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Alexander Lukashenko's regime went to great lengths to arrest Raman Pratasevich. On May 23, 2021, Belarusian authorities forced a Ryanair plane on its way from Athens to Vilnius, in Lithuania, to land in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, sparking global outrage.
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A section of the original spiral staircase from the Eiffel Tower was sold at auction by Artcurial in Paris for around €450,000 ($523,000) on Thursday. A French collector purchased the nearly three-meter-high (about 9-foot-high) section of the Eiffel Tower staircase that dates back to 1889. The staircase consists of 14 steps and weighs 1.4 tons.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was handed a considerable boost on Thursday when an appeals court in Ankara annulled the congress which elected Ozgur Ozel as the leader of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP).
Ahead of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in the Swedish port city of Helsingborg on Thursday, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul stressed Berlin's readiness to assume greater leadership responsibility in NATO.
Ulrich Siegmund, the far-right Alternative for Germany party's lead candidate in upcoming regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt, has told DW he wants to create a "domino effect" with a "historic" victory. According to the polls, the AfD is on course to win elections in the state in September, and could even govern alone.
German lawmakers in the Bundestag on Thursday voted in favor of a proposal to cut aviation tax, raising hopes the move could make flying slightly cheaper in the country.
A court in Ankara on Thursday opened proceedings against Deutsche Welle reporter Alican Uludag, and released Uludag from detention while the case against him continued. The next court date is scheduled for September 18.
Latvia's military on Thursday reported at least one drone flying in the country's airspace, saying that NATO aircraft were activated to combat the apparent threat.
A French court on Wednesday delivered a dramatic verdict against Airbus and Air France over France's worst air disaster, ruling that both companies were guilty of corporate manslaughter in the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash off Brazil. Both companies have been ordered to pay the maximum fine of €225,000 ($260,971) each.
On May 21, Montenegro will mark two decades since the historic referendum that paved the way for its secession from its state union with Serbia. The anniversary celebrations will take place in an atmosphere shaped by the country's reputation as the Western Balkans' "high achiever" in the EU accession process.