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International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) released its first quarter 2024 results on Friday morning, showing an operational profit before exceptional items of €68 million. This was a huge jump from the €9 million seen in the first quarter of 2023. IAG owns several notable airlines, such as British Airways, Aer Lingus, Lufthansa, Eurowings, Swiss Air, Air France and much more. Although the group still saw a loss after tax of -€4 million in Q1 2024, this was still much better than the -€87 million seen in Q1 2023. Total revenue came in at €6.4 billion in the first quarter of 2024, up from ...
Euronews (English)
Orthodox Christians around the world marked Easter on Sunday. The religious holiday – celebrating Jesus Christ’s resurrection – was marked by vibrant festivities in European countries with significant Orthodox Christian populations, including Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine. Eastern Orthodox Christians usually celebrate Easter later than Catholic and Protestant churches (who celebrated on 31 March this year), because they follow the ancient Julian calendar: a different method of calculating the date for the holy day that marks Christ’s resurrection. One of the most striking features of O...
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Ukraine and Russia have marked their third Easter under a rain of bombs and bullets. Speaking on the holy day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called God an “ally” in his country's struggle against Russia's full-scale invasion. He urged Ukrainians to unite in prayer, vowing that "life will definitely win over death." On Saturday, worshippers including President Vladimir Putin attended Moscow’s landmark Christ the Savior Cathedral for a nighttime Easter service led by Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church. Kirill, a fervent Kremlin supporter, wished for “God’s blessing o...
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For the nearly two-thirds of Ukrainians who identify as Orthodox Christians, Easter is known as Velykden, meaning “Great Day” in Ukrainian. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine calculates the date of Easter according to the revised Julian calendar. It falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox — one of the two moments per year where the day and night are of equal length. At the center of the week-long preparations is the Easter basket, known as sviachenemeaning “that which is blessed.” The Orthodox Easter basket is far from its Western counterpart, which usually fea...
Kyiv Independent
For the nearly two-thirds of Ukrainians who identify as Orthodox Christians, Easter is known as Velykden, meaning “Great Day” in Ukrainian. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine calculates the date of Easter according to the revised Julian calendar. It falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox — one of the two moments per year where the day and night are of equal length. At the center of the week-long preparations is the Easter basket, known as sviachenemeaning “that which is blessed.” The Orthodox Easter basket is far from its Western counterpart, which usually fea...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
For the nearly two-thirds of Ukrainians who identify as Orthodox Christians, Easter is known as Velykden, meaning “Great Day” in Ukrainian. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine calculates the date of Easter according to the revised Julian calendar. It falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox — one of the two moments per year where the day and night are of equal length. At the center of the week-long preparations is the Easter basket, known as sviachenemeaning “that which is blessed.” The Orthodox Easter basket is far from its Western counterpart, which usually fea...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Visitors flocked to the little village of Holloko in northeastern Hungary to see men pouring buckets of water on local women, an unusual Easter Monday custom. The Hungarian Easter tradition of sprinkling women with water goes back centuries and has been enriched by countless customs. After the water came the celebration. Members of the Nógrád Folk Dance Ensemble invited the onlookers to dance in the open street. Musicians and folk dancers from all over the country came to the village in their pleated skirts and shawls. Watch the full report in the video player above
Euronews (English)
Organizers of Germany's traditional Easter marches, which come to an end on Monday, said they were satisfied with what they said were more than 10,000 participants throughout the country. The largest marches were in Berlin with around 3,500, Stuttgart with around 2,000 and Bremen with around 1,000 participants, according to the organizing Peace Co-operative Network. Kristian Golla from the network said the turnout was about the same as last year or slightly higher. Around 700 people took part in Cologne and 500 in Munich, she said, figures that largely coincided with those of the police. Up un...
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Germany's traditional Easter marches come to an end on Monday, with events in several cities. According to the organizing Peace Co-operative Network, the largest marches will be in the cities of Frankfurt, Dresden and Hamburg. The motto of this year's Easter marches is "Now more than ever - together for peace." The central themes are demands for negotiations in Russia's war against Ukraine and the war in Gaza, nuclear disarmament and criticism of rising arms spending, the organizers said. On Holy Saturday, traditionally the main day for the Easter marches, numerous participants took to the str...
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Germany's traditional Easter marches come to an end on Monday, with events in several cities. According to the organizing Peace Co-operative Network, the largest marches will be in the cities of Frankfurt, Dresden and Hamburg. The motto of this year's Easter marches is "Now more than ever - together for peace." The central themes are demands for negotiations in Russia's war against Ukraine and the war in Gaza, nuclear disarmament and criticism of rising arms spending, the organizers said. On Holy Saturday, traditionally the main day for the Easter marches, numerous participants took to the str...
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