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British rock legends The Rolling Stones on June 1 opened their European tour with a gig in Madrid to mark six decades since the band was formed.

The Sixty tour will include 14 concerts across Europe with the first taking place in the Wanda Stadium, home to Atletico Madrid football club.

The 1st of May is one of the official holidays in Bulgaria and an official day off work.

Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov was permitted to leave the country and has travelled to Berlin. 

The 52-year-old is known for his daring films and plays that have earned him the ire of conservatives.

In Britain, thousands of people gathered again for demonstrations and marches in support of Ukraine in various cities across the country.

A 27-year-old man who held several people hostage at an Apple store on a busy Amsterdam square has died in hospital from his injuries, Dutch prosecutors said late Wednesday.

The man, said to be a resident of the Dutch capital, entered the Apple store on Leidseplein armed with two guns, sparking a tense five-hour-long ordeal on Tuesday.

A man with a firearm who held several people hostage at Apple's flagship store in central Amsterdam was overpowered late Tuesday after a siege lasting several hours, police said, adding that the last of the hostages had been freed.

Tens of thousands took to the streets in cities across Europe and Australia on Nov. 20 as anger mounted over fresh COVID restrictions imposed against a resurgent pandemic.

And Dutch police faced a second night of rioting - this time in The Hague - after the previous night's violence in the port city of Rotterdam.

On Friday, the EU medicines supervisor said countries could use Merck's covid pill in emergencies caused by the growing number of cases before treatment is officially approved across the bloc.

Art enthusiasts of Contemporary Istanbul are crowding around "Agua Verde" to take a picture of the oil painting of a woman on a carpet which "touches on the culture here".

Cologne – A total of 17 Slovenian companies are participating in this year’s Anuga food and beverage trade show in Cologne, Germany, which kicks off today, announced the investment agency Spirit Slovenija.