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My Europe Series

Country-by-country guide on how the Ukraine war has changed Europe

Read our A-Z country guide that charts how six months of war in Ukraine has changed Europe, sometimes forever.

The Cube

Five of the most viral misinformation posts since Ukraine war began

Misleading rumours about war crimes, refugees and Ukraine's president have all been widely spread online.

Ukraine

War in Ukraine: six months on, millions are forced to change jobs

Denys Zhupnyk dreams of concerts and festivals as he drives a taxi around Kyiv, picking up and dropping off passengers.

Ukraine

Six months later, football league returns to war-torn Ukraine

Although the domestic competition will be restarted in Kyiv on National Flag Day, no fans will be allowed to the stadiums, and teams will have to be rushed to a shelter in case of an alert.

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My Europe Series

Meet the Ukrainians fleeing Europe's largest nuclear power plant

Thousands of Ukrainians are still attempting to leave the vicinity of Europe's largest nuclear plant -- under the threat of an impending accident. These are some of their stories.

Travel News

This popular Lithuanian park has banned Russian citizens

Pakruojis Mansion, the largest and most popular mansion in the north of Lithuania, has brought in a ban on Russian citizens.

France

6 months of the war: refugees on information frontline

6 months away from home: learning to navigate the new reality and how to help Ukraine from afar. Ukrainian refugees tell what keeps them going.

Russia

Daughter of Kremlin ideologue killed in Moscow car bomb attack

The explosion took place on Saturday night as Daria Dugina was returning from a cultural festival she had attended with her father.

Albania

Four Czechs, two Russians, Ukrainian arrested for espionage in Albania

The seven suspects were apprehended for photographing weapons depots in two separate incidents in Gramsh and Poliçan.

Ukraine

Ukraine war: The top developments you need to know from the weekend

From Zelenskyy's warning that Russia might do something 'cruel' in the upcoming days to more US weapons being sent to Ukraine, here are the most important developments you need to know from the weekend.

World News

The most striking images from this week's top stories

Here is our selection of the most striking photographs that hit the headlines this week.

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New Russian shelling of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

At least one civilian was killed early Friday in the Russian shelling of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, northwest of the Donetsk region.

Russia

Stars: Nearly identical coffee shop chain replaces Starbucks in Moscow

Seattle-based Starbucks was one of the most visible of the wave of foreign companies that pulled out of Russia in response to Russia's war in Ukraine. Local entrepreneurs now reopened the closed stores under a new name.

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Ukraine: Search continues after Russian strikes on Kharkiv

The Russian missile strike on Wednesday night killed at least seven people and injured 20 others.

Europe News

Brussels 'must stop EU-based Russians being extradited home'

Bulgarian MEP Radan Kanev made the plea over the case of Alexey Alchin, who burned his Russian passport in protest at the Ukraine war and is now wanted on tax evasion charges back home.

My Europe Series

How the economic impact of war is starting to bite in southern Ukraine

As if being bombed wasn't enough of a hardship, now Ukrainians are struggling with the financial impact of war.

Europe News

Gas crisis: Germans rush to stock up on coal for winter warmth

Gas crisis: Germans rush to stock up on coal for winter warmth

Bulgaria

Bulgaria risks violating EU principles over Russia extradition request

The Russian dissident who burned his passport is appealing against a Bulgarian court's decision to extradite him, amid concern for the safety of others who fled to the EU after the invasion of Ukraine.

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11 unidentified civilians buried in Bucha after Russian occupation

Eleven bodies are buried in a cemetery in Bucha, where more than 400 other unidentified people are buried. "Most of them were shot dead. So it was neither an accident nor an explosion.

My Europe Series

'Rockets flew by, we wallpapered': Escapee on life in occupied Kherson

Kherson was one of the first cities to fall under Russian occupation at the start of the war.

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