Eastern Europe

The Pentagon investigates the leak of classified documents on social media about US and NATO plans for a planned Ukrainian army counteroffensive. — Ukrinform....

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has chaired a conference call with the heads of the Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy and Poltava regions to coordinate actions in terms of reconstruction. — Ukrinform....

Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Maryinka directions. The Ukrainian military has repelled over 40 enemy attacks over the past day. — Ukrinform....

On April 6, 2023, Russian troops attacked the Kherson region 46 times, having fired 258 projectiles. — Ukrinform....

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Three of the Czech Republic's highest constitutional officials - president of the Senate Milo Vystril, president of the Chamber of Deputies Markta Adamov Pekarov, and Prime Minister Petr Fiala - have sent greetings to Romani people ahead of Internatio...

Ukrainian and Russian forces battled on April 6 in the eastern city of Bakhmut, while in the Kherson region Russian strikes injured seven people....

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy and a top Russian diplomat met on April 6 to discuss a Wall Street Journal reporter who was arrested last week on espionage charges....

The ruble fell against the U.S. dollar in trading on April 6 to the value it held just before Russia's invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago....

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Beijing to talk sense into Russia over the war in Ukraine, telling his Chinese counterpart that Russia's aggression had dealt a blow to international stability....

An interagency review led by the National Security Council of the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan largely lays the blame on former President Donald Trump, saying President Joe Biden was "severely constrained by conditions creat...

A former high-ranking officer in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) appeared on April 6 in a court in Serbia to face money-laundering charges....

In recent years, Russia's space agency has lurched from crisis to scandal to embarrassment. Now a contract dispute with a Kazakh partner may hasten the demise of the famed Baikonur Cosmodrome....

Minister of Veterans Affairs Yulia Laputina believes that the creation of regional centers for veteran development on the basis of educational institutions will contribute to the reintegration of war veterans....

The Lithuanian parliament on April 6 unanimously approved a resolution proposing an invitation to Ukraine to join NATO at the alliance's summit in July....

The Foxtrot network has enabled payment through the Whitepay service, which supports more than 130 cryptocurrencies, the network's press service reported....

The Ambassadors of the Group of Seven (G7) countries note the importance of maintaining transparency in the further selection of members of the Supreme Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, while supporting the ongoing process of appointing 16 me...

In the high horse country of Kyrgyzstan's Jumgal region, boys compete fiercely every day after school at kok-boru. The traditional sport involves capturing a goat's carcass, or "ulak," and maneuvering it on horseback into the opposing team...

KYIV. April 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Plantations of grapes in Ukraine for the 2022 war year decreased by 23.3% - to 26,600 hectares, part of the enterprises were looted, destroyed or mothballed, Volodymyr Pechko, the head of the board of the Ukrsadvinprom p...

Adonis medical group of companies has opened a modern physical rehabilitation center in Kyiv....

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov visited Athens on Thursday as part of regular meetings with NATO officials. During the visit, he held a meeting with Greek Defense Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, AP reports....

Turkmenistan plans to demolish a historic 1,200-meter iron bridge and sell the metal used in its construction as raw material, sources close to the matter told RFE/RL....

MOSCOW. April 5 (Interfax) - Kerbin LLC has received 5% of Korablik-R, the operating company of the Korablik chain of stores for children's goods, according to data of the Unified State Register of Legal Entities.The remaining 95% of the LLC belongs t...

A Ukrainian strike on New Year's Eve killed dozens of Russian soldiers from the Samara region in the city of Makiyivka. Three months later, Moscow still officially puts the death toll at 89. An RFE/RL open-source investigation has established that at ...

Prosecutors have requested a 25-year prison sentence for Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza, his lawyer said, adding that the case against the Russian opposition activist on several charges including treason for comments critical of Russia's invasion ...

MOSCOW. April 5 (Interfax) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal has discussed the mechanisms required to expand production and presence on the Ukrainian market with German Vice Chancellor and Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Hab...

MOSCOW. April 5 (Interfax) - Polish President Andrzej Duda has said a new treaty between Poland and Ukraine is being prepared."We are working on a new treaty between our countries. The future will fill this treaty with content. We hope that we will be...

Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry has expelled four Iranian Embassy employees amid escalating tensions between the two neighbors....

Ihar Losik, a journalist with RFE/RL's Belarus Service who has been imprisoned since the summer of 2020 and has not been heard from in six weeks amid reports he attempted to commit suicide, has been returned to solitary confinement....

At the dolphinarium in the Black Sea port city of Constanta, Romanian and Ukrainian trainers have found common ground in their love for their mammals, who are now refugees from war....

Kyiv City Council, on the initiative of the Servant of the People faction, may take a plot of land from the Russian Embassy located at 27 Povitrianoflotsky Avenue in Solomyansky district of the capital, the press service of the party reports....

MOSCOW. April 5 (Interfax) - During a press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has invited representatives of Polish businesses to move into Ukraine intensively and engage in its reconstruction no...

A rights group has reiterated calls for the release of popular Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was arrested during Tehran's clampdown on nationwide anti-government protests in October, due to his deteriorating state of health....

Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Maliar explained what is behind the wording "fighting continues in Bakhmut," stressing that when the words "the situation is under control" are published in the reports of the General Staff of th...

MOSCOW. April 5 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has been decorated with the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest award, "in recognition of his outstanding merits in deepening relations between Poland and Ukraine," Ukra...

MOSCOW. April 5 (Interfax) - MHP agroholding, Ukraine's largest producer of chicken meat, intends to sow nearly the entire area of 352,500 hectares in 12 regions of the country this season, while reducing the area under grain and increasing the area u...

Lithuania's goals at a NATO Summit in Vilnius include inviting Ukraine to become a member of the Alliance....

Uzbek-born journalist and documentary filmmaker Shahida Yakub says she was prevented from entering Uzbekistan when she arrived in Tashkent for a private visit on April 3....

Fast-tracking Moldova's accession to the European Union could be possible, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on April 6, as Chisinau seeks to join the bloc amid fears it could be drawn into the conflict in neighboring Ukraine....

China is learning from the Russian-Ukrainian war, which could serve as a clue to potential future actions against Taiwan. — Ukrinform....

Lithuania is seeking up to 120 million euros ($130 million) in compensation from Belarus, accusing its eastern neighbor of orchestrating the immigration of thousands of people, mainly from Africa and the Middle East....

The Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, has a resolution anchoring Lithuania's aspiration for the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius, including an official invitation for Ukraine to join the alliance. — Ukrinform....

Protesters took to the streets of the Shahr-e Ziba neighborhood west of the Iranian capital, Tehran, late on April 5 to mark the birthday of Hamid Reza Ruhi, who was killed in the brutal state crackdown on anti-government protests....

Nova Poshta LLC, the leader of express delivery in Ukraine, after the technical placement of C series bonds for UAH 800 million in the primary market in February, placed these securities among institutional investors - state and commercial banks, insuranc...

French President Emmanuel Macron urged China's Xi Jinping on Thursday to reason with close ally Russia and help end the Ukraine war. — Ukrinform....

Ukraine's State Border Guard Service has released footage showing a close fight with the Russian military in the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region. — Ukrinform....

As Ukraine marks the one-year anniversary of the liberation of the Chernihiv region, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has thanked all those who participated in the defense of the region from Russian invaders...

Chisinau, 6 April /MOLDPRES/ - Over 50 companies participate in the Palm Sunday Fair, opened at the Moldexpo International Exhibition Centre today. At the event, residents and guests of the Moldovan capital will be able to find everything they need for th...

Poland will lobby for the provision of NATO-standard fighter jets to Ukraine and will continue the gradual transfer of its own MiG-29 aircraft to the country. — Ukrinform....

On Thursday, April 6, at 14.00, the press centre of the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency will host a press conference entitled "Achievements of Ukrainian wine industry in 2022 and plans for 2023." Participants include Deputy Minister of Agrarian Polic...