Europe's week in pictures

The news and the pictures from Europe over the last seven days.

Ethnic Albanians refugees left Macedonia after the army launched a major offensive against northern rebel-held villages

Across the border in Yugoslavia, Yugoslav troops moved into the last section of a buffer zone along the Kosovo boundary

Siberia was hit by devastating floods - the city of Yakutsk was spared but Lensk was destroyed

In Germany Munich was a sea of red as Bayern celebrated victory in the Champions' League

Ireland finally celebrated St Patrick's day, which had been postponed because of the foot-and-mouth crisis

In Rome, more than 150 cardinals gathered for a meeting to discuss the future of the Roman Catholic Church

While in Russia, members of the Orthodox church remembered St Cyril, founder of the cyrillic alphabet used in Russian

Swept away: Dutch Prince Constantijn kisses his new wife, Laurentien Brinkhorst

Elderly women in northern France survey the winning entry in the world sandcastle building competition

The Dutch team made a surprising entrance as Switzerland hosted the international festival of military music orchestras