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An investigation claims to have reached the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family. A cold case team Read more

The UK said it would freeze the BBC’s licence fee while the opposition claimed the move was meant to create a distraction from the prime Read more

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met on Monday in the Spanish capital to align their left-wing agendas and plan how Read more

EU leaders paid tribute to the late President of the European Parliament David Sassoli on Monday, hailing his kindness, humility, ideals, and devotion to Europe. Read more

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov rejected US allegations that Russia is preparing a pretext to invade Ukraine, dismissing the claim as “total disinformation.” US officials Read more

Boris Johnson’s government has confirmed reports that it is planning to involve the military in operations in the English Channel to try to limit the Read more

Sweden’s domestic security agency said on Monday it has taken over the preliminary investigation into drones that last week were seen hovering over or near Read more

Ukrainian-born conductor Oksana Lyniv has been nominated as the first female music director of an opera foundation in Italy, the Teatro Comunale of Bologna, adding Read more

Hungarian authorities are searching for a suspected people smuggler who allegedly fired at Austrian soldiers after evading a border check. Austria’s Ministry of Defence said Read more

The death of David Sassoli came at the end of his two-and-a-half-year term as president of the European Parliament. The process to replace him was Read more

Mittstråket, literally “the middle road”, is one of Sweden’s most important roads – providing an east/west corridor towards Norway. It’s a snow-white road in the Read more

The trial of prominent civil rights figure and philanthropist Osman Kavala has resumed in Turkey in his absence. Kavala has been held in custody for Read more

North Macedonia’s parliament has approved a new coalition government led by Prime Minister Dimitar Kovačevski. The new Cabinet will be led by the Social Democrats Read more

Professional athletes will have to be vaccinated or recently recovered from COVID to participate in competitions in France, the health minister stressed, a month ahead Read more

Monday marks a year since Russian authorities detained prominent government critic Alexei Navalny on arrival from Germany, where he was recovering from a poisoning attack Read more

Credit Suisse says its chairman, Antonio Horta-Osorio, has resigned following an internal probe that reportedly turned up that he had violated quarantine rules intended to Read more

From today, older people in Greece that are not vaccinated face monthly fines. Those over the age of 60 and without the jab will have Read more

The Paris criminal court will on Monday rule on whether far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour is guilty of inciting hatred and racial abuse. Zemmour, 63, Read more

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko arrived back in Ukraine on Monday to fight treason charges. Speaking at a news conference in Warsaw, Poland, hours before Read more

Two teenagers have been arrested in the UK as part of the investigation into a hostage-taking incident in a Texas synagogue, authorities have confirmed. Four Read more

France’s parliament approved a law Sunday that will exclude unvaccinated people from all restaurants, sports arenas, and other venues — the central measure of government Read more

Serbia held a referendum Sunday on constitutional amendments that the populist government says are needed for the Balkan country to advance in a bid to Read more

Far-left French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon sought Sunday to reinvigorate his flagging campaign for April’s election with an “immersive and olfactory” rally, using 360-degree videos, Read more

Ukraine said Sunday that Russia was behind a cyberattack that defaced its government websites and alleged that Russia is engaged in an increasing “hybrid war” Read more

The Austrian government presented revised plans for its proposed COVID-19 vaccine mandate, changing the age limit to all residents 18 and over and creating a Read more

Polish border guards have detained several people accused of trafficking migrants from the Polish-Belarussian border towards western Europe. They are said to have taken €3000 Read more

The official two-week campaigning period for Portugal’s 30 January early elections kicked off on Sunday, but there will be no large flag-waving rallies usually associated Read more

Denmark lifted a number of COVID-19 restrictions and allowed the reopening of certain venues on Sunday despite the spread of the Omicron variant in the Read more

A World Health Organisation official warned last week of a “closing window of opportunity” for European countries to prevent their health care systems from being Read more

French presidential candidate Valerie Pecresse stressed the need for strong European borders on Friday, during a visit to Greece that will also see her visit Read more