Amid uproar over a depiction of Stalin inside Tbilisi's main cathedral, several prominent monuments to the notorious Soviet dictator are on display throughout Georgia.
The funeral for acclaimed poet and photographer Maksym Kryvtsov is scheduled to be held on January 11 in Kyiv. Kryvtsov’s death added another name to a long list of Ukrainian artists who have died defending their country from the ongoing Russian invasion.
A Russian missile attack struck a hotel in Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, late on January 10, wounding 11 people, according to local authorities.
An evacuation effort to save hundreds of cattle and horses stranded on an island in the Danube has begun near the town of Novi Sad in Serbia.
A roadside bomb exploded near a van carrying police assigned to protect workers in an anti-polio immunization campaign in restive northwestern Pakistan on January 8. At least seven officers were killed and 10 others were wounded in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban, officials said.
A detail of a religious icon featuring Soviet dictator Josef Stalin has reignited debate over attempts to link the atheist dictator to Georgia's Orthodox Christian faith.
Russia launched another massive wave of hypersonic and cruise missiles against Ukraine on January 8. Ukrainian officials said Moscow launched 51 missiles, 18 of which were shot down. At least four people were killed and dozens were injured, according to the authorities.
Remains of a missile that Ukraine suggests was supplied to Russia by North Korea were shown to journalists after recent strikes on Kharkiv.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the first week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region.
After Vladimir Lenin died in January 1924, Moscow's Red Square became the site of a series of block-shaped structures made to house the embalmed corpse of the Soviet founder.
Medals have been awarded to members of a Kyiv mobile air-defense unit for their efforts in protecting the nation's capital against a Russian missile and drone attack on January 2.
A joint venture between Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina aims to protect the "Roman Municipium" in Skelani -- one of the most important archaeological sites in the Balkans.
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