatal incidents occurred abroad before the practice became a social media trend. (snopes.com)
  • Peer pressure, amusement and the desire for attention help explain why young people participate in risky social media challenges. (theconversation.com)
  • of #IceBucket challenges posted to various social media sites. (speckproducts.com)
  • For example, in 2014, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, a social media-centered campaign, received extensive public visibility and created increased awareness of ALS. (cdc.gov)
  • 11 Raising health awareness and promoting healthy behaviours via social media remains a practical challenge for many organizations. (who.int)
  • In the United States, many people participated for the ALS Association, and in the United Kingdom, many people participated for the Motor Neurone Disease Association, although some individuals opted to donate their money from the Ice Bucket Challenge to other organizations. (wikipedia.org)
  • However some people-including celebrities and various government officials around the world-have followed through with the intention of a yearly event by continuing to perform the challenge again each subsequent summer. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Archdiocese suggests people who want to do the challenge contribute to the John Paul II Medical Research Institute, "where the research is only conducted using adult stem cells. (salon.com)
  • This time, the social element seems to be a source of no small joy: at a family gathering recently, people were gleefully ice-bucketing each other until the garden had become a swamp. (timharford.com)
  • Young people often participate in a challenge to feel included among peers who have already done it. (theconversation.com)
  • Some of the people issuing the challenges have tweaked the rules by asking people to contribute $10 even if they do soak themselves. (euronews.com)
  • Right now, there's something called the Ice Bucket Challenge that people are doing on the internet. (golfdigest.com)
  • Boston City Councillor Tito Jackson, left in suit, leads some 200 people in the ice bucket challenge at Boston's Copley Square. (kgou.org)
  • I mainly wanted to do this ['Ask Me Anything'] because I remember reading a lot of stories about people complaining that the ice bucket challenge was a waste and that scientists weren't using the money to do research, etc. (upworthy.com)
  • On August 1, 2015, a group of ALS organizations in the United States, including the ALS Association, Les Turner ALS Foundation, and ALS Therapy Development Institute, re-introduced the Ice Bucket Challenge for 2015 to raise further funds with the intention of establishing it as an annual occurrence. (wikipedia.org)
  • 1 year later, the Ice Bucket Challenge funds this breakthrough in ALS research. (upworthy.com)
  • If you're wondering why Bezos and a huge group of other tech executives have been dousing themselves, you can read our story on what the Ice Bucket Challenge is and why it's gotten so huge . (theverge.com)
  • He was able to catch it with his body like he was a goalie on an ice hockey team. (seriouslyomg.com)
  • Among Tri-Ed's senior management team accepting the ALS "Ice Bucket Challenge," (left) Pat Comunale, president & CEO, and (right) James Rothstein, chief marketing officer.The company's 600 employees raised $5,000 for the ALS Association. (securitysales.com)
  • Ice swimmers from team 'Morozhenki' (Ice-creams) in Vladivostok enjoy their own cold war, and insist it is healthy. (siberiantimes.com)
  • Wisconsin's women's soccer team also took the challenge for themselves. (buckys5thquarter.com)
  • Remember, the way the challenge is set up, the ice-drenching is the alternative to contributing actual money. (euronews.com)
  • But there's good news - due, in part, to the money raised by the Ice Bucket Challenge. (upworthy.com)
  • With the amount of money that the ice bucket challenge raised, I feel that there's a lot of hope and optimism now for real, meaningful therapies. (upworthy.com)
  • Like a slew of stars before her, the Mother Monster accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Monday but, of course, had to do it in a Gaga-esque fashion. (etonline.com)
  • Celebrities around the world took part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and so far the campaign appears to have brought more than $22 mil (€16.6 mil) in donations. (autoevolution.com)
  • Donations to the ALS Association, a Washington-based nonprofit that funds global research to find treatments and a cure for the disease, have surged since the challenge started trending in late July. (securitysales.com)
  • Most of the cast of Fox's Gotham have accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, an online trend aimed at raising awareness of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, colloquially known as Lou Gherig's Disease. (comicbook.com)
  • This has been great for awareness because no one knows about this disease and this ice bucket challenge has been phenomenal. (actsretirement.org)
  • Her comments and resulting debate have created a false dichotomy concerning the ice bucket challenge and what it represents: that you are either in support of finding a cure for a tragic, debilitating disease, or you put the lives of animals above those of humans and care more about lab rats than a person with ALS who can no longer walk. (bitesizevegan.org)
  • It is the 'knowns' that keep me humble, and the 'unknowns' that keep me challenged," says Paul Mehta, M.D. Paul is a medical epidemiologist and the principal investigator who provides oversight for the congressionally mandated National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Registry at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in Atlanta. (cdc.gov)
  • When you are a federal scientist, there are many challenges that must be overcome, especially when you are working with a disease like ALS, which has many unknowns and knowns," says Paul. (cdc.gov)
  • The ice bucket challenge became an instant hit, and Corey was able to raise more than $100,000 (€75,400) hours before he drowned in a diving accident. (autoevolution.com)
  • Heinen's Grocery, Cook Street Coffee and BHS-TV have all accepted 365Barrington's ice bucket challenge to help raise awareness and funds for ALS. (365barrington.com)
  • We've collected a ton of our favorite Ice Bucket Challenges for you to watch right here. (theverge.com)
  • When Pamela learned from PETA that the ALS Association funds experiments on monkeys and other animals, she accepted the "Ice Bucket Challenge"-and responded with a challenge of her own: Switch to modern, humane non-animal testing methods. (peta.org)
  • This week, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati specifically asked Catholic school leaders at 113 schools to "immediately cease" any fundraising plans connected to the challenge, because the ALS Association funds at least one study using embryonic stem cells -- "in direct conflict with Catholic teaching. (salon.com)
  • The ALS Association said that $2.2 million of funds that were raised from 2014's Ice Bucket Challenge went into funding for a new drug that the Food and Drug Administration approved this week. (kgou.org)
  • Yesterday we showed you Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez taking an ice-cold shower as part of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge fund raising campaign which seems to become quite a frenzy during the last days. (autoevolution.com)
  • The Ice Bucket Challenge continues! (golfdigest.com)
  • The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge continues to make a splash across the country, including at the Gwynedd Estates retirement community. (actsretirement.org)
  • At best, they say, the ice bucket challenge could be a flash-in-the-pan moment that doesn't build any larger support for ALS research. (cbsnews.com)
  • Kennedy thought taking the challenge might bring some cheer to a family member with ALS, Anthony Senerchia. (wikipedia.org)
  • Aww I thought Ice Climbers were confirmed beforereading the ttle lol. (nintendolife.com)
  • Browsing late at night with the top post being a picture of the Ice Climbers, I thought they were confirmed for Smash Bros. Oh well, maybe tomorrow. (nintendolife.com)
  • Joe Magee, vice president of RallyBound, a social fundraising platform for nonprofits, told CBS News that the success of the ice bucket challenge is like "lightning in a bottle" and can't necessarily be replicated. (cbsnews.com)
  • News accounts have also reported a boy named Cameron Lancaster as an example of a teenager who died while attempting the challenge. (snopes.com)
  • Not all religious leaders are opposed to the Ice Bucket Challenge. (salon.com)
  • Sergio Cardozo reportedly died on camera while doing the ice bucket challenge with two fellow friends. (snopes.com)
  • Not sure whether it was the number of nominees that attracted a second ice-cold shower from Rossi's friends right after he poured the bucket on himself, but the second wave was truly powerful. (autoevolution.com)
  • The 28-year-old "Born This Way" singer then challenged "#RichPeople" Adele, Live Nation President and CEO Michael Rapino, songwriter/music producer Vincent Herbert, and Live Nation's chairman of global music and president of global touring Arthur Fogel. (etonline.com)
  • Because life is precious and human dignity needs to be respected, of course now anti-choice groups are now coming down on the Ice Bucket Challenge. (salon.com)
  • Soon after, the challenge was brought to mainstream audiences when television anchor Matt Lauer did what was called "the Ice Bucket Challenge" on July 15, 2014, on NBC's The Today Show at Greg Norman's challenge. (wikipedia.org)
  • To show your support for Macmillan Cancer Support text ICE to 70550 to donate £3. (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
  • Shaq's best friend, Anthony Hall , challenged him to do the #BottleCapChallenge. (seriouslyomg.com)
  • NO BUCKET CHALLENGE Will Oremus, writing on slate.com , makes the case for not taking part in the ice bucket challenge. (euronews.com)