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Putin accuses US of creating a "unipolar world"

The Russian President has used the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two to launch a thinly veiled attack on the United States. In his annual

Russia

[Live] Victory Day in Russia: 70th anniversary of the end of World War II

Russia commemorates 70 years since German forces surrendered to the Soviet Union’s Red Army, officially ending World War II in Europe. Follow our

Ukraine

Ukraine joins Europe in marking end of World War II

For the first time in 70 years, Ukraine has remembered World War II victims on 8 May, the day when memorial services are held in European countries

Russia

Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow ahead of Victory Day parade

Russian President Vladimir Putin has rolled out the red carpet for Chinese President Xi Jinping as they met in Moscow ahead of Victory Day commemorations in the capital.

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World

Veteran marks VE Day in Ukraine and remembers his grandson killed in Donbas

As VE Day marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. In Ukraine the commemoration has extra significance as young

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United Kingdom

UK marks Victory in Europe Day with London ceremony

Putting political quarrels aside, UK party leaders paid their respects at the Cenotaph in London to mark 70 years since Winston Churchill declared

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London Museum examines creativity born from WWII rationing

Seventy years ago, the people of Britain swarmed Buckingham Palace, the Mall and Trafalgar Square carrying British flags and jubilant smiles to

France

Ceremonies marking 70th anniversary of VE Day kick off across Europe

Events are being held across Europe to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two. In Paris, French president François Hollande kicked off

Cinema

Royal Princesses enjoy a night on the town on VE Day in 'A Royal Night Out'

Set for release just two weeks after the birth of Baby Charlotte, the timing is perfect for ‘A Royal Night Out’, which tells the story about how

My Europe Series

Greece draws battle lines over war reparations from Germany

The village of Distomo has long been a symbol of Greek suffering during the World War II Nazi occupation and also of war reparations Athens says Berlin has never paid.

Russia

Castro meets Putin in Moscow

Gearing up for Saturday's Victory Day Parade Cuban President Raul Castro met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday.

Ukraine

Two wars that left a 96-year-old hero to mourn for his grandson

World

Last Red Army cameraman stuck his neck out all the way to Berlin

Boris Sokolov never fired a shot in WWII, he used a different kind of ammunition. He was a cameraman in the Red Army. He did participate in the heat

Ukraine

Ukraine adopts May 8 and poppy to remember WWII victims

Ukraine is changing the way it commemorates World War II, as euronews correspondent Maria Korenyuk reports from Kyiv. “For the first time in

World

Missing Soviet soldiers and the quest to lay WWII to rest

Russians who fought to rid Europe of Hitler are still rotting in the earth, somewhere on their way to Berlin. The ‘Obelisk’ search team is digging in

Japan

Five issues that feed the WWII debate in Japan

Germany

70 years on from the Battle for Berlin

France

French resistance fighter Jean Nallit's personal story of liberation

May 8 2015 is a time to remember across France as the country reflects on liberation from Nazi oppression seventy years ago. During World War II the

World News

Imprisoned with mum - survivors stories from Nazi France

Seventy years on from when France was liberated, war and imprisonment are still very painful memories for the victims of the Nazi occupation. Many of