Ukraine

Ukraine's Poroshenko calls for a "sustainable and comprehensive ceasefire"

Russia ‘‘has to provide a sustainable and comprehensive cease-fire’‘ in eastern Ukraine before steps towards peace can be taken, Petro Poroshenko has warned.

16/09/2016

Sport

Leaked medical files intensifies Therepeutic Use Exemptions debate

The debate on Therepeutic Use Exemptions in sport is reaching boiling point following the leaking of confidential medical files of scores of high-profile…

16/09/2016

Russia

Tiny kitten narrowly avoids being hit by several cars on Russian motorway

A kitten had a succession of near misses when it found itself in the middle of a busy motorway in Kaliningrad, Russia.

16/09/2016

World News

And also... A drop in the ocean; spending a penny; devil in the detail and more

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond, which may not have reached the international…

16/09/2016

Russia

Russia's elections, in a nutshell

Russian general election: why should we care?

16/09/2016

World News

Will aid get into Aleppo? Syria ceasefire remains fragile

If true, it would be a big step towards getting aid into eastern Aleppo.

16/09/2016

Ukraine

Ukraine: accusations of ceasefire violations hours after truce

Germany’s Frank-Walter Steinmeier and France’s Jean Marc Ayrault visited eastern Ukraine on Thursday, hours after Russian-backed separatists and Kiev agreed to a new unilateral…

15/09/2016

Cinema

Oliver Stone tells Edward Snowden's story

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone brings whistleblower Edward Snowden's story to the big screen. The former CIA employee, who lives in exile in Russia, has asked US President Obama to grant him a pa

15/09/2016

Syria

Humanitarian aid convoys delayed en route to Aleppo, Syria

In Syria, trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Aleppo are waiting for fighters to pull back from the Castello Road, the last remaining supply line to the city.

15/09/2016

World

Russian sociologist Denis Volkov muses on the country's electoral mood

Serguei Doubine interviews Denis Volkov from the Levada-Center, a Russian independent, non-governmental polling and sociological research organisation, about the upcoming election.

15/09/2016

World

United Russia halts popularity slide as Russian election looms

Euronews journalist Marina Ostrovskaya looks ahead to Russia's upcoming general election: "On Sunday Russia goes to the polls to elect a new parliament. Could the result change the political landscape

15/09/2016

Ukraine

Ukraine will observe Donbass ceasefire, says German FM

Ukraine guarantees to observe a ceasefire in the country’s war-torn eastern region of Donbass for at least seven days, according to Germany’s foreign minister who made the announcement after a meeting

14/09/2016

Syria

UN warns aid supplies still not reaching Syria's besieged areas

The UN says large amounts of humanitarian aid have still not entered Syria three days after a nationwide ceasefire came into affect.

14/09/2016

Sport

Russia denies involvement in WADA hack

Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko has firmly denied that his government had something to do with the recent hacking of the World Anti doping agency’s database that resulted in the confidential medi

14/09/2016

Russia

Russian arctic meteorologists besieged by polar bears

Five meteorologists working on Russia’s Izvesti Tsik Islands are trapped in their base, and have been for almost two weeks, because they are besieged by polar…

14/09/2016

World News

Rebels in eastern Ukraine announce unilateral ceasefire

The self-proclaimed leader of a separatist-held area of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, has announced a unilateral ceasefire in the region, beginning on Wednesday at…

13/09/2016

Syria

Syria truce 'largely holding' but aid deliveries could suffer delays

The Russia-US-brokered ceasefire which took effect across Syria from Monday night appears largely to be holding.

13/09/2016

World News

Nickel producer Norilsk admits plant spillage turned Russian river red

The world’s biggest nickel producer has admitted that one of its plants was responsible for a river in the Russian Arctic turning red.

13/09/2016

Syria

Five years' talking brings no closer end to Syrian carnage

There is a new ceasefire in Syria, brokered between the US and Russia, respectively the godfathers of the opposition, and regime.

12/09/2016

Iran

Work to begin on second nuclear reactor in Iran

The first stone was laid on Saturday marking the start of the launch of the Iran-Russia Bushehr 2 project.

10/09/2016