Courts have reduced the sentences of hundreds of criminals to relieve overcrowded prisons, daily De Standaard reports. According to the newspaper, more than 294 convicts have been released for this reason in the last six months.more

Roma has lost 4-3 at home to Sassuolo in a miserable weekend for teams chasing the Champions League qualifying spots from Serie A.more

The British Defense Ministry will receive an additional £5 billion over the next two years, with a longer-term goal of increasing defense spending to 2.5 percent of GDP, the British government announced yesterday evening.more

President Joe Biden said Sunday that at his direction US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and his top economic adviser Lael Brainard worked with financial regulators to ensure households and businesses affected by the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failures could access their deposits, and he promised to hold those responsible accountable.more

Gary Lineker is expected to be reinstated to his football presenting duties following crisis talks with the BBC, i understands. BBC director general Tim Davie and Mr Lineker are thought to have reached an agreement to allow the former England striker’s return to Match of the Day next weekend.more

Raphinha's strike earned Barcelona an agonising 1-0 win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday to restore their nine-point lead over Real Madrid at the top of La Liga.more

Everything Everywhere All at Once has dominated this year’s Oscars, winning seven awards including best picture in a major night for Asian and Asian American representation.more

Young homeowners are most likely to be financially stretched as a result of higher mortgage rates, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said. more

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta watched on as his team made history by winning their fifth London derby in a row with a clean sheet in their game against Fulhammore

In the UK, supermarkets have introduced a limit of three tomatoes per customer. You can buy a maximum of two peppers in the Netherlands. In Germany, customers complain about the prices of cucumbers, while in Spain, farmers patrol the fields at night against fruit and vegetable thieves. There is a lot of talk about the "onion crisis" in Slovakia.more

The overall consumer sentiment index fell by 4 percent in February 2023 compared to January, according to a GfK study. Poles assess the financial situation of households and the economic situation in the country worse.more

Austria's Stefan Kraft won men's competition of the Norway tour in Oslo on Sunday. Slovenian ski jumper Anže Lanišek finished second and Poland's Dawid Kubacki placed third.more

British pensioners are increasingly willing to move to Poland, not only because of lower prices, but also because of the newer quality of life, "Daily Mail" reports.more

Anand Menon, director of the ‘UK in a Changing Europe’ initiative who has accused Rishi Sunak of risky politics, saying he has put his credibility on the line.more

The cost of an NHS prescription is set to rise to £9.65 next month, the government has confirmed. From the first of April, patients in England will be forced to pay an extra 30p to collect their medication from a pharmacy.more

Derby County's Krystian Bielik was sent to hospital for the second match running whilst playing for loan club Birmingham City. He was stretched off playing against Huddersfield Town in February and was making his first appearance since that match on Saturday. more

Jeremy Hunt must commit to a big boost in defence spending in next week’s Budget or Ben Wallace will stand no chance of becoming Nato’s next chief, alliance sources have warned.more

Paris Saint-Germain have refocused on their last shot at silverware this season, beating Brest 2-1 in the French league with a late Kylian Mbappe goal.more

Italy will need 40,000 fruit pickers before summer to make up for the severe labor shortage that hit farms last year and led to a large loss of harvest.more

The prime minister has commented on the controversy surrounding the BBC's decision to take Gary Lineker off air for the first time, saying it is “a matter for them, not the government”.more

Erling Haaland's second-half penalty earned City a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace on Saturday.more

While cleaning, Simone Grundmann from the city of Soest in western Germany came across a cardboard box with four bones that her father had once dug up. The bones turned out to be mammoths that are at least 15,000 years old.more

Warsaw is embarking on its biggest re-armament drive in 50 years in response to the growing threat posed by Russia, "Daily Telegraph" reports.more

The 21-year-old from Warsaw barely put a foot wrong as she got her bid for a rare Indian Wells title repeat off to a sizzling start on Saturday with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over 56th-ranked American Claire Liu. more

Massive strikes in Paris against pension reform this week are affecting trash pickup services in the French capital, with piles of waste sitting on many of the city’s normally picturesque streets, including those just steps from monuments like the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe.more