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BERN — Investigators are continuing their efforts on Friday to identify the victims of a fire that ripped through a bar in the Swiss Alps town of Crans-Montana, turning a New Year's celebration into one of the country's worst tragedies.Relatives and friends have been scrambling to find their loved ones, with many circulating photos on social media after the disaster that happened in the early hours of 2026, killing about 40 people and injuring about 115 others, many seriously.It is not yet clear what set off the blaze at Le Constellation.Swiss President Guy Parmelin, who took over on Thursday, called the fire "a calamity of unprecedented, terrifying proportions", and announced that flags would be flown at half mast for five days."Behind these figures are faces, names, families,...
January 02, 2026
Investigators work to identify victims of deadly Swiss resort fire
January 01, 2026
Scores killed, 100 injured in blaze at Swiss ski resort
SOFIA — Bulgaria has become the 21st member of the eurozone, bypassing more obvious candidates like Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.The lev has been the Bulgarian currency since 1881, but it has been pegged to other European currencies since 1997, first the Deutschmark, then the euro.Opinion polls put Bulgaria's 6.5 million population more or less equally divided on the new currency, and political turmoil is not making the transition easy.Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov's coalition government lost a confidence vote on 11 December, after mass protests against the 2026 budget. Bulgaria has held seven elections in the past four years - an eighth looks likely early next year."I don't want the euro, and I don't like the way it has been imposed on us," Todor, 50, a...
January 01, 2026
Bulgaria joins the euro after rocky path to new currency
January 01, 2026
Zelensky says peace deal is 90% ready in New Year address
December 31, 2025
Eurostar restarts services after major Channel Tunnel disruption
December 31, 2025
Turkey arrests scores in another country-wide raid on IS members
December 31, 2025
Russia launches massive overnight attack on Ukraine's Odesa
December 31, 2025
Passengers stuck on Eurostar trains overnight as travel chaos continues
BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen insisted Ukraine's accession to the European Union is a key component of the country's future security guarantees after holding talks with European leaders to debrief peace talks on Tuesday.Von der Leyen said that accession to the 27-member bloc, which Ukraine aspires to join, represents "a key security guarantee in its own right," in a social media post following a call within the Berlin Format, which includes the leaders of Germany, France, and Poland, among others."Ultimately, the prosperity of a free Ukrainian state lies in the accession to the EU," Euronews quoted her as saying. "Accession doesn't only benefit countries that join; as the successive waves of enlargement show, the show of Europe benefits."Her...
December 31, 2025
Von der Leyen says Ukraine's EU accession is key to future security guarantees
December 31, 2025
Six people injured and 100 evacuated after Italy cable car crash
