Eastern Europe

Austrian insurance group UNIQA said on Thursday it made a pre-tax profit of 300,000 euro ($318,335) from operations in Kosovo in 2022, after recording a pr...

Culling Of Spanish 'Zombies' Sends European Bankruptcies Soaring To 8-Year-Highs Q4 2022 saw European businesses filing for bankruptcy at the fastest pace in at least eight years The number of bankruptcy declarations increased during all four quar...

Russia's Defense Ministry claimed in a statement released Thursday that Ukraine is preparing to conduct a false-flag attack in Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria and to pin the blame on Russia....

Austrian insurance group UNIQA said on Thursday that its pre-tax profit from operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina increased to 1.8 million euro ($1.9 milli...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has stepped up calls for increased financial support for Ukraine to help it battle the year-old Russian invasion....

Austrian insurance group UNIQA said on Thursday that its unit in North Macedonia saw its pre-tax profit rise to 1.1 million euro ($1.17 million) last year...

Ukraine's development partners, including the World Bank, are supporting the country's government in pursuing a fast recovery, without waiting for the end of the war, with priorities such as restoring energy and critical infrastructure and boostin...

Bulgarian investment company ImPulse I [BUL:IMP] said its ImVenture II fund has invested 100,000 euro ($106,271) in local artificial intelligence (AI) solu...

Russian invaders are preparing for possible provocations on the first anniversary of their full-scale invasion of Ukraine in order to accuse Ukrainian defenders of violating territorial integrity. — Ukrinform....

Generali Real Estate and Meag have entered into a co-investment agreement whereby Meag, the asset manager of Munich Re Group, has acquired 50% of the shares of a special purpose vehicle that owns Fen Court, an iconic office building at 120 Fenchurch Stree...

A Russian Defense Ministry plane crashed in Russia's Belgorod region on Thursday, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported. According to local media, the aircraft was a Su-25....

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has arrived in Ukraine to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the eve of the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion...

The securities commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Serb Republic said it gave the green light to local provider of motor vehicle inspection services Pre...

Global technology giant Google said it is set to take over Croatian EdTech app Photomath - a math learning platform with over 300-million downloads."We can...

OTE Group on Thursday reported strong growth in 2022, with revenue up 3.6% and adjusted EBITDA......

Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivered an annual address to the Federal Assembly on February 21, focused on the crisis in Ukraine and the broader global security crisis. A plethora of analysts have since applauded the remarkably well-rounded spee...

The leader of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance Alexis Tsipras, who is visiting Cyprus on Thursday,......

Ukrainian forces repelled scores of Russian attacks in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk over the previous day, Kyiv said on February 23, as Moscow's full-scale invasion approached the one-year mark....

An attempt is being made to restart the Greek-Turkish dialogue, Alternate Foreign Minister......

The invasion of Ukraine has led to the deaths of thousands of soldiers and civilians — and radically reshaped Russia's social, political and economic fabric....

Our strategic choice has been a relatively low tax burden, but we have failed to recognize that this is insufficient to provide public services to Nordic standards. This choice should be openly discussed in society, Jaak Aaviksoo writes....

Members of the Czech national baseball team dropped into Radio Prague International ahead of their departure to Tokyo to play at the World Baseball Classic (WBC). I had the chance to speak with designated hitter Petr Zma, infielder Willie Escala, pitcher ...

While a frequent criticism heard about this year's Riigikogu election campaign revolves around it having been somewhat on the pedestrian side, apparently Center Party chair Jri Ratas, and his counterpart at Eesti 200, Lauri Hussar, did not get the mem...

Russian invaders launched 71 attacks on the Kherson region on February 22, killing two people. — Ukrinform....

South Africa is holding trilateral naval military drills with its BRICS partners Russia and China. Taking place off South Africa's eastern coast, the exercises coincided with South Africa's Armed Forces Day on 21 February, are and planned to end o...

Wagner Group founder Evgeny Prigozhin said Thursday that shipments of ammunition for the mercenary company are on their way....

Interview for Interfax-Ukraine news agency of Arup Banerji, World Bank Regional Country Director for Eastern Europe...

The British Oscars Face Backlash Because All Winners Were White Authored by Rajan Laad via AmericanThinker.com, Recently, the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) awards received praise because their nominees fulfilled the diversity criteri...

Lithuanian Railways (LTG) continues to take consistent action to reduce its ties to Russia and Belarus. One of the steps is switching from the Russian-made KLUB-U Unified Integrated Train Protection System to other alternatives....

Chisinau, 23 Feb. /MOLDPRES/- A number of 14 culture houses were renovated or modernized through the European Village Program. The investment is almost 14 million lei (700 thousand euros), money allocated from the National Fund for Regional and Local Deve...

Amid recent public outcry over participation of Russian and Belarusian tennis players in a tournament in Lithuania and the upcoming futsal game between Lithuania and Belarus, Minister of Education, Science and Sport Jurgita iugdinien notes that the Govern...

Russia's Roscosmos space agency has revealed plans to launch the long-delayed Luna-25 moon lander mission in mid-July of this year...

Chisinau, 23 Feb. /MOLDPRES/- The National History Museum of Moldova hosted a conference dedicated to the 31st anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy. The event was organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Congress of Azerbaijanis in Mol...

Russia is likely preparing for an offensive effort in the Vuhledar area in the Donetsk region, but it is unlikely that it has a striking force capable of achieving a breakthrough. — Ukrinform....

On Wednesday, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the United Kingdom's (UK) Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Development, James Cleverly, in London....

The losses of the Russian Federation during the day amounted to almost 800 people of military personnel, 16 tanks and seven artillery systems, according to the General Staff of Ukraine....

President Gitanas Nausda says there is a growing consensus within NATO that its members should raise their defence spending and agree on a funding minimum of 2% of gross domestic product (GDP), but some of the countries may need a transitional period....

In an extraordinary session before its scheduled sitting on February 23, the Saeima considered and approved a draft decision prepared by the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Saeima to mark the annive......

Tallinn City Government in cooperation with the Port of Tallinn, is planning to build a new basic school on Reidi tee. The exact location of the school has not yet been finalized....

Chisinau, 23 Feb. /MOLDPRES/- The certificate on inscription of the art of the traditional blouse with embroidery on the shoulder (alti) — an element of cultural identity in Romania and the Republic of Moldova on the Representative List of the Intan...

A TV station journalist and a little girl were killed in a shooting in Florida on Wednesday...

Europe has become weaker because the US has put its own interests above those of the continent, Viktor Orban has reportedly said...

G7 ministers were due to discuss fresh sanctions against Moscow and increased support for Ukraine on Thursday, a day ahead of the first anniversary of the Russian invasion....

G7 ministers discussed fresh sanctions on Moscow and increased support for Ukraine on Thursday, a day ahead of the first anniversary of the Russian invasion....

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) US military eliminated seven al-Shabab* militants in an airstrike in Somalia, the Africa Command (AFRICOM) said on Wednesday....

Chisinau, 23 Feb. /MOLDPRES/- The state authorities do not confirm the information disseminated this morning by the Russian Ministry of Defense."We call for calm and invite the public to follow the official and credible sources of the Republic of Mold...

Chisinau, 23 Feb. /MOLDPRES/- The Intelligence and Security Service /SIS/, jointly with the Prosecutor's Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases, announced today that they are investigating an agency network involving the citizens of Mo...

March 02-09 will see the return of the popular Artdocfest film festival to Rga....

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will hold a press conference on Friday, February 24. — Ukrinform....

Serbia will sign an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to purchase kamikaze drones, president Aleksandar Vucic said....