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Protesters returned to the streets as President Aleksandar Vucic ignored their calls to resign. The latest rallies come amid public anger following two deadly mass shootings.

Five of those hurt are children, of whom three are in a serious condition, a Ukrainian official says.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan was inaugurated for another five-year term, calling for reconciliation with his political opponents after a bitter election battle. In a cabinet reshuffle, Mehmet Simsek was named finance minister.

Tens of thousands gathered in Belgrade on June 3, 2023 for the fifth in a series of anti-government protests since two mass shootings in early May. FRANCE 24’s Laurent Rouy reports.

Tens of thousands gathered on Saturday for the fifth anti-government protest this month in Serbia’s capital Belgrade after two back-to-back shootings that killed 18 people, half of them children.

Lebanon’s foreign ministry said Saturday it would send an investigation team to Paris following reports that Beirut’s ambassador to France, Rami Adwan, has been accused of rape and intentional violence.

Russian wine suppliers have been facing difficulties due to EU sanctions. But Putin’s favorite vintners have been trying to import material from Portugal and France through third-party countries. DW investigates.

The Ukrainian president warned of huge casualties unless Western allies can deliver more Patriot air defense systems. The IAEA meanwhile said the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is "extremely vulnerable." DW has the latest.

A European spacecraft around Mars sent its first livestream from the red planet to Earth on Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of its launch, but rain in Spain interfered at times.

Ukraine’s interior ministry said Saturday that an inspection of the country’s air raid shelters found nearly 900 “unfit for use” and more than 250 locked. The announcement came two days after a woman in Kyiv allegedly died while waiting outside a locked shelter door during a Russian missile attack. Read our live blog to see how all the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

In an attempt to dissuade people from attending an opposition march ahead of elections, Poland’s governing PiS party released a video showing images of the Auschwitz death camp. Observers say the move could backfire.

France managed to avoid a fresh credit downgrade from a leading rating agency on Friday, despite mounting concern over the country’s surging national debt.

Russia is mounting more frequent missile and drone raids on Ukraine recently, with a focus on Kyiv.

Sanda Dia died after being made to consume excessive amounts of fish oil and alcohol in 2018.

Intelligence officers from Italy and Israel are among the four people who drowned on 28 May.

Saariaho, who was suffering from brain cancer, was seen as a leading light of contemporary classical music.

Recent drone attacks and the shelling of a Russian border town have forced residents to flee their homes, sowing panic and fear. The Kremlin has downplayed the raids, but experts think they reveal Putin’s weaknesses.

The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg visits Yaroslavl to find out if people there carry the Kremlin’s message.

Roma coach Jose Mourinho is charged by Uefa for using insulting or abusive language against a match official at Wednesday’s Europa League final.

Two Austrians and a Danish citizen are released a week after Belgium freed a jailed Iranian diplomat.

Authorities have lifted air raid warnings after intercepting more than 30 Russian missiles and drones over the city in the early hours of Friday. DW has the latest.

Recent weeks have seen an escalation in drone attacks in Russia and Ukraine. What’s behind the increase, and how has the West reacted?

Following violent protests in northern Kosovo, opposition lawmakers blamed Prime Minister Albin Kurti for deteriorating relations with the West.

Officials say two women died in Ukrainian shelling, as anti-Putin fighters claim another cross-border raid.

The biggest war in Europe since 1945 has prompted several countries to try to speed up their integration with the West. Those include Ukraine itself but also nations in the western Balkans, as well as Moldova and Georgia, which has been knocking on NATO’s door for many years. The former Soviet Republic applied for EU membership in March 2022, although it has not yet been given candidate status. Our guest on The Interview is Salome Zurabishvili, the president of Georgia.

Desperate families are trying to secure the release of more than 20,000 Ukrainians held captive by Russia. Rights activists have said the Geneva Conventions are being violated.

A new law in Poland has prompted outrage, with many arguing it would block government rivals from running for office. President Andrzej Duda now says he will introduce changes to the bill.

Lina E’s conviction has angered Germany’s far left, but the right is furious she is free pending appeal.

One in six Europeans is aged between 18 and 29. The demographic was particularly hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, and despite the economic recovery that followed, youth unemployment levels remain high. The EU has a few programs in place to help them. We tell you more in this edition of Fact or Fake.

Max Verstappen set the pace in a first practice session that gave little insight into the true competitive picture at the Spanish Grand Prix.

Spanish women will be the first in Europe to be able to take time off work for severe period pain. But could such a law backfire and instead reinforce gender discrimination? Annette Young talks to menstrual health specialist, Maria Carmen Punzi. Plus we take a look at the latest summer fashion item trending on TikTok, dubbed the “subway shirt,” where women wear an oversized item of clothing so as to prevent unwanted male attention while using public transport.

A ship that saved migrants in the Mediterranean has taken them to another port than that assigned by Italian officials. The NGO that owns the ship now risks a fine.

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the war in Ukraine has been a turning point for the region, as she adressed the Council of the Baltic Sea States meeting.

Bulgaria is one of the most recent members of the European Union, and also the poorest. EU funds contribute a vital role to the economy: €12 billion for the period of 2021-2027, and €6.6 billion already thanks to the post-Covid recovery fund.

How does the European Union use cohesion funds to reduce poverty and inequality across the bloc? Our first stops are in two of the EU’s poorest countries, Bulgaria and Romania, to look at the role that EU aid plays in the areas of education and public transport. We also visit one of Europe’s richest countries – France – to see how the European Union can help to level up parts of the EU that display some surprising inequalities.

America’s top diplomat on Friday insisted that a strong Ukraine in control of its own territory was a prerequisite for talks with Russia, warning against a “Potemkin” or fake peace through a ceasefire.

Four people died Friday in shelling in the Russian region of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine, the regional governor said. In Kyiv, authorities said air defence forces destroyed 15 missiles and 21 drones from a new wave of overnight attacks that left two people wounded. Read our live blog to see how all the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2). 

The bicycle has long been central to the Dutch way of life, and now other European cities are following suit. But the move away from cars is also meeting with resistance.

President Volodymyr Zelensky pressed his case for Ukraine to be part of the NATO military alliance as he joined European leaders on Thursday in Moldova ahead of an expected counter-offensive against Russian forces.

Children as young as 16 are working at TV channels in occupied Ukraine, spouting Russian propaganda.

A 16th Century Italian painting looted by the Nazis has been returned to Poland from Japan.

Russia and China have raised the possibility of BRICS accepting new members. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attendance at an August summit remains unclear.

Hungary is scheduled to assume the rotating presidency of the European Union in 2024. However, members of the European Parliament are expressing skepticism about its worthiness for the post.

Austrian state cannot be held liable for the Ischgl crisis that saw thousands catch COVID-19, a court has ruled, rejecting the plaintiff’s claims of "catastrophic mismanagement."

France’s new rules ban or restrict certain commercial practices by online personalities.

The European Political Community has met for its second summit in Moldova. There was a lot of support expressed for Ukraine, but no concrete decisions were made.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday urged Kosovo to allow new elections in four northern municipalities, amid renewed tensions with the area’s Serbian population.

Moldova, which borders Ukraine, is hosting the second European Political Community summit, as it seeks to solidify its EU bid. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s president has urged a decision on NATO admission.

Rishi Sunak was in Moldova for a summit of 47 nations that was dominated by the war in Ukraine.

A Polish radical right-wing MP’s violent disturbance at a lecture on the Holocaust at the German Historical Institute in Warsaw prevented a renowned historian and researcher from speaking.

Peter Henrikson uses medieval techniques to create the new roof for the fire-ravaged structure.

Russia is taking Ukrainian children. Their mothers are travelling into enemy territory to save them.

Mobile phone footage appears to capture footage of a drone flying in the south west of Moscow.

BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg describes hearing and feeling a drone attack on Moscow.

Whole towns in Europe are being heated by huge, energy efficient heat pumps.

Voters in the strategic Nato country opted for a seasoned autocrat – rather than an untested democrat.

The re-elected Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, addressed supporters outside the Presidential Palace.

The Turkish president burst into song as he claimed victory in his country’s election.

Anger is rising in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, where affordable homes are rarer and rarer.