Buergbrennen signals end of winter
Communes across Luxembourg over the weekend hosted the traditional Buergbrennen in which a bonfire is lit to chase away winter and ring in the start of [...]
Events
Three judges overseeing Italy’s mega-mafia trial ask to be recused on the first day as 350 ‘Ndrangheta mob suspects prepare to face justice
Three judges assigned to oversee Italy’s largest mafia trial in more than 30 years today asked to be recused on the first day – as hundreds of alleged members of the ‘Ndrangheta mob prepared to face [...]
Two people killed in a Baptist church in San Jose
In a church in the American city of San Jose, a stabbing took place on Monday. At least two people were killed, an unknown number of people were seriously [...]
Viking Grace liner safely towed from Åland Islands
A cruise ferry that crashed in the Åland Islands of Finland was safely towed to the dock on Sunday. The 331 passengers and 98 crew had to spend the night from Saturday to Sunday on Viking Line’s [...]
Choice supporters hold largest protest in history against the Polish government
About one hundred thousand protesters took to the streets of the Polish capital, Warsaw, on Friday, in the largest demonstration of popular anger directed against Poland’s ruling rightwing Law and Justice party (PiS) since it assumed office in [...]
Deputy leader of the Golden Dawn managed to avoid arrest after jail sentence
A Greek neo-Nazi ideologue and deputy leader of the Golden Dawn party has evaded arrest Friday as dozens of fellow members headed to prison following a group [...]
Minister: murdered teacher honored with France’s highest award
Samuel Paty, the 47-year old history teacher beheaded last week by a suspected Islamist, will be posthumously given France’s highest award, the Legion d’Honneur, the education minister, Jean-Michel Blanquer, has [...]
Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan says 12 civilians died as a result of shelling in Ganja
Azerbaijan has said at least 12 people have died after shelling levelled a row of homes in the city of Ganja, with 40 more wounded in a sharp escalation of the conflict with Armenia over the region of [...]
French humanitarian worker freed by Islamic extremists in Mali returns to France
A 75-year-old French aid worker held hostage for four years by Islamic extremists in Mali has arrived in France, saying she wants to return to her aid work with malnourished children despite the [...]
Mukhtar Ablyazov interviewed by French authorities, remains under judicial supervision
Mukhtar Ablyazov is certainly chased by the flashback of his prison term in Lyon. Paris prosecution office has detained him soon after he got the asylum granted by CNDA. He was briefly detained, then left free – except of orders prescribed by supervision. New interrogations will follow. His lawyers try their [...]