UK | Thousands celebrate summer solstice at Stonehenge

Thousands of revelers have gathered at Stonehenge to watch the sun rise and celebrate the summer solstice. Some 12,000 people gathered at the stone circle to dance and do yoga on the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere yesterday. The stone circle in southern England, believed 4,500 years old, is a World Heritage site known for its alignment with the movements of the sun. Thousands visit to mark the solstices in summer and winter.

Poland | Suspended prison term in 2010 death of president

A Polish court has convicted and handed a suspended prison term to a former deputy head of government security over the 2010 plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others. The verdict yesterday by a Warsaw court was the first prison term handed out over the April 10, 2010, crash of Poland’s presidential plane in Smolensk, Russia, that killed all on board.

Croatia | Conservative’s leader resigns after gov’t fall

Tomislav Karamarko yesterday resigned as leader of the Croatian Democratic Union party after its coalition government fell, forcing early elections. Karamarko said his resignation will give his party a better chance in the snap vote expected in early September. He added at a press conference that “this act creates space for new impulses.” “I am resigning in the interest of the party, not because of pressure,” Karamarko said. “I had promised my party that I will be able to create a political majority and I failed, so I take responsibility for that.”