The situation in many Ukrainian hospitals is critical, doctors say, after a spike in the number of coronavirus cases in the country. There's a shortage of beds, intensive-care units are overcrowded, and many seriously ill patients have to wait for ventilators.
A Russian court has cleared the head and deputy head of a prison in the Russian city of Yaroslavl of involvement in the brutal torture of an inmate. Lower-ranking officers received sentences ranging from three to more than four years.
Hundreds of people rallied in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, to protest against proposed changes to the constitution that opponents say will drastically erode freedoms in the Central Asian country. Protesters at the November 22 rally said changes would expand presidential powers and weaken parliament.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has taken part in a memorial held by the Armenian Apostolic Church to honor all those killed in the recent fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. Pashinian attended a Sunday mass at Etchmiadzin Cathedral in the city of Vagharshapat on November 22.
Arrests of demonstrators continued in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on November 22. Security forces blocked the routes as protesters gathered in smaller groups on the outskirts of Minsk and marched toward the city center.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Milorad Dodik, a member of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s presidency, and other high-ranking officials attended the November 22 funeral liturgy for Patriarch Irinej, the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, who died on November 20.
A Bulgarian inventor has come up with a new board game specifically designed so that people with visual impairments can play, too. The system consists of 70 tiles and over 500 magnets and, like a pack of cards, can be used to play multiple games, including ones in 3D.
The remains of the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church were transferred to St. Sava Church in Belgrade on November 21, where they will be buried the following day. The 90-year-old Patriarch Irinej died on November 19 from complications of COVID-19. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
Azerbaijani troops have arrived in the country's Agdam district, a day after Armenian forces withdrew under the terms of a peace deal ending six weeks of fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh. Many Armenian civilians, who had just days to pack their belongings, burned their houses as they departed
Thousands came to pay tribute to Raman Bandarenka on November 20 at the Church of Christ's Resurrection in a Minsk suburb. The 31-year-old died in a hospital last week after reportedly being badly beaten by masked security forces. (Current Time)
Russian peacekeepers have been deployed on the road connecting Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh. The deployment is among the terms of a Moscow-mediated truce signed by Armenia and Azerbaijan that put an end to 44 days of deadly fighting.
One was a theater director, another worked at an oil refinery, but both have fled repression in Belarus after joining mass protests against an August election widely seen as rigged and are now refugees in neighboring Latvia.
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