At least three people were killed and 15 more injured in Russian drone attacks on the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa on Monday morning, according to local authorities. Among those reported dead were a 30-year-old woman and her 2-year-old daughter, plus a 53-year-old woman, after a drone struck a multi-story residential building.
Pyotr Trofimov (name changed) had only been in Germany for three weeks when he received the news that his father had passed away in St. Petersburg. Had it not been for Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he would have still been in Moscow and not in the Bavarian city of Bayreuth.
The leaders of Serbia and Hungary announced on Sunday that explosives were found near a pipeline in Serbia that transports Russian gas to Hungary. "Our units found an explosive of devastating power," Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in a post on Instagram.
Looking at an ordinary map of Estonia, Narva is simply another city on the eastern borders of the European Union. But the city of around 52,000 is more significant than that. Narva, in Estonia's Russian-speaking east, is becoming a flash point for debates about European security, identity and the future of the bloc.
Looking at an ordinary map of Estonia, Narva is simply another city on the eastern borders of the European Union. But in fact, the city of around 52,000 is more significant than that. Narva, in Estonia's Russian-speaking east, is becoming a flashpoint for debates about European security, identity and the future of the bloc.
Erlangen is an example of changes in society. In this city of 119,000 residents in northern Bavaria, a great deal is happening at once. Preparations are underway for a new synagogue for which the state of Bavaria has provided a plot of land near the university. The city's two major mosques are planning expansions.
Saint-Denis, the largest suburb of the French capital Paris, played host to a major rally against racism on Saturday, in support of the town's newly elected Black mayor. Bally Bagayoko was elected in the first round of municipal elections on March 15. The 52-year-old was standing for the far-left France Unbowed (LFI) party.
A new military service law took effect in Germany at the start of 2026 aimed at boosting the strength of the armed forces amid threats to European security in the wake of Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine.
Phil Werring is thinking about refusing to serve in the military. He does not want to join the German army, the Bundeswehr. "They always say it's about defense," the student told DW. "But I don't see the threat situation and therefore I have no interest in completing compulsory service in the army."
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Thousands of people are expected to take part in the German peace movement's traditional Easter peace marches, with over a hundred events organized in dozens of towns across the country between April 2 and 6. Several German newspapers have run ads trying to mobilize people.
The first two state elections of the year have come and gone in Germany, and things are starting to pick up again within the federal government.