Prague Christmas market returns after COVID but with fewer lights
Prague, Czech RepublicReuters Thousands of people poured into Prague’s medieval Old Town Square at the weekend for the lighting of a 25-metre Christmas tree and the reopening of the annual market after a two-year COVID-19 shutdown, but the energy crisis meant fewer lights than usual. The market, which is popular with Czechs and foreign tourists […]
Berlin attack piles pressure on Germany’s Merkel over refugees
RNS/USA Today The deadly truck rampage through a Christmas market crowd here marked a new setback for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s hopes for political survival at a time when opposition is growing over her open-door policy for migrants. “This was exactly the kind of terrible event that could seriously affect the German elections” next year, said Michael […]
Updated: At least 12 killed as truck drives into crowded Christmas market in Berlin
UPDATED (21st December, 2016): The death toll has risen to at least 12 – with dozens more injured – after a truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday night. Police, who have reportedly told media at the scene they believed the crash was the result of a deliberate act, said […]