Christians in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan have celebrated Orthodox Christmas in a church once used to execute prisoners during the Soviet era.
Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas as believers gather in Moscow, Kyiv, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Cairo, and cities throughout the world to usher in the holy day.
The whereabouts of six Russian sailors abducted by pirates in the dangerous waters off the West African coast are still unknown, Russian officials say.
Pirates seized a cargo ship off the coast of the West African country of Benin, robbing crew members and sailors and abducting six hostages before fleeing, Russia’s Interfax and marine news websites report.
There are dumplings … and then there are dumplings! Across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, nothing inspires more passionate debate than which dumplings -- pelmeni, pierogi, varenyky, or khinkali, to name a few -- are better. And which ones are the real deal?
The European Union has asked Western Balkans and EU Eastern Partnership countries that have visa-free regimes with the bloc's Schengen Area to take further measures to address irregular migration.
Two Georgian pensioners, aged 91 and 83, have undergone a modern makeover. It's part of a campaign by Georgian fashion designer Megi Gabunia to encourage individuals and businesses to do more to enrich the lives of the country's most senior citizens.
Salome Zurabishvili was sworn in as the president of Georgia on December 16 after she won a runoff last month. The French-born candidate supported by the ruling Georgian Dream party becomes the first woman to hold the office in the Caucasian country.
Georgian police prevented a convoy of opposition supporters from reaching the historic town of Telavi, where the winner of November's presidential runoff, Salome Zurabishvili, was to be sworn in on December 16.
Salome Zurabishvili has been sworn into office as Georgia's first woman president amid continued denunciations by the opposition that her election was rigged.
An appeals court in Georgia has upheld a landmark decision in what was billed as the Caucasus country’s first court case of sexual harassment.
Outgoing Georgian President Margvelashvili’s son-in-law, Mindia Gogochuri, has been detained along with an associate on suspicion of illegal possession of handguns, the Interior Minister said on December 6.
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