The faithful of the Eastern rites - Orthodox and Greek Catholics - celebrate Easter, called the Pascha of Christ, on 24 April. The celebration of the feast begins with a several-hour-long Paschal Laud and midnight liturgy. There is also a procession with an icon of the Risen Christ and bread called "artos" and a Liturgy. Despite warnings, Kiev residents are thronging the churches today.more

Finland's Kalle Rovanpera (Toyota Yaris Rally1) leads after the second stage in the Rally Croatia, the third round of the world championship. Kajetan Kajetanowicz is third in the WRC2 category.more

Ukraine has accused Russia of intending to conscript civilians from occupied territories, which would be a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which forbids such actions, the British Ministry of Defence reported last night.more

Inter Milan won at the San Siro stadium against AS Roma 3:1 and regained the lead in the Italian football premier league. Its most dangerous opponent in the title fight and local rival, AC Milan, will play today away against another capital city team, Lazio.more

Chinese authorities are censoring reports from Shanghai, which has been in strict lockdown for more than three weeks, and expressions of criticism posted by frustrated residents on social networks, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.more

The highest seed in the WTA tennis tournament in Stuttgart, Iga Świątek defeated Russian Ludmiła Samsonowa 6: 7 (4-7), 6: 4, 7: 5 and advanced to the final. For the fourth and seventh in his career this year, he will play the title with Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka on Sunday.more

A huge sculpture made up of 350 British native trees is to be erected outside Buckingham Palace to mark the Queen’s historic Platinum Jubilee. An artist’s impression shows how the 70ft structure, made up of small trees in aluminium pots “sprouting” from timber-plank branches, will tower over the palace gates during the four-day bank holiday weekend in June.more

Amsterdam Trade Bank, owned by the Russian oligarchs included in the list of people and institutions subject to sanctions, has declared bankruptcy, informed the daily “Financieele Dagblad”. The fall will affect 26 thousand. customers with savings of over 400 million euros.more

Ryanair has announced on Friday that 73 routes from Kraków, including 10 new ones, have been added to its summer schedule. The carrier assumes that this season in Krakow it will serve 4.5 million passengers, and in Poland - 15 million.more