Spain: Activists pay tribute to Odessa victims one year on

One year after more than fifty people lost their lives in a deadly blaze at Odessa's Trade Unions House, activists gathered to pay tribute in Barcelona, Saturday. Demonstrators laid flowers and candles and gave speeches commemorating those who died. At the end of the memorial, participants released black balloons into the air, symbolising the victims of the tragedy. Similar memorial services took place on Saturday in more than 30 cities around the world, including Moscow, Kiev, London, Berlin and Odessa itself. Forty-eight people died, with over 200 injured, in a series of events that led to an inferno in the Trade Unions building in Odessa on May 2. After clashes erupted between anti-Maidan and pro-Maidan protesters, the latter group reportedly set fire to the Trade Unions House where anti-Maidan demonstrators had found refuge.