According to eyewitnesses, modern Donetsk, which is under Russian occupation, is increasingly slipping back into Soviet unsettledness: the city's roads have deteriorated, and there are constant ...

The New Year has been the most important family holiday in Russia since the Soviet era, when authorities promoted it as a ...

Pakhomova’s shop in the well-heeled Vracar neighbourhood of the Serbian capital stocks clothes, bags, accessories, cosmetics, ...

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday there was no time left this year to sign a new Ukrainian gas transit deal, and laid ...

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"While you are waiting for Christmas — we are waiting for our loved ones to return from Russian captivity," say the families ...

Santa Claus's residence in Lapland is a magical place that attracts tourists from all over the world. Here, everyone can ...

As Russian troops near the city of Pokrovsk, where a beloved Ukrainian composer wrote his most famous song — now known worldwide as "Carol of the Bells" — Ukrainians seek to safeguard his legacy.

Pop Culture Happy Hour host Glen Weldon joins NPR's Ayesha Rascoe to share a few of his favorite under-the-radar films from this year, including "National Anthem" and "Good One." ...

RASCOE: Most people don't know this song is from Ukraine or that the city where it was written is now under Russian attack. NPR's Joanna Kakissis has this postcard. (SOUNDBITE OF ANDRIY MARGOSYAN ...

Gen. Igor Kirillov as a “legitimate act of defense” on the part of Ukraine, the Kremlin said that the newspaper should “be careful” and that its senior staff are now “legitimate military targets.” ...

Your browser does not support the <audio> element. EVERY BUSINESS in Ukraine has a reference point. For Mykhailo Travetsky, a farmer in Pryluky, it was the first six ...