Eastern Europe

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) on Saturday expressed its agreement with the stance of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to allow, among others, Russian and Belarusian athletes to partic...

The Russian army on Saturday struck the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region with an S-300 missile. — Ukrinform....

Greece rejects the logic according to which the pursuit of a policy based on the threat of use......

The Health Insurance Fund (Haigekeassa) says it is prepared to pay family doctors overtime for evening and weekend work. Doctors, however, say the sums offered are too small, adding that people are not keen on going to the doctor in the evening, while at ...

NATO's proxy war against Russia in Ukraine saw another escalation this week, with the Western alliance promising to send over 150 of the Western alliance's current-gen tanks the Leopard 2 and the Abrams. How does Russia's most advanced third-g...

Rasmus Paludan, a Danish-Swedish politician, has promised to burn copies of the Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm "every Friday" until Sweden is given permission to join NATO....

Ukraine's Noosfera icebreaker has reached the Vernadsky Research Base, a Ukrainian Antarctic station, and was anchored near Galindez Island. — Ukrinform....

On January 25, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told journalists in Angola that BRICS, an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, may soon explore the possibility of creating its own currency. What message does this plan send reg...

The departing United States Ambassador to Latvia, John Carwile, posted a farewell message on the U.S. embassy website January 27. It reads:...

CROATIA'S DAILY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION FIGURES Reporting on the daily volume and changes in Croatia's electricity consumption as given by the Cro...

Rolls-Royce Power Systems together with PerinGenerators Group have manufactured heavy-duty generators for Ukrainian hospitals, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine reports on Telegram....

Russian troops continue to shell border settlements in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy and Chernihiv regions. — Ukrinform....

Chisinau, 28 January /MOLDPRES/ - An exhibition dedicated to a dynasty of Bessarabian scholars was inaugurated at the National Ethnography and Natural History Museum (MNEIN) on 27 January. The exhibition is represented by scholar and teacher Iustin Mihail...

"Tragedy... Might Be Triggering": British Universities Add Warnings For Greek And Shakespearean Plays Authored by Jonathan Turley, The problem with universities overwhelmingly controlled by faculty on the left is that there are few to offer a dose...

SERBIA'S DAILY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION FIGURES Reporting on the daily volume and changes in Serbia's electricity consumption as given by the Serbi...

Chisinau, 28 January /MOLDPRES/ - Law-enforcers recommend that drivers drive their vehicles attentively, as the traffic takes place in winter conditions in more regions of Moldova. According to the General Police Inspectorate, drivers should avoid sharp b...

Negotiations on the transfer of aircraft and long-range missiles to Ukraine are being carried out with partners in an accelerated mode, adviser to the head of the President's Office Mykhailo Podoliak said....

The bilateral relations between Greece and Israel are currently at one of their highest points......

With the use of unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs), the military intelligence operatives of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have eliminated four Russian invaders and injured at least three more on the Eastern front. — Ukrinform....

Earlier this month, the South African network operator MTN Group said the Ghana Revenue Authority had issued its Ghanaian subsidiary, MTN Ghana, a bill for back taxes of around $773 million, including penalties and interest charges, after auditing the yea...

Voting has ended in the second round of presidential elections to find a successor to President Milo Zeman, whose second term in office ends on March 8. The two contenders for the top post are retired army general Petr Pavel and billionaire former prime m...

Votes are being counted in the second round of presidential elections to find a successor to President Milo Zeman, whose second term in office ends on March 8. The two contenders for the top post are retired army general Petr Pavel and billionaire former ...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Moscow is deeply concerned by the recent flare-up in the Israeli-Palestine conflict and is calling on both sides to resume constructive dialogue and refrain from any unilateral actions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday....

ROME (Sputnik) - A 4.1 magnitude earthquake occurred near the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna off the Adriatic coast, the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said on Saturday....

Politicians' street canvassing - short conversation and perhaps an offer of goodies - have had their effect on the people, communications expert and political observer Daniel Vaarik says....

A radioactive capsule was lost while it was being transported from a mine to a warehouse in the city of Perth, Australia, in early January, but officials realized that it had been missing only 15 days later....

Chisinau, 28 January /MOLDPRES/ - Employees of the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (IGSU) of the Interior Ministry (MAI) from southern Moldova have intervened in towing 11 TIR trucks, after they had been stuck in snow nearby the Reni-Giurgiu...

On Wednesday, the German government announced it would send 14 Leopard 2A6 battle tanks to Ukraine. In the next few weeks, Germany will prepare two battalions of around 60 tanks in total for Kiev....

A Ukrainian citizen has been among the innocent victims in recent Jerusalem attacks. — Ukrinform....

Who Is Delivering Tanks To Ukraine? After a drawn-out back and forth between Ukraine , the U.S. and European NATO countries, the first deliveries of Western-made tanks for the Ukrainian military have been announced. A meeting last week at the U.S. airbase...

Aryna Sabalenka claimed her first Grand Slam title with victory over Russian-born Elena Rybakina at the Australian Open...

Chisinau, 28 January /MOLDPRES/ - The Commission for Emergency Situations (CSE), at a today's meeting, ruled the providing of assets from reserves of the Interior Ministry (MAI) and Health Ministry as free of charge international assistance for Ukrain...

A British historian, Lawrence Freedman specializes in international relations, foreign policy, and strategy. He spoke to RFE/RL's Georgian Service about the likelihood of total victory for either side, and why he doesn't think Putin will use a nuc...

The authorities in Memphis, Tennessee have released footage showing the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by police...

Reports from polling stations indicate a turnout of over 60 percent two hours before polling stations were due to close on Saturday. At this time in the first round of elections two weeks ago the turnout was 50 to 55 percent. The final turnout number in t...

Early reports from polling stations indicate a record turnout of around 70 percent in the second round of presidential elections. The turnout in the first round reached 68.2. The higher turnout in the second round is attributed to the aggressive and emoti...

On January 27, 2023, Russian troops launched a missile attack on an industrial area in the city of Zaporizhzhia with the Iskander short-range ballistic missile systems. — Ukrinform....

The UK has been modeling cyberattacks on Russia's critical infrastructure, a senior Russian diplomat has said...

Tank warfare has evolved. The large force-on-force armored battles that were the hallmark of much of WWII, the Arab-Israeli conflicts, which served as the foundation of operational doctrine for both NATO and the Soviet Union (and which was implemented in ...

EU Ministers Seek Trump-Style Border Walls Amid Spike In Illegal Border Crossings Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times , Some members of the European Union are calling for the body to support renewed construction of border barriers as Europe has se...

The Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) on Saturday unveiled its manifesto for the March 5 Rigiikogu election...

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis "takes back the presidential decree on artists, thus giving......

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis "takes back the presidential decree on artists, thus giving......

Over 400 victims, whose bodies were found within the Kharkiv region's areas, liberated from Russian invaders, are remaining unidentified. — Ukrinform....

Russia's Gazprom said it will ship 24.3 million cubic meters (mcm) of natural gas to Europe via Ukraine on January 28....

Ukraine intends to receive 24 fighter jets from international allies as part of the first batch, Yuriy Ihnat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, told the Spanish newspaper El Pas....

The enemy continues to attack in three directions, holding the defense in four. The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the area of 12 settlements in a day, the General Staff reported....

Estonian Freestyle ski star Kelly Sildaru has had to pull out of the flagship X-Games in Aspen, Colorado, due to injury....

Swedish music-streaming firm Spotify said it would cut 6% of its about 10,000 employees in latest round of tech layoffs...