It says the balloons have been "weaponised" in an act of hybrid warfare by Belarus, Russia's closest ally. It is happening ...

"It's a feeling of incredible happiness," says political prisoner Maria Kolesnikova, freed after more than five years.

Belarus has freed 123 prisoners, including prominent opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova, after the US agreed to lift ...

In November, the Italian parliament voted unanimously to introduce the term “femicide” into the country’s legal code. The ...

The teenager is being held after a woman was attacked by masked males on electric bikes in Leeds.

In November, the Italian parliament voted unanimously to introduce the term “femicide” into the country’s legal code. The murder of a woman – on account of her gender – is now a distinct crime, ...

Southern & Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports from Lithuania, where some of the released prisoners were ...