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Kyrylo Budanov says he expects fighting to be ‘hottest’ in March, with a Ukraine counter attack in the spring. This blog is now closedRussia-Ukraine war at a glanceThe city administration in Kyiv has said that 160 million passengers used the city’s sub…
Gaelic origins of Icelandic words and landmarks challenge orthodox view of Viking heritage, says authorAccording to folklore, a Gaelic-speaking warrior queen called Aud was among Iceland’s earliest settlers. Her story is central to an emerging theory t…
Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine on February 24 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Mosc…
Burial place has fallen into severe disrepair, to dismay of families of those laid to rest thereWild vegetation smothers the crumbling tombs, most of them dating back to the 1800s, that line the square beneath the imposing Chiesa Madre, or Mother Churc…
About 200 people laid roses and wreaths in a central square in the city of Samara, where some vowed to ‘avenge’ the victimsRussia-Ukraine war: full coverageMourners have voiced grief and anger at a rare public commemoration in Russia for the scores of …
Berlin insists all financial claims have been settled as Warsaw seeks £1.2tn for war lossesGermany has rebuffed the latest push by Poland’s nationalist government for vast reparations over the second world war, saying in response to a diplomatic note t…
French authorities last month opened a preliminary inquiry into allegations that the former archbishop of Paris had committed “sexual assault on a vulnerable person”, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
The European Union Health Security Committee said on Tuesday EU member states agreed on a “coordinated approach” to the changing Covid-19 situation, adding that included implications for increased travel fromChina.
Recently described as “250 grams of magic and perfection” by President Emmanuel Macron, the French baguette is at risk from surging energy prices, with some bakers warning they can no longer afford to fire up their ovens.
The pace of consumer price increases began easing late in the year, but the country’s annual rate of inflation set a new, post-Cold War record.