Culture news Macklemore announces new tour to benefit humanitarian aid organisations in wake of Ed Sheeran controversy
Culture news Macklemore announces new tour to benefit humanitarian aid organisations in wake of Ed Sheeran controversy
Gaza The week in pictures: Gaza death toll tops 25,000 The best photos from across Europe and beyond this week. 21/01/2024
North Korea North Korea says Putin could visit at an 'early date' amid US tensions The Asian nation has also stressed their alignment with Russia against the US and criticised the UN Security Council for calling an emergency meeting over the country’s latest ballistic tests. 21/01/2024
Latvia Baltic states sign agreement to bolster NATO's eastern border The common defence line agreement was signed to block Russian aggression in the region. 19/01/2024
Russia Vladimir Putin gathers over two million re-election signatures Under Russian law, independent candidates are required to have at least 300,000 registered supporters. 17/01/2024
Estonia Estonia arrests Russian professor accused of spying for Moscow The academic was allegedly on Moscow’s payroll for years, collecting intelligence aimed at undermining Tallinn's national security. 17/01/2024
Russia Ukraine launches drone strike on Russian city of Voronezh Officials in Russia confirmed that Kyiv targeted the southwestern city early on Tuesday. 16/01/2024
Russia Wives of Russian soldiers lay flowers to protest against the Kremlin Women have been visiting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, located in the Alexander Garden near the walls of the Kremlin, to pay tribute to the fallen and as a form of protest aimed at the authorities. 15/01/2024
Russia Convicted Russian ex-mayor freed after agreeing to fight in Ukraine The former mayor of Vladivostok, who had been sentenced to 12 years in prison for bribery, was reportedly freed after agreeing to be sent to the frontline in Ukraine. 15/01/2024
Russia Huge fire engulfs a warehouse outside St Petersburg No casualties were reported in the blaze in the Russian city. 13/01/2024
Ukraine Sunak gives Ukraine aid and reassurances of West's support in conflict The British prime minister met with Zelenskyy at a time when financial support from Europe and the US is becoming more difficult to obtain. 13/01/2024
Travel News North Korea to welcome first tourists since the pandemic The four-day trip will take place in February and features a stop in Pyongyang before skiing at North Korea's most modern resort. 12/01/2024
World News Finland to keep Russia borders closed for another month The Finnish government says that people are waiting just over the border in Russia for the frontier to be reopened, so they can try to cross. 11/01/2024
Russia Russia extends pre-trial detention of theatre director and playwright In the Kremlin's latest move to crackdown on dissent, the Russian women are accused of justifying terrorism and will be held in detention until March, 2024. 10/01/2024
Europe News Western allies denounce North Korea for providing missiles to Russia The European Union and the United States have denounced North Korea "in the strongest possible terms" for providing Russia with ballistic missiles and propping up the war of aggression against Ukraine. 10/01/2024
Russia Kremlin critic Navalny held in 'tiny Arctic punishment cell' Alexei Navalny was recently moved to a high security prison in the Russian Arctic to serve his 19-year sentence. 09/01/2024
China Euroviews. Cynical mimicry: China and Russia talk anti-corruption at the UN Redefining terms like anti-corruption, human rights, democracy, and integrity — even when self-evidently disingenuous — provides China the cover to mimic the mechanisms of good governance while blunting efforts to hold authoritarian regimes accountable, Elaine Dezenski writes. 09/01/2024
Ukraine Ukraine attacks Russia's border region, but is running out of fuel All the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. 09/01/2024
Egypt Euroviews. In Egypt, al-Sisi’s reelection is a replay of his first bid for power The embrace of Russian state interests in spreading anti-Western and anti-Ukrainian narratives by Egyptian punditry is just one of the peculiarities surrounding al-Sisi’s new term, Nathaniel Greenberg writes. 08/01/2024
Ukraine As frontlines freeze, Russia and Ukraine exchange long range attacks All the latest developments from the war in Ukraine. 05/01/2024
Russia Putin signs decree offering citizenship to foreign fighters Russia is increasingly reliant on foreign supplies of both manpower and material to continue its war in Ukraine after two years of heavy losses. 04/01/2024