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Kosovo signed a formal application seeking candidacy for the EU, prompting Serbia to immediately call on Brussels to turn it down.

Court upholds the ban on assisted suicide, a setback for activists who say prohibition infringes their right to determine when life ends.

The UK announced new sanctions against Russian military commanders, as well as Iranians involved in producing and supplying drones.

Dozens of mourners left teddy bears and held a candlelight vigil for three boys who died after falling into an ice-covered lake in England.

The leaders of Hungary, Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan plan to meet to conclude an agreement on an undersea electricity connector.

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) – Tensions were high in northern Kosovo on Sunday, with Serbs blocking roads after shots and explosions rang out overnight, Kosovo police and media reported. No injuries were reported.

“Over many decades, the Parliament has allowed a culture of impunity to develop, with a combination of lax financial rules and controls and a complete lack of independent (or indeed any) ethics oversight,” Transparency International’s director Michiel van Hulten said.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian forces have “destroyed” the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, while Ukraine’s military on Saturday reported missile, rocket and air strikes in multiple parts of the country that Moscow is trying to conquer after months of resistance.

Japan announced it will jointly develop its next-generation fighter jet with the UK & Italy as it looks to expand cooperation beyond the U.S.

The leader of Poland’s governing party says Germany is trying to strip sovereignty from EU member-states in order to dominate Europe, and left-liberal opposition leader Donald Tusk is helping them.

Climate activists briefly disrupted traffic at Munich airport Thursday, in a protest against the environmental impact of air travel.

The son of a Russian businessman close to President Putin has been acquitted of violating a law that bars Russians from flying drones.

Italy´s most famous opera house opens Russia’s ‘Boris Godunov’ tonight, sparking protests and allegations of a propaganda win for the Kremlin.

Environmental groups on Wednesday welcomed a decision by Britain´s Conservative government to lift its opposition to onshore wind farms.

Two trains collided near Barcelona early Wednesday, injuring 155 people but none seriously, Spanish officials said.

Polish Prez Duda took delivery of a first shipment of tanks and howitzers from South Korea, hailing the swift implementation of the deal.

Ukraine worked to restore power on Tuesday after Russia’s latest wave of missile strikes caused power disruptions across the country.

Police said a 14-year-old girl died and a 13-year-old girl was seriously injured after they were attacked by a man on their way to school.

Anonymous bomb threats forced the evacuation of several police stations, shopping malls and courts, including the country’s supreme court.

Six years after deadliest peacetime attack on Belgian soil, trial of 10 men over suicide bombings at Brussels airport and a subway station.

The war in Ukraine has put European Union expansion at the top of the agenda as officials from the Western Balkans and EU leaders gather.

BRUSSELS (AP) – Jaana Mettala was six months pregnant and on her way to work when the bomb exploded in the heart of Brussels’ European Union quarter. She suffered severe burns, but Mettala and her baby survived – 32 other people did not.

Australia’s shift to nuclear subs will assure South Pacific neighbors of commitment to regional security, Britain’s Minister of State said.

Law enforcement authorities in six different countries have joined forces to take down a “super cartel” of drugs traffickers.

Chancellor Scholz wants to streamline citizenship but a coalition partner points to the promise to “effectively reduce irregular migration”.

A trial opened Friday in Sweden in the case of two Iranian-born brothers who have been charged with spying for Russia for a decade.

The European Space Agency made history Wednesday by selecting an amputee to be among its newest batch of astronauts.

The baby´s mother and a doctor were pulled alive from the rubble in Vilniansk, close to the city of Zaporizhzhia.

Diplomats are drumming up money and other support Monday for Europe´s poorest country, Moldova, which is suffering massive blackouts.

The EU’s top diplomat was holding talks Monday in a bid to defuse tensions amid a dispute over vehicle license plates.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – The body armour propped against a radiator, ready for use, the spent shell casing adding to clutter on his desk, the boxing memorabilia and the sign asking visitors to leave firearms at his door: All shout that this is the office of an extraordinary mayor, in extraordinarily difficult times.

Swedish investigators found traces of explosives at the Baltic Sea site where two pipelines were damaged in an act of “gross sabotage”.

Czechs turning to fuel once considered obsolete as they seek a cheaper option to natural gas, whose prices have surged.

Activists attacked a famous Klimt painting with a black, oily liquid and one then glued himself to glass protecting the painting’s frame.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Novak Djokovic is set to be granted a visa to play in next year’s Australian Open despite his high-profile deportation in January.

Britain is withdrawing its peacekeepers from Mali, saying the country´s reliance on Russian mercenaries is undermining stability.