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Euronews began broadcasting on the 1st of January 1993 from a suburb of Lyon France. The channel was created by ten founding public broadcasters including France Télévisions RAI and RTVE to provide a European perspective on global news.
Alpac Capital holds an 88% controlling stake in Euronews as of 2022 and increased its ownership to 97.6% after public broadcasters withdrew from the consortium. The firm is linked to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and financed the acquisition partly through Hungarian state funds.
Euronews relocated its principal and editorial headquarters from Lyon to Brussels in 2023. The move was designed to create one hundred new positions including seventy reserved for journalists while eliminating 198 staff positions in Lyon.
The Ukrainian government revoked the broadcasting license in 2015 after a Ukrainian oligarch named Dmytro Firtash attempted to buy the Ukrainian service. This acquisition attempt triggered a geopolitical storm and led to the network cutting funding to the Ukrainian service.
Euronews broadcasts in eighteen languages as of 2025 when it relaunched its Polish-language service. The Polish service launch coincided with Poland's presidency of the Council of the European Union.