This Day in History: , Nuclear Disaster
at Chernobyl.
April 26, 1986.
The disaster at Chernobyl, located about 65 miles from Kiev in the former Soviet Union, is the worst nuclear power plant accident to date.
50 tons of radioactive material was released into the atmosphere after an explosion of the Number 4 reactor, caused by an engineering experiment.
The 30,000 residents of
the nearby community of
Pripyat were evacuated the next day.
The Soviet government
attempted a cover-up.
But two days after the disaster, radiation levels
800 miles away in Sweden were detected at
40% higher than the normal level.
32 people were initially
killed in the Chernobyl plant.
5,000 Soviets eventually died
from radiation-induced illnesses.
Millions of acres of forest
and farmland across Northern
and Eastern Europe were contaminated.
The former residents of
Pripyat have never returned
Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories Duration: 01:08Published
Watch as Sweden's Armand Duplantis breaks his own men's world pole vault record, increasing it from 6.23m to 6.24m at the Diamond League in Xiamen. BBC Sport
Conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) presented its candidates for the European Parliament today in Warsaw. During the convention, PiS politicians warned against the so-called European elites.
Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 00:50Published
Former U.S. vice president Mike Pence is confident that U.S. military support for Ukraine is forthcoming.
Such a congressional approval has the support of majorities of the political parties as well as the American people, Pence said in an interview with Euronews in Brussels.
Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:27Published
In this episode of Real Economy, Euronews reporter Paul Hackett travels to Ljubljana and Brussels to learn how Europe's new disability and parking cards aim to facilitate cross-border travel and enhance accessibility for individuals with disabilities.
Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 08:00Published
A Baltic Sea telecom cable connecting Sweden with Estonia has been damaged at roughly the same time as a Finnish-Estonian pipeline and cable were damaged earlier... IndiaTimes
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has officially submitted Sweden's NATO membership application to parliament, bringing closer the end of a 17-month... IndiaTimes
A research guide from Durgapur, India, working at a university in Sweden, was found dead in her apartment near the university campus. Her family suspects murder,... IndiaTimes
![This Day in History: Nuclear Disaster at Chernobyl [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20240426/1373819308-This-Day-in-History-Nuclear-Disaster-at-Chernobyl.jpg)
![Polish Conservatives warn against 'Brussels elites' ahead of election [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20240427/1373922494-Polish-Conservatives-warn-against-Brussels-elites-ahead-of.jpg)
![Brussels, my love? Bumper Strasbourg session brings term to an end [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20240427/1373881086-Brussels-my-love-Bumper-Strasbourg-session-brings-term.jpg)
![Mike Pence: U.S. will continue to support Ukraine [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20240419/1373134082-Mike-Pence-will-continue-to-support.jpg)
![EU leaders want to talk competitiveness at Brussels summit [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20240418/1372954436-EU-leaders-want-to-talk-competitiveness-at-Brussels.jpg)
![How do the EU's new disability cards facilitate cross-border travel? [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20240417/1372885212-How-do-the-EU-new-disability-cards.jpg)
