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Italy to be first EU country to make Russian Sputnik V vaccine

Italy will become the first EU country to make the Russian vaccine, which is still under review by the European Medicines Agency.

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Aerials show huge blaze after oil facility strike in Syria

Footage from the air taken by a Syrian opposition group showed scores of workers struggling to extinguish a massive fire resulting from burning oil tanker trucks in an open field.

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Russian communists remember Stalin on the anniversary of his death

Russian communists on Friday remembered former leader Joseph Stalin as they marked the 68th anniversary of his death.

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Why Moscow is the perfect city for a winter break

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Moscow in winter has a special charm. There are plenty of sights and activities to explore, from skating in Europe's largest ice rink to discovering the palaces and parks of times gone by.

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Slovakia

'Unacceptable': Ukraine slams Slovak PM over territory swap 'joke'

Slovakia's Prime Minister has apologised after commenting that he would hand over a Ukrainian region to Russia in exchange for COVID-19 vaccines.

Europe Decoded

Facebook takes down hundreds of fake Russian Instagram accounts

Facebook has taken down more than 500 accounts aiming to drown out the online conversation about pro-Navalny demonstrations.

Czech Republic

Will the Czechs be the next to look to Russia and China for vaccines?

Central European neighbours Slovakia and Hungary have already taken delivery of Russia's Sputnik V jab.

Slovakia

Slovakia's ruling coalition in crisis over Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Slovakia became the second European Union member state, after Hungary, to purchase doses of the Sputnik V vaccine following a secret deal orchestrated by Prime Minister Igor Matovic.

Russia

Mikhail Gorbachev, last Soviet leader, turns 90 in quarantine

Gorbachev, who is widely credited with ending the Cold War, was very popular in the West, but a much more polarising figure within Russia.

Europe News

I'm deeply concerned over Georgia's political crisis, says EU's Michel

European Council President Charles Michel brought Georgia's ruling and opposition parties together in Tbilisi during his visit Monday, in an attempt to mediate the situation in the country.

Europe Decoded

Twitter 'maliciously violating' Russia's content laws, says watchdog

Russia's communications regulator says Twitter has failed to remove more than 2,800 illegal pieces of content since 2017.

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Russians mark sixth anniversary of opposition figure Nemtsov's killing

Nemtsov was an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and his killing on February 27, 2015, was seen as a blow to forces opposing the country's longtime leader.

Russia

Boris Nemtsov: Thousands pay tribute on sixth anniversary of murder

Thousands of Russians, as well as some western diplomats, have marked the sixth anniversary of the assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.

Ukraine

Kyiv calls for new summit on seventh anniversary of Crimea annexation

Speaking in Paris, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called for a new summit with Russia, France and Germany on the ongoing conflict in the Donbas region.

My Europe Series

Europe's week: Leaders meet virtually, as Russia sanctioned

EU leaders met virtually this week to take stock of the epidemiological situation across the continent, as sanctions against Russia were agreed upon by foreign affairs ministers.

Europe News

New EU sanctions on Russia 'are a missed chance to fix relations'

Vladimir Chizhov, Russia's long-time envoy to the EU, believes any sort of "unilateral restrictive measures are illegitimate by definition".

Russia

Diplomat uses hand-pushed rail trolley to get from N Korea to Russia

A group of Russian diplomats and their families have returned from North Korea on a hand-pushed rail trolley due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Russia

Russian opposition leader Navalny sent to prison outside Moscow

Navalny’s incarceration has led to international calls for his immediate release, including from Europe’s top human rights court.

Germany

Germany charges man with passing Bundestag floor plans to Russia

A German man has been charged with espionage for allegedly passing information on properties used by the German parliament to Russian military intelligence.

Serbia

Take your pick: Serbia lets citizens choose from four COVID-19 jabs

Which would you prefer? In Serbia, people can select any of four jabs: the one developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, China’s Sinopharm, Russia’s Sputnik V and Oxford-Astrazeneca's.