Ukraine Heavy shelling in eastern Ukraine forces civilians to flee There has been no let-up in fighting around the town of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine. Locals are being encouraged to abandon the areas of fiercest 02/02/2015
Ukraine No end to fighting in Ukraine in sight as talks in Minsk fail Talks between the Ukrainians, Russians, pro-Russian separatists from eastern Ukraine and the OSCE have collapsed without agreement. The talks were 31/01/2015
Belgium EU extends Russian sanctions as talks between Moscow and Kyiv due in Minsk As conflict rages in eastern Ukraine, the European Union has extended current sanctions against Russia until September. At an extraordinary meeting 30/01/2015
Ukraine Ukraine troops called up ahead of fresh talks announced for Friday As fighting rages on in east Ukraine, Belarus has announced the next round of talks between Kyiv, Moscow and the OSCE would take place in Minsk on 29/01/2015
world news US denounces Russia's 'occupation plan' for Ukraine In a blunt exchange at a UN Security Council meeting, the US accuses Russia of formulating an 'occupation plan' for Ukraine. Russia blames Washington and Kyiv for upsurge in fighting. 22/01/2015
Belarus Belarus: Lukashenko sacks top ministers and officials in major reshuffle The Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has dismissed his prime minister and other senior government officials in the biggest government 27/12/2014
Belarus Eurasian Economic Union Summit begins with a show of disunity The leaders of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan have sealed a deal to introduce a Eurasian Economic Union which will come into 23/12/2014
Russia Presidents of Central Asian states meet for security talks in Moscow The presidents of five Central Asian states have met at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow for talks on security. Armenia, Belarus, Tajikistan 23/12/2014
real economy Out with the litas and in with the euro in Lithuania Real Economy visits Lithuania, to analyse the economic consequences for the last Baltic country to join the euro in January 2015 23/12/2014
Ukraine The presidents of Kazakhstan and Ukraine hold talks in Kyiv The president of Kazakhstan has met with his Ukrainian counterpart in Kyiv for talks. Nazarbayev congratulated Poroshenko on holding elections and 22/12/2014
Sport China win maiden World Cup team aerials event The Freestyle Ski World Cup broke new ground over the weekend after holding the first ever aerials team event. The maiden team competition took place 22/12/2014
Ukraine Ukraine: Belarus Leader makes pledge on peace talks Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko promised to help Kiev restart talks over its separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine. 22/12/2014
Sport Champions League: Messi breaks another goal-scoring record Lionel Messi became the Champions League’s all-time record goal scorer on Tuesday night. His hat-trick helped Barca beat APOEL Nicosia 4-0 in Group 26/11/2014
Sport Unbeaten Chelsea continue impressive early form as PSG make up ground in France Welcome to The Corner, our weekly trip around the world of football. We start with the Premier League and the unstoppable Chelsea, who downed 10/11/2014
World Lukashenko: Ukraine could be stabilised within a year if all sides wanted to As Belarus continues efforts to broker a lasting settlement to the conflict in Ukraine President Alexander Lukashenko has been speaking to Euronews’ 03/10/2014
Switzerland Champions League playoff round draw; The draw for the Champions League playoff round was made on Friday. Maribor (Slovenia) v Celtic (Scotland) Salzburg (Austria) v Malmo (Sweden) 08/08/2014
World Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918: March 3 Signed on March 3, 1918, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk brought about the end of the war between the Central Powers and 21/07/2014
