Valérie Gauriat
Food and Drink
Meet My Mama: how home cooks turned chefs spice up French gastronomy
“My cuisine is a bridge between Congo, my home country, and France,” says Marie-Clarisse, a home cook turned professional chef by Meet My Mama, a French start-up that's serving up fusion food for world class events. Valérie Gauriat discovers the recipe of their success.
Made in Europe
Meet My Mama: Startup turning home cooks into entrepreneurs
In Paris, Meet My Mama is turning overlooked home cooks into professional chefs and entrepreneurs, blending high-end catering with a powerful social mission. Euronews reporter Valérie Gauriat met both founders and chefs to talk about their outstanding culinary journey.
Made in Europe
Curro Rodríguez: from bankruptcy to global water empire
After facing financial ruin, Francisco “Curro” Rodríguez has built one of the world leaders in carton-packaged water: Ly Company. A success story inextricably linked to the personal history of a man who has turned his failures into a driving force.
Euronews investigates
In Italy, the “Land of Fires” continues to claim lives
In Campania, southern Italy, the “Land of Fires” continues to bear the scars of decades of criminal pollution. Illegal dumps, toxic fires, and soaring illness: Euronews reporter, Valérie Gauriat, investigated at the heart of this scarred territory, where residents’ anger shows no sign of abating.
Europeans' Stories
Spain bets on migrants to counter labour shortage and boost growth
While the US government is waging an unprecedented deportation campaign against immigrants, combating irregular migration is one of the European Union’s priorities. Amidst the global rhetoric against undocumented immigrants, Spain stands out as an exception.
Cuba
Report: Prisoners in Cuba forced into labour for exports to Europe
Tens of thousands of prisoners are subjected to systemic forced labour, producing goods such as coal and cigars for export markets in conditions close to slavery, according to a new report published on Monday by the NGO Prisoners Defenders.
World News
Freed Belarus prisoners: Opposition leader refuses forced exile
The 52 prisoners freed last Thursday in a US-brokered deal with Belarus were sent to Vilnius, Lithuania. Among those freed was Mikalai Statkevich, a prominent opposition leader who refused to leave Belarus and is now missing.