Eastern Europe

The announcement follows Putin's recent decision to deploy tactical weapons on its ally's territory....

Finland became the 31st member of the U.S.-led military alliance after a strategic shift triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine....

Meanwhile, a report based on unidentified sources suggested that the main suspect's actions had been supervised by a Kyiv-based "activist."...

The Government of the Netherlands announces the allocation of a support package to Ukraine in the amount of EUR 274 million, the first part of the reserved EUR 2.5 billion to support Ukraine in 2023....

Gleb Karakulov is the highest-ranking member of Russia's special services known to have defected in the country's modern history....

The law on e-residency has come into effect in Ukraine, allowing foreign IT specialists to become entrepreneurs in Ukraine and pay taxes online. — Ukrinform....

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov and his Slovak counterpart Jaroslav Nad have held a meeting to discuss the operation and modernization of artillery systems being provided by Slovakia. — Ukrinform....

MOSCOW. March 31 (Interfax) - Moscow's Babushkinsky District Court has sentenced five members of Jehovah's Witnesses, a religious organization designated extremist and banned in Russia, to real jail terms in the criminal case of activities of an e...

VILNIUS. March 31 (Interfax/BNS) - The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry has forwarded a note to Belarus to demand that the construction of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) be halted until nuclear safety issues are addressed."Belarus prepares for th...

MOSCOW. March 31 (Interfax) - Ukrainian farmers have sown 207,000 hectares of spring grains and pulses this week, Ukrainian media reported with a reference to the Agrarian Policy Ministry.They had sown 210,300 ha the past week and 66,600 ha the week befor...

MOSCOW. March 31 (Interfax) - Alexander Korniyenko, first deputy chairman of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, said he expects the NATO Parliamentary Assembly to pass a declaration in support of Ukraine's membership bid at its upcoming session in Luxembou...

Schoolchildren from rural communities in the liberated territory of the Kherson region have received 5,000 laptops and tablets from UNICEF. — Ukrinform....

More and more Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine are complaining of not receiving their salaries on time, in full, or at all, leaving their wives at home to struggle with getting by and, in many cases, raising kids....

Russian troops launched a missile strike on Avdiivka, Donetsk region, hitting an administrative building and an infrastructure facility. — Ukrinform....

Russian troops are concentrating their main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka areas. — Ukrinform....

MOSCOW. March 31 (Interfax) - Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works" (MMK) has withdrawn from its joint project with the Turkish component manufacturer Coskunoz - a metal service center for the automotive industry in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in Y...

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on members of the UN Security Council not to allow Russia to abuse the presidency of this body. — Ukrinform....

Ukraine will purchase 100 Polish-made Rosomak wheeled armored personnel carriers for the Ukrainian army. — Ukrinform....

Russia continues to pressure musicians who have spoken out against the country's invasion of Ukraine as the Kremlin seeks to squash any signs of opposition to its unprovoked war....

TBILISI. March 31 (Interfax) - Georgia has established an anti-corruption bureau in fulfillment of 12 recommendations given by the European Commission so that Georgia could receive EU candidate country status.As he spoke at the bureau presentation, Georgi...

As of 04:00 p.m., April 1, 2023, Russian troops opened fire on the border areas of the Chernihiv and Sumy regions three times. — Ukrinform....

Ukraine's nominal gross domestic product (GDP) may reach UAH 10.5 trillion in 2027. — Ukrinform....

In a phone call, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron discussed defense interaction between the two countries. — Ukrinform....

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reported on an hour-long conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron....

CHISINAU. March 31 (Interfax) - Moldova's Energocom state enterprise purchased 24 MWh of gas for the first time on the Romanian Commodity Exchange, Energocom's press service said.The cost was 240 Romanian lei (about 48.82 euro) per 1 MWh. The gas ...

Russian troops have launched an artillery strike on the city of Kherson and the Kherson region's village of Kozatske, having hit the detached house suburbs. One civilian was killed and one injured. — Ukrinform....

Temperatures are expected to range around 7 degrees Celsius on Sunday, with overcast skies and rainfall likely in the southern and eastern parts of the country....

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has enacted a decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) to impose sanctions on a number of individuals and legal entities. — Ukrinform....

Pakistan's Army said on April 1 that attackers from Iran killed four of its border patrol soldiers....

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy by two decrees put into effect the decisions of the National Security and Defense Council of April 1 on the application and amendments to personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions)....

MOSCOW. March 31 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian government will require the country's athletes to boycott qualifying events for the 2024 Olympic Games if Russian and Belarusian athletes also compete in these tournaments.This decision was made in response ...

MOSCOW. March 31 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates has canceled the license of the local branch of MTS Bank , the regulator said in a statement on its website.The bank's operations will be terminated within six months under the...

Ukraine expects the UN General Assembly to adopt a resolution calling for Russia to be punished for the crime of aggression. — Ukrinform....

MOSCOW. March 31 (Interfax) - The Russian Finance Ministry has, in accordance with the Russian presidential decree of June 22, transferred 17 billion rubles, or about $221.1 million, to the National Settlement Depository to pay the coupon yield and part o...

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on April 1 officially confirmed that it has served a notice of suspicion to Metropolitan Pavlo of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), a former abbot at the famed Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, and searched his reside...

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitov expressed criticism of the All England Club's decision to allow Russian and Belarussian tennis players to partake in this year's British Grand Slam. The statement was made at a press conference after Kvitov...

The Defense Forces of Ukraine have eliminated 162 Russian invaders and injured 157 more in the Bakhmut area over the past day. — Ukrinform....

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which previously estimated the dynamics of the Ukrainian economy this year from a 3% decline to a 1% growth, is inclined to believe that GDP growth in 2023 may be at the upper limit of this range....

The long-awaited Milan Kundera Library opened within the spaces of the Moravian Library in Brno on April 1, the day of the famous writer's 94th birthday. The library features more than 3,000 publications by the author, as well as related works by lite...

The Prague Half Marathon took place in the Czech capital this Saturday, with both the male and female categories being won by Kenyans. Roncer Kipkorir Konga finished the race in first place within the men's category with a time of 59:43. Patrik Vebr w...

A civilian man was killed as a result of enemy shelling of Dvorichna urban-type settlement, Kharkiv region. — Ukrinform....

Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki has announced the purchase by Ukraine of 100 Polish-made armored personnel carriers Rosomak (Wolverine) at the expense of funds from the European Union and the United States....

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) claims that it has collected a well-founded evidence base regarding the involvement of former abbot of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Pavlo (Petro Lebid) in inciting religious enmity, justifying and denying the Russian armed...

Tennis star Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic said she opposes the decision by Wimbledon to lift its ban on Russian and Belarusian players ahead of this year's tournament, saying she felt for Ukrainians amid Moscow's ongoing invasion of their co...

The four-year EFF program of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Ukraine also provides the country with receiving $80 billion during this period from multilateral and bilateral donors, of which $20 billion in grants and $60 billion in soft loans, as...

As a result of Russian shelling of Zaporizhzhia on March 31, 82 houses were damaged, four of them were significantly damaged. — Ukrinform....

As of March 31, Ukrainian troops regained positions around Bakhmut, Donetsk region. — Ukrinform....

Chisinau, 1 April /MOLDPRES/ - President Maia Sandu participated in the Bucha Summit 2023, held in Kyiv on 31 March, the presidential press service has reported. Along with leaders of other states, Maia Sandu backed the setting up of a special internation...

Hundreds of castles, palaces and other national monuments administered by the National Heritage Institute are opening up to the public this Saturday, April 1, as the tourist season officially starts in Czechia. On the occasion, the institute has also orga...