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The displaced mayor of the captured Ukrainian city of Mariupol has accused Russia of holding the remaining citizens hostage. Vadym Boichenko said there are still about 100,000 residents in the city who are unable to flee to safe Ukrainian territory. He…

Estonia’s governing coalition has collapsed in the wake of a row over social welfare policy, leaving Prime Minister Kaja Kallas searching for a new government partner. The country has been governed by an alliance of the Kallas’ liberal Reform Party and…

A sixth round of EU sanctions targeting Russian oil, Russian banks and Russian military officials entered into legal force on Friday after publication in the EU Official Journal. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Twitter the package was “a …

At least three people have been killed and about 60 people injured in a train accident on Friday near the southern German town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, according to local officials. Sixteen of the wounded sustained serious injuries when the passenger…

New Hertha Berlin coach Sandro Schwarz said on Friday he did not quit at Dynamo Moscow after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine because he felt a responsibility for those at the club and often cried together with the players. Schwarz stayed at t…

The chairman of the Ukrainian parliament met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday to press Berlin to supply more weapons to his country in its war with Russia. Ruslan Stefanchuk arrived in military fatigues and was welcomed by Scholz in his usual bu…

Outdoor opera is back in the Greek capital Athens, with thousands enjoying a show at the Akropolis for the first time since the pandemic. They were welcomed back with “Rigoletto” by Giuseppe Verdi, staged at the ancient Herodion amphitheatre below the …

Germany coach Hansi Flick has the luxury problem of an all but full and a very determined squad to chose from for Saturday’s Nations League opener in Italy. The only player missing is forward Marco Reus who is back in individual training after an infec…

When Claude Quenot looks out of the window, all he can see are the saw-tooth ridges of mountains towering in every direction. Quenot runs a mountain hut high in the Alps. Above him are rocky peaks, while below is the small town of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, …

London (tca/dpa) — It’s been billed as the party of all parties, a star-studded four-day celebration of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch for her 96th birthday and 70 years on the throne. But the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, which has snarl…