Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Donald Cook was to enter the Black Sea on December 26 2014 “to promote peace and stability in the region,” the US Sixth […]
Ukraine cut power and cancelled trains to Crimea on December 26 2014, operator companies said in their statements. The peninsula was annexed by Russia in March. DTEK, a private energy […]
Lyutvi Mestan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), said on December 26 that unless the nationalist Patriotic Front is excluded from its role in Boiko Borissov’s government, […]
The Bulgarian Christmas (Българската Коледа) charity campaign, which raises funds annually to assist seriously ill children, has raised close to 1.5 million leva so far, reports on December 26 said. […]
State prosecutors in Azerbaijan have raided the offices of a U.S.-government funded media outlet, saying they have a court order to close the facility. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said Friday […]
Ukrainian officials and pro-Russian rebels will not be meeting in Belarus’ capital Minsk for a round of peace talks scheduled for Friday. Belarussian officials on Friday announced the breakdown of […]
About 230 Jewish immigrants from Ukraine, including dozens of families fleeing the fighting in eastern Ukraine, arrived in Israel this week. They were the first in an expected group of […]
Russian preparations for the New Year holiday are clouded by economic recession and a tumbling currency, the ruble. Nonetheless, people in the Russian capital appear to be in a festive […]
The holiday season always seems to be a good time for a rollicking Bible epic. The genre offers something for everyone: special effects for the kids, some muscle flexing and […]
Bulgarians were set to spend a total of 150 million leva (about 76.6 million euro) a day during the peak 10 days of the Festive Season spanning Christmas and New […]