Eastern Europe

Last week, high-profile representatives from around 40 African nations, including at least 20 heads of state, gathered in the Senegalese capital to take part in the second Dakar Summit on Feeding Africa: Food Sovereignty and Resilience....

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades will pay an official visit to Athens on......

The number of civilians injured in Russia's missile attack on the Donetsk region's Kostiantynivka has increased to six. — Ukrinform....

ROME (Sputnik) - Italy and France have agreed to jointly provide Kiev with an advanced Samp/T air defense system with about 700 Aster-30 anti-aircraft missiles at a total cost of 800 million euros ($870 million), Italian newspaper reported Saturday....

A total of 700 Aster-30 anti-aircraft missiles for Mamba SAMP/T anti-aircraft missile systems with a total value of $2 billion will be ordered from the transnational company MBDA, and the air defense systems themselves will soon be delivered to Ukraine....

At least 166 people have died in a wave of bitterly cold weather sweeping Afghanistan, the Disaster Management Ministry said on January 28....

One of the largest international news and information agencies, the Associated Press, has apologized after its tweet caused controversy on the site....

Senior Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak criticized the International Olympic Committee for siding with Russia after the IOC said the Olympic Council of Asia had offered Russian and Belarusian athletes a chance to compete in the Paris 2024 Oly...

Western partner countries have promised to send a total of 321 heavy tanks to Ukraine. — Ukrinform....

A second offensive by the occupying Russian army may begin by February 24 in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov believes....

Russia must stop aggression and terror, and only after that it will be possible to talk about Russian participation in the context of the Olympic movement. — Ukrinform....

Membership of the Defense League's (Kaitseliit) organizations for young people saw a net growth of 230 last year, meaning the two organizations, Koduttred (girls) and Noored Kotkad (boys) now boast around 8,000 members....

On Friday evening, Russian invaders fired at several infrastructure facilities in Zaporizhia, one of them caught fire. One person was injured during the shelling and was hospitalized, Anatoliy Kurtev, secretary of the City Council, said....

This morning a loud blast has rocked the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol. Most areas of the city were left without electricity. — Ukrinform....

The alleged incident took place while the rapper was on his way to his daughter North and son Saint's basketball game in LA....

Ambassador of Ukraine to France Vadym Omelchenko said on the air of the French channel BFMTV that the allies had promised to provide Kyiv with 321 heavy tanks....

An Su-30 and a Mirage 2000 crashed during exercises in central India, the authorities have said...

BULGARIA'S DAILY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION FIGURES Reporting on the daily volume and changes in Bulgaria's electricity consumption as given by the B...

Russian troops continue to shell settlements in Sumy region with mortars. — Ukrinform....

Chisinau, 28 January /MOLDPRES/ - The Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Assistance Service has been called for 4,262 patients with diverse injuries since the beginning of the 2023 year so far. According to the Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Assistance Nation...

Republican lawmakers express concerns over Abrams tanks deliveries for Ukraine, citing logistical challenges and accountability issues...

MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) - The Brazilian federal police searched houses belonging to former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's nephew, Leonardo Rodrigues de Jesus, also known as Leo Indio, in connection with the January 8 riots, media reported....

Three civilians were killed and at least two more were injured in a Russian rocket attack on Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, this morning. — Ukrinform....

A pre-election, English-language debate ahead of March 5, polling day for the XV Riigikogu, takes place in central Tallinn next Wednesday, which ERR News will be live-streaming on the day....

The Main Intelligence Agency has announced that the Russian special services are preparing another special operation to discredit Ukraine's military-political leadership....

Credit ratings agency Fitch has raised Greece's rating from 'BB' to 'BB+', in a report released......

Credit ratings agency Fitch has raised Greece's rating from 'BB' to 'BB+', in a report released......

20 years ago, President George W. Bush gave a speech to Congress that predestined the US invasion of Iraq...

Natalia Humeniuk, Head of the Joint Coordination Press Center of the Defense Forces of the South of Ukraine, said that certain Russian forces buildup is spotted in the southern direction, but...

In April 2022, Kenya police arrested a Tanzanian national named James Sengo Nestroy and charged him with two counts of trafficking in persons and harboring a vulnerable child for economic exploitation - in the wake of a report that exposed the man for smu...

The shooting occurred less than 24 hours after a terror attack at a synagogue in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood in Jerusalem left seven people dead....

At night, the aggressor struck a fire department in Huliaypole, Zaporizhzhia region. — Ukrinform....

The Group of Seven and the EU have reportedly agreed a price cap for exports of Russian diesel between $100 and $110 a barrel...

Australian Open chief Craig Tiley on January 28 advised tennis ace Novak Djokovic's family to be "really careful" of people using the tournament's global exposure as a platform for "disruptive" purposes....

Latvian Television's acclaimed 'Latvian Code' series of documentaries is back on our screens in 2023....

The Supreme Court upheld a decision that registered partnerships must be added to the Population Register, putting them on an equal footing with marriage, Eesti Ekspress reported on Friday. The Ministry of Interior will also allow couples to take a common...

The Supreme Court upheld a decision that registered partnerships must be added to the Population Register, putting them on an equal footing with marriage, Eesti Ekspress reported on Friday. The Ministry of Interior will also allow couples to take a common...

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry will summon Hungary's ambassador to complain about "completely unacceptable" remarks Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made about Ukraine....

In Kharkiv region, Russian strikes damaged a school in Kindrashivka village and injured a man in Petropavlivka village. — Ukrinform....

Chisinau, 28 January /MOLDPRES/ - More than 223,000 people in last December benefited from compensated medicines and medical devices worth about 77 million lei (3.7 million euros). According to the National Health Insurances Company (CNAM), the money was ...

Ukrainian forces were engaged in fierce fighting with Russian troops in several hot spots in the east, where Moscow has been pressing with increasing urgency amid Western pledges of modern tank deliveries for Kyiv....

Russia has given the Latvian ambassador two weeks to leave the country...

The State Forest Management Center (RMK) has suspended felling in areas lying inside a planned military training area in South Estonia....

US President Joe Biden's notebooks were among the items seized by the FBI during a search of his home last week, NBC reports...

Over the past day, the invaders shelled the territory of Kherson region 19 times, killing two people and injuring seven more. — Ukrinform....

The number of newly registered cases of Covid-19 infections in Czechia have risen by 15 percent in the last seven days compared to data from the previous week, according to the Ministry of Health. The number of infected people has increased despite a decr...

Alina Korneeva defeated compatriot Mirra Andreeva in Saturday's final in Melbourne...

Prague City Hall has made a bid for Jindiska Tower in the city centre, which the Prague Archbishopric has put up for sale for 75 million crowns, Jan Chabr, Prague city councilor for property, told Czech Radio. Some 30 other bidders have also shown an inte...

The last group of Czech soldiers who served in the EU training mission in Mali on Friday received medals from Defense Minister Jana ernochov at a special ceremony at Prague's Vtkov Memorial. Czech soldiers were part of an EU task force that helped Mal...