Those fighting for Ukraine and those who have lost loved ones hope to end the war with Russia on their own terms. BBC News

“Throughout my career I have been fighting corruption and fraud, and for ethics and integrity,” Biro wrote in his application letter for the post of president in October 2022. According to a statement released by the chief prosecutor, in addition to his official vehicle, Biro rented a second luxury car, …

Witnesses alerted officials and they contacted the train driver, who made an unscheduled stop at Kinding in Upper Bavaria. The intercity express was on a six-hour journey to the northern city of Lübeck. The man, a Hungarian national, told police he had left his luggage on the train during his …

Igor Sergunin was the only one of the three to admit the charge, according to independent reports, and was given a lighter sentence of three-and-a-half years. Alexei Liptser was jailed for five years in a penal colony and Vadim Kobzev was given five-and-a-half years. Kobzev’s own lawyer, Andrei Grivtsov, said …

Those lucky enough to use the suite of bathing rooms would have undressed in a changing room with vibrant red walls and a mosaic floor dotted with geometric patterns inlaid with marble from across the Roman Empire. They would then head to the hot room, taking a dip in a …

Mr Wiking is another Dane who cites the concept of bosses trusting their employees to do the right thing. He uses the example of staff at the Tivoli Gardens amusement park in Copenhagen, where they follow the three-metre rule. The idea is that you are CEO of everything within a …

There have been several instances of unidentified drones flying over military bases recently. At least 10 such drones had been seen flying above Manching Air Base near the city of Ingolstadt on Sunday evening, German police said. Last month, there were sightings at Manching and nearby Neuburg an der Donau. …

Hundreds of social media users mocked Anne, who the programme said had lost her life’s savings and tried to take her own life three times since the scam came to light. Netflix France put out a post on X advertising “four films with Brad Pitt (for real)”, while, in a …

Tate was put under house arrest in August when prosecutors launched a second criminal investigation against himself and Tristan Tate, as well as four other suspects, over allegations of trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor and money laundering. They all deny wrongdoing. A first, separate case against the …

Petro Yatsenko, from the Ukrainian military’s Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, says around 50% of all families of PoWs are contacted by Russian agents. “They’re in a very vulnerable position and some of them are ready to do anything,” Petro says, “but we are trying to educate …

Germany’s far right is in a buoyant mood. On Saturday, while its conference was under way in the eastern city of Riesa, in Saxony, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) laid out ambitions to close Germany’s borders, resume buying Russian gas and, in effect, dismantle the EU. German media reported that party’s …

He declined to congratulate the winner and insisted that “Milanovic offers nothing”. Milanovic said he would “offer a hand” to the prime minister. Presidents in Croatia fulfil a largely ceremonial role – the constitution insists they must not be a party-political figure, but act as the head of state for …

Norway is undoubtedly an EV pioneer, but this electric revolution has been three decades in the making. “It started already in the early 1990s,” says Christina Bu, the secretary general of the Norwegian EV Association, as she took me for a spin around Oslo in an electric minivan. “Little by …

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said the two men are in Kyiv and receiving medical care. They only speak Korean and are being questioned with the assistance of the South Korean NIS (National Intelligence Service), the intelligence service said. Zelensky posted photos on social media on Saturday showing the …

Strasbourg’s mayor Jeanne Barseghian told reporters at the scene there had been a collision involving a tram, but the cause was not known. According to BFM TV, Barseghian called on people to wait for the results of the investigation. One eyewitness named Johan told AFP news agency that he saw …

Although the vessel sports the Panamanian flag, German authorities have blamed Russia for the incident. “Russia is endangering our European security not only with its illegal war of aggression against Ukraine, but also with severed cables, displaced border buoys, disinformation campaigns, GPS jammers and, as we have seen, dilapidated oil …

The BBC investigates possible scenarios for the huge Arctic territory’s future as the US president-elect talks about taking control of it. BBC News

Trump has promised to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine soon after he takes office on 20 January and has expressed scepticism about US military and financial support for Kyiv. “President Putin wants to meet,” he said on Thursday. “He has said that even publicly and we have …

Elon Musk took his endorsement of Germany’s far-right party to the next level on Thursday, hosting a live chat with its frontwoman, Alice Weidel. The 74-minute conversation ranged across energy policy, German bureaucracy, Adolf Hitler, Mars and the meaning of life. The world’s richest man unequivocally urged Germans to back …

Their comments gave away the deep concern within the EU about how to handle the upcoming Trump presidency. “This is not just very serious for Greenland and Denmark – it is serious to the whole world and to Europe as a whole,” MP Karsten Honge said. “Imagine a world – …