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Russia

Russian ice swimmers brave -10C temperatures

Competitors aged from 11 to 70 participated in Russia's Baltic Sea enclave of Kaliningrad

26/02/2018

Pakistan

Man's 'suicidal' solo mission to scale mountain is abruptly halted

Russian-Polish mountaineer Denis Urubko planned to attempt the first winter ascent of K2 with a team of climbers, but abandoned base camp on Saturday after arguing with the expedition leader.

26/02/2018

South Korea

IOC bans athletes from flying Russian flag at Pyeongchang closing cere

Russia’s Olympic status will be restored automatically once it is confirmed there were no other doping violations by its athletes at this year’s Games.

25/02/2018

Cult

Winter International Arts Festival in Sochi 2018

The 11th Winter International Arts Festival in Sochi offers a sophisticated selection.

24/02/2018

Russia

Russian figure skater Alina Zagitova wins OAR's first Olympic gold

Fifteen-year-old Alina Zagitova edged compatriot Evgenia Medvedeva.

23/02/2018

USA

Trump-Russia investigation: Lawyer becomes 19th person charged

A London-based lawyer admitted to making false statements to investigators exploring links between Russia and President Donald Trump's election campaign team.

21/02/2018

Russia

Why would a curler need perfomance enhancing drugs?

It’s the sport of choice of doughnut-eating cartoon character Homer Simpson, so why would you need drugs to crack curling?

19/02/2018

Ukraine

Hungary’s language row with Ukraine is about ‘sucking up to Russia’

Budapest’s response to a new language law in Ukraine is evidence of its "pro-Kremlin stance", an expert has told Euronews.

19/02/2018

Russia

Sochi surprises at the Winter International Arts Festival

Classical music and a whole lot more is on offer at the annual event in the Russian city

19/02/2018

Kosovo

Kosovo rounds off independence celebrations with military parade

President Hashim Thaci said Kosovo should eventually become part of the EU and NATO, as the country marked a decade of independence from Serbia.

18/02/2018

Russia

EU is pushing Serbia towards Ukraine-style crisis, warns Lavrov

Russian foreign minister says EU is forcing Belgrade to chose between Moscow and Brussels.

17/02/2018

World

Sergey Lavrov on Russian-US relations and the Middle East

Russia's Foreign Minister reveals his thoughts on the Trump administration, Syria, Iran, Turkey, North Korea and more in The Global Conversation

16/02/2018

Russia

Exclusive: US forces 'illegally in Syria' Sergey Lavrov tells euronews

Russia's Foreign Minister tells euronews US special forces show no sign of leaving Syria.

16/02/2018

Russia

Voice recorder of ill-fated Russian plane is found

It's believed conflicting speed measurements, caused by the freezing weather, led to the plane plummeting into the ground.

16/02/2018

Lithuania

Lithuania's 100 years of independence

President Dalia Grybauskaite takes her chance to warn the rest of Europe about the threat of Russia's deployment of nuclear ballistic missiles.

16/02/2018

USA

White House blames Russia for large-scale cyber attack

The virus of June 2017 crippled Ukraine's infrastructure before spreading to computers in other countries of the world.

16/02/2018

Sweden

Pussy Riot members say Swedish exile is price of opposing Putin

The two members were beaten and detained in Russia after criticizing Putin — and have since fled the country to claim asylum in Sweden.

15/02/2018

Syria

"Russians killed" in US Syria strike

Many are feared dead in a US strike on a government base in Deir el-Zor province.

14/02/2018

Russia

Investigation underway to find out cause of Russian plane crash

It's believed "human error" may have led to Sunday's tragedy that killed all 71 people on board.

13/02/2018

Russia

Russian PM gives go-ahead for alternative championships to Winter Olym

The championships are meant to allow Russian athletes that are not invited to the PyeongChang Olympics to compete in their sport.

12/02/2018