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Russia

Leading Russian independent newspaper shuts down amid media crackdown

Novaya Gazeta said they'd had two warnings from Russian press watchdog Roskomnadzor, which put their operating licence at risk.

28/03/2022

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Ukrainian refugees continue entering Poland

The rate of refugees arriving here has slowed from a peak in early March of some 155,000 – 160,000 daily arrivals to around 30,000 in recent days.

28/03/2022

Money

Crypto war aid for Ukraine: Pioneering innovation or just a sideshow?

It is one of the first times a sovereign nation has funded its war effort using cryptocurrencies. But is it a scam or a pioneering development?

28/03/2022

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Russian artist doused in fake blood protests

A Russian artist doused herself in fake blood in a solo protest in St. Petersburg on March 27, before police came to take her away.

28/03/2022

My Europe Series

How past horrors are pushing Polish Jews to help fleeing Ukrainians

“I didn’t know how many people, I didn’t know who was arriving -- I just said yes,” said Alina Sobczak.

28/03/2022

Ukraine

Five people are wounded after fuel storage facility near Lviv was hit

An explosion targeted a fuel storage facility near Lviv not far from residential areas. Thick black smoke could be seen from the city centre. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continues to call for more military aid

27/03/2022

Ukraine

Mariupol residents bury neighbours in makeshift graves

Mariupol residents say chaos is rife in the besieged Ukrainian city as locals bury their neighbours in makeshift graves

27/03/2022

Green News

4,000 animals are caught in the crossfire at Ukraine’s biggest zoo

The animals are threatened by bombs every day in this southern Ukrainian city.

27/03/2022

France

'Solidarity on all levels': French company brings employees from Kyiv

Lener Cordier relocates staff from its factory in Kyiv to the north of France as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues.

26/03/2022

Hungary

Volunteers from around the globe are going to Hungary to help refugees

When they travelled to Hungary to help refugees from Ukraine, volunteers from Israel had no plan beforehand.

26/03/2022

Moldova

Help to Ukrainian refugees arriving in Moldova and Poland surges

From UNHCR to German businesses and private citizens, attempts are being made to ease the trouble of hundreds of thousands seeking shelter in Europe as the war in Ukraine enters its second month.

26/03/2022

Poland

'Your freedom is ours', Biden assures Duda during Poland visit

On his last day in Poland, US President Joe Biden met with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda, and high-level Ukrainian officials.

26/03/2022

Travel News

Ukraine invasion dashes hopes for a tourism revival in Turkey and Cuba

The turquoise beaches of Antalya, Turkey and Varadero, Cuba have long been a magnet for Russian tourists. But this year they look empty, dashing hopes of a buoyant revival for the countries' tourism industries.

26/03/2022

Ukraine

Rockets strike Lviv as Biden says Putin 'can't remain in power'

Russia has declared on Friday it will shift its focus on "liberating" the Donbas region and its breakaway republics.

26/03/2022

Ukraine

'It looked like hell': Mariupol escapees describe scenes of horror

Ukrainians who managed to flee the besieged port city tell Euronews of the scenes of relentless bombing and unfathomable destruction they witnessed.

25/03/2022

Ukraine

Displaced Ukrainian families seek calm after fleeing conflict zones

Children of families who fled Ukraine's conflict zones are given counselling and art lessons in one town near the Hungarian border.

25/03/2022

Georgia

Georgians suffer fallout from Western sanctions imposed on Russia

Georgians used to receiving financial assistance from relatives working in Russia as migrants are finding their remittances have been hampered.

25/03/2022

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Biden eats pizza with US troops in Poland

President Joe Biden visited U.S. troops stationed near Poland’s border with Ukraine on Friday and was getting a first hand look at the growing humanitarian response to the millions of Ukrainians who are fleeing to Poland to escape Russia’s assault on their homeland.

25/03/2022

Ukraine

Snake Island sailors freed in Ukraine war prisoner exchange, says Kyiv

The 13 soldiers had famously defied Russian warships at the very start of the invasion.

25/03/2022

Hungary

Zelenskyy's demands for Ukraine 'not in Hungary's interests' — Orban

Orban has let NATO troops into Hungary but banned arms shipments to Kyiv, prompting a challenge from Ukraine's president to 'decide who you are with'.

25/03/2022