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04.01 / 01:07

Germany snubs Poland's claim for World War 2 reparations

Germany has rejected Warsaw's request to enter into talks on compensating Poland for damage caused during World War Two, the Polish Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday.

01.12 / 00:39

European Union Holodomor: Germany's parliament recognises Ukraine's 1930s famine as 'genocide'

Only days after the 90th anniversary of Ukraine's "Holodomor", the 1930s famine which is estimated to have killed over 3 million Ukrainians under the repressive rule of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Germany's parliament has approved a resolution recognising the famine as "genocide".

20.11 / 12:19

climate conference Low Kazakhstan goes to the polls in 'low-key' snap presidential election

Voters in Kazakhstan are casting their ballots Sunday in a snap election that looks likely to return the incumbent president to power, in an election the OSCE has described as "low-key."

05.11 / 00:57

Blockchain CBDC Adoption Central Bank banking system CBDCs are a declaration of war against the banking system claims economist

CBDCs are a declaration of war against the banking system, Richard Werner — development economist and professor at De Montfort University — told Cointelegraph at Web Summit on Nov. 4.

07.10 / 09:35

Europe's energy crisis Ukraine war: Russia nuclear weapon threats are 'most serious' since Cuban Missile Crisis, says Biden

Russian threats to use nuclear weapons are the most serious such warnings since the Cuban Missile Crisis, said US president Joe Biden.

06.09 / 20:37

Social Media inflation Europe's energy crisis foreign Ukraine war: Putin approves new foreign policy, tensions rise at plant, American actors sanctioned

President Vladimir Putin on Monday approved a new foreign policy doctrine based around the concept of a "Russian World", a notion that hard-line conservatives have used to justify intervention abroad in support of Russian-speakers.

03.09 / 20:59

From perestroika to Putin, the life of Mikhail Gorbachev in pictures

The death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final president of the Soviet Union, has sparked renewed reflection about a key period in contemporary world history.

03.09 / 16:55

Climate change Cinema Eight people to stand trial for role in 2016 Bastille Day attack

Six years after the attack in Nice, eight defendants will appear on Monday before the special court of Paris for a new extraordinary terrorist trial, scheduled to last more than three months.

03.09 / 15:53

Cinema Europe's energy crisis Jail Schools Time Turkish pop star faces jail time for 'inciting hatred' over religious schools joke

A Turkish pop star could face up to three years in prison after she was indicted Friday for "inciting hatred and enmity" over a joke she made about religious schools in the country.

02.09 / 16:23

Adoption Europe proof-of-work Bitcoin Armenia aims to position itself as a Bitcoin mining hub

At the end of August, a digital platform called ECOS Free Economic Zone delivered good news from a country that rarely sparks on the global crypto map — Armenia. ECOS reported adding 60 megawatts (MW) of capacity to its power plant-based facility, operating since 2018.

02.09 / 13:37

Agriculture How tensions over the Ukraine war are flaring up in Germany

To the casual observer, the source of their anger was obvious.

01.09 / 10:45

European Union ‘He died a disillusioned man’: How Gorbachev’s dream of liberal, European Russia failed

The death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final president of the Soviet Union, has sparked as much debate and divisions as his actions did during his lifetime.

31.08 / 11:09

Waves Mikhail Gorbachev, reformer and last leader of Soviet Union, dies at 91

As the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev sought to reform the Communist state and infuse greater transparency. But his efforts unleashed a wave of unstoppable forces that led to the nation’s demise, reshaping the geopolitical landscape and leaving the US as the world’s sole superpower.

31.08 / 10:51

Climate change European Union European Commission Mikhail Gorbachev: How has Europe reacted to the death of the Soviet Union's last leader?

Tributes have been paid from across Europe to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91.

24.08 / 09:03

independence day Ukraine war: Unease as country marks independence day six months since Russian invasion

Ukraine celebrates its Independence Day on Wednesday, commemorating 31 years since the country broke free from Russian dominance under the former Soviet Union.

23.08 / 00:17

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

Under the threat of Russian attacks in a war that stopped all football in Ukraine, a new league season starts Tuesday in Kyiv with the goal of restoring some sense of normalcy in the country of some 44 million.

09.08 / 14:19

Airlines inflation Two years after Belarus election, 'torch of freedom' still burning, says Tsikhanouskaya

Today marks two years since the disputed presidential election in Belarus, which sparked a protest movement of unprecedented size in a country that has been labelled “the last dictatorship in Europe”.

04.08 / 17:55

European Union EU calls for 'cessation of hostilities' between Armenia and Azerbaijan after renewed clashes

The European Union has for a "cessation of hostilities" between Armenia and Azerbaijan after several soldiers were reportedly killed during renewed clashes in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

25.07 / 08:57

Pope Francis Russia continues Africa charm offensive as Lavrov arrives in Congo

Russian Foreign Minister is in Congo on Monday as part of Russia's Africa charm offensive that also takes Sergei Lavrov to Egypt, Uganda and Ethiopia.

13.06 / 10:11

Art Ukraine live: Wounded 12-year-old now enduring image of Russia, says Ukrainian President Zelenskyy

Russia has destroyed a bridge over the Siverskyi Donets River linking Sievierodonetsk with its twin city of Lysychansk, cutting off a key escape route for those remaining in the besieged city.

12.06 / 15:53

Art European Union rebrand 'Tasty, full stop': Former McDonald's restaurants rebrand and reopen in Moscow

What used to be McDonald's restaurants in Moscow opened their doors again under new Russian ownership bearing the name Vkusno i tochka, meaning "Tasty, full stop".

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