The Prime Minister of Sweden, Magdalena Andersson, wants her country to become a NATO member still in June, the daily Svenska Dagbladet reported today. This could happen at the summit in Madrid on June 29-30.more

Almost 100,000 Ukrainian refugees are to be sent as part of forced resettlement to distant corners of Russia, including Siberia and the Arctic Circle, according to the decree of the president of this country, Vladimir Putin, reported by the British "The Independent".more

A new word has recently appeared in Ukraine, "macronize", which means no action in a difficult situation - today reports "Le Parisien." Ukrainians feel sorry for France for not taking sufficient action in the face of Russian aggression against Ukraine, and for French President Emmanuel Macron for not coming to Kiev so far - adds the daily.more

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the risk of an extension of the military conflict served the contractors of all home shelters. The company that produces them - Bunker Schutzraum Systeme Deutschland (BSSD) - informs about the record interest on the part of the inhabitants of Germany.more

Even a small mutation is enough for the Zika virus to cause a new pandemic, according to research by specialists from La Jolla in the US. However, the threat mainly concerns countries with a warmer climate.more

Ryanair airline announced yesterday a new schedule of flights from Gdansk, offering 36 routes, including 6 new routes for the Summer 2022 season. From Gdansk you will be able to fly to Paris, Stockholm, Valencia, Venice, Vilnius and Lublin.more

After 1,200 hours of observation, astronomers have discovered a galaxy as far away as 13.5 billion light years from Earth. Its enormous brightness indicates either an extremely high rate of star formation or a massive black hole.more

Russia is using Iranian smuggling networks to import weapons and military equipment from Iraq, donated by Shia militias there; it can also count on the government in Tehran for military assistance, the British newspaper The Guardian reported today.more

The journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who gained international renown due to her anti-war protest on Russian television, became an independent correspondent for the daily "Die Welt". She will write reports for the newspaper, among others from Ukraine and Russia, and cooperate with the news channel WELT - informed the publishing house Axel Springer.more

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has created an online archive of Russian war crimes. The evidence collected in it communicates to the world the truth about the atrocities of the Russian army in Ukraine and guarantees the inevitability of punishment for Russian war criminals, the Ukrainian Embassy in Poland said.more

Former conservative French president Nicolas Sarkozy today backed incumbent head of state Emmanuel Macron ahead of the second round of the presidential election and called for a Republican front against far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.more

Spain's intelligence service CNI has warned of a significant increase in foreign espionage activity in the country, which intensified a few months before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the daily El Espanol reported yesterday. "Spain has become a nest of foreign spies," - writes the newspaper.more

LOT airlines are launching new connections from Warsaw to Cairo in Egypt and to Pristina in Kosovo - informed the carrier. The first flight from Chopin Airport to the Egyptian capital will take place on May 31, and to Pristina on June 6 this year.more

The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the related energy crisis led to massive bankruptcies in the Spanish agricultural sector. Only in March this year. over 7.5 thousand people went bankrupt there companies in this industry, incl. food producers.more

The result of the presidential election confirms France's political recomposition. Instead of the old division into right and left, the division into "pits" and "mountains", rich and poor, is being strengthened, believes Jerome Fourquet, director of the opinion department of the Ifop institutemore

In 2021, the number of anti-Semitic crimes in Berlin continued to increase. Law enforcement agencies have initiated 661 proceedings concerning such crimes, according to the report, Claudia Vanoni, the plenipotentiary for anti-Semitism in the Berlin prosecutor's office in Berlin. In 2020, there were 417 cases, and the year before 386.more

Russia has made a "serious strategic mistake" because Finland and Sweden may join NATO as early as summer, reports the British daily The Times in today's edition.more

In the first round of presidential elections in France, President Emmanuel Macron, who is seeking re-election, won 28.5 percent of the vote. votes, and the head of the National Union, Marine Le Pen, voted 24.2 percent. voters - results from preliminary results provided by the Elabe Institute and SFR.more

Russians and supporters of the Vladimir Putin regime took to the streets of German cities to take part in pro-Russian demonstrations. In Hanover, the trip of the car column was held under the slogan "Against hate speech, intimidation and discrimination of the Russian population". The pro-Russian demonstration also passed through the streets of Frankfurt.more

Pandemic restrictions are being gradually lifted across Europe, despite the fact that in some countries a record increase in coronavirus cases was recorded in March. In many places, only the requirement to wear masks remained, e.g. in Portugal, Belgium, Slovakia and Lithuania.more

Pope Francis called on Palm Sunday for an Easter truce in Ukraine. At the end of the mass in St. Peter's Square, he announced: "Let the arms be laid down, let the Easter truce begin, but not to reload weapons and resume fighting. A truce to achieve peace."more

Traditionally, spies are tasked with keeping secrets, but as the Russian invasion of Ukraine loomed, the heads of US and British intelligence made the remarkable decision to make public much of the information they have, reports BBC News on its website.more

Most Germans, expecting the lasting effects of inflation and price rises, have already started to cut their spending, according to a poll commissioned by "Der Spiegel".more

Plastic arrives in the Arctic, carried by currents, rivers, air and ships. Large amounts can be found in the water, on the seabed, remote beaches and even in ice and snow.more

Russia is heading for its deepest recession since the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the UK government predicted on Friday, as Moscow’s central bank unexpectedly cut its key interest rate to support its shrinking economy.more