"The result is predetermined - there will be no victory for Putin, he is only capable of creating hell," said Russian opposition columnist and satirist Viktor Shenderovich in a statement on the Khodorkovsky live channel on YouTube.more

The North East in particular is judged to have huge potential to develop industrial clusters relating to renewable energy generation.more

From 1 July, an entrance ticket to Rome's Pantheon will be in force, and from 16 July a direct train will run from the Eternal City to Pompeii, Italian Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano announced.more

The winners of this year's Wimbledon Grand Slam singles tournament will earn £2.35m each, organizers have announced. The total prize pool for this year is £44.7m, or €57.29m, up 11.2% compared to 2022.more

A species of birds from the orders of the Cortinas appeared in Great Britain for another year in a row, ornithologists report. Birds that naturally settle in warmer places have been spotted again in Norfolk County.more

A Spanish national residing in Switzerland arrived at his holiday home on the Mediterranean coast in Calpe (Valencia) to find a squatter there with his family. It turned out to be a long-time employee of the public administration in the municipality of Calpe, who took over a luxury villa a year and a half ago.more

For 700 thousand A family of three can buy a 58-meter apartment in Warsaw, and a 100-meter apartment in Katowice, Olsztyn or Bydgoszcz, calculated the analyst Bartosz Turek from Hreit.more

The average UK tenant now spends more than 28% of their pay before tax on rent, figures shared with the BBC show.more

Shoppers have allegedly been buying weaker alcohol and paying the same for months, enabling brewers to save money without passing it on to consumers. more

Four days after the second ever victory over Germany, the Polish football team will play against Moldova in Chisinau today. This time the opponent is theoretically weaker, but the stakes are higher - points in the qualifying rounds for the European Championship.more

Owners of the most polluting cars may soon have to pay more to park as councils across England are expected to roll out new charges based on a vehicle’s CO2 emissions. more

The British government wants to preserve the ability to open new coal mines by removing an amendment from the current energy bill that would ban them from opening, BBC News reported today.more

A 32-year-old man from Bangladesh, the main suspect in the murder of Anastazja Rubińska, a Polish woman working on the Greek island of Kos, will testify tomorrow, the court announced, citing the portal of the Greek daily "Kathimerini". The suspect remains in custody.more

Sadiq Khan has insisted London Underground's air is safe despite acknowledging he has asked Transport for London to find ways to clean it up, while a scientific report shows pollution levels exceed limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO). more

The goalkeeper of French club Paris Saint-Germain, Spaniard Sergio Rico, hospitalized in a serious condition, has been awakened from a coma and is recovering. This was reported by the Spanish television Telecinco, citing the footballer's wife Alba Silva.more

Storms, tornadoes, heat waves, and other dangerous weather events threaten more than 50 million Americans. The southern areas of the country are most vulnerable to extreme weather, according to local media.more

Police are treating the death of a woman found dead alongside her partner and two children as murder. Monika Wlodarczyk, 35, died from multiple sharp-force wounds, the Metropolitan Police said.more

Canadian and American services are conducting an extensive search operation to find a tourist submarine that went missing on Sunday in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. There are five people on board the vessel that was supposed to observe the wreck of the Titanic, including British billionaire and explorer Hamish Harding and a father and son from one of Pakistan's richest families.more

American Venus Williams, who turned 43 on Saturday, defeated Italy's Camila Giorgi after more than three hours of play 7-6 (7-5), 4-6 and 7-6 (8-6) in the first round of a WTA tournament on grass courts in Birmingham, the third competition he plays in this year.more

The Met Office warned there will be disruption to transport, difficult driving conditions and some road closures as up to 40mm of rain will fall in two hours more

It is very likely that Tesla will do something very important in France, announced billionaire Elon Musk in an interview with the France 2 TV station. He announced that he did not want to run in the US presidential election.more

The UK House of Commons overwhelmingly backed a report by the Privileges Committee late last night which found that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson had knowingly misled Parliament by giving explanations about Downing Street events during the Covid lockdown.more

A Russian military attack on Swedish territory cannot be ruled out, because despite the ongoing war against Ukraine, Russia still has military capabilities - this is one of the conclusions of the report of the Defense Readiness Committee of the Swedish Parliament published yesterday.more

England thrashed North Macedonia 7-0, and France beat Greece 1-0 in the fourth round of qualifying for the European Football Championship. The Swiss led with Romania for a long time, but eventually drew 2:2.more

The arrest of Nicola Sturgeon, former First Minister of Scotland and former leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), and the ongoing investigation into financial irregularities within the party have had a major impact on her ratings, but not on support for independence, according to polls.more