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Bosnian Experts: Ukraine Faces Years of War Crime Probes, Searches for Missing

Bosnian Experts: Ukraine Faces Years of War Crime Probes, Searches for Missing

Investigators and researchers of war crimes committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian war say their experience holds valuable lessons for those...

EU Watchdog Backs Valneva’s COVID Shot as Contract Talks Go On

EU Watchdog Backs Valneva’s COVID Shot as Contract Talks Go On

Valneva’s VLS.PA COVID-19 vaccine was endorsed by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Thursday, although the French company’s contract with...

Russia Could Cut Off Gas Supply to Europe, IEA Warns

Russia Could Cut Off Gas Supply to Europe, IEA Warns

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that Russia could cut gas supplies to Europe entirely in order to boost...

EU Official ‘Confident’ Bloc will Back Ukraine’s Candidate Status 

EU Official ‘Confident’ Bloc will Back Ukraine’s Candidate Status 

European Council President Charles Michel said he is confident EU leaders will vote Thursday in favor of granting candidate status...

As EU Decision on Ukraine Nears, Russia Increases Bombardment of Donbas 

As EU Decision on Ukraine Nears, Russia Increases Bombardment of Donbas 

A day before a meeting of European Union leaders, where a vote is likely on Ukraine’s candidacy to the union,...

EU Leaders Meet to Decide Ukraine’s Path to Accession

EU Leaders Meet to Decide Ukraine’s Path to Accession

The European Union’s 27 leaders meet in Brussels this week to consider the membership applications of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia....

Bulgarian Government Loses No-Confidence Vote

Bulgarian Government Loses No-Confidence Vote

A no-confidence vote on Wednesday toppled Bulgaria’s government and Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, who had pledged to tackle corruption and...

Explainer: Why Russia-Lithuania Tensions Are Rising

Explainer: Why Russia-Lithuania Tensions Are Rising

Ukraine war plays a role in blocking of goods to Russian region of Kaliningrad …

Polio Found in London Sewage, But Risk of Infection Considered Low

Polio Found in London Sewage, But Risk of Infection Considered Low

Risk of infection from the disease, which causes paralysis in children in under 1% of cases, was low because of...

EU’s Executive Arm Outlines Ambitious Environmental Bill

EU’s Executive Arm Outlines Ambitious Environmental Bill

The European Union’s executive arm unveiled groundbreaking environmental proposals Wednesday — a draft law that would halve the EU’s pesticide...

Microsoft: Russian Cyber Spying Targets 42 Ukraine Allies

Microsoft: Russian Cyber Spying Targets 42 Ukraine Allies

Coinciding with unrelenting cyberattacks against Ukraine, state-backed Russian hackers have engaged in “strategic espionage” against governments, think tanks, businesses and...

Ahead of Summit, EU Appears Unified on Ukraine’s Candidacy

Ahead of Summit, EU Appears Unified on Ukraine’s Candidacy

European Union leaders hold a key summit Thursday and Friday with a top item on their agenda — okaying Ukraine’s...

UN: Education Disrupted for 222 Million Children

UN: Education Disrupted for 222 Million Children

A United Nations study finds 222 million children and adolescents worldwide have had their education disrupted by multiple crises. Education...

Journalists Demand Assange be Released from UK Jail

Journalists Demand Assange be Released from UK Jail

An international coalition of journalists, editors and publishers demanded Wednesday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be immediately released from a...

VOA Interview: John Sullivan, US Ambassador to Russia

VOA Interview: John Sullivan, US Ambassador to Russia

U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a “massive act of aggression,” was a major topic...

Swimmer Wins Bronze Medal While Father Fights in Ukraine

Swimmer Wins Bronze Medal While Father Fights in Ukraine

Elite swimmer Mykhailo Romanchuk doesn’t know if his father was able to see him winning a medal for Ukraine at...

Ukraine City is Focus of Intense Fighting: ‘Everything is Engulfed in Fire’

Ukraine City is Focus of Intense Fighting: ‘Everything is Engulfed in Fire’

Ukraine reported heavy strikes Tuesday in the Sievierodonetsk region as Russian forces push to gain full control of the eastern...

Donbas Native Writes War Songs From Trenches

Donbas Native Writes War Songs From Trenches

Pavlo Vyshebaba joined the military on the first day of the Russian invasion, having no combat experience at all. Then...

Macron Holds Postelection Talks with French Party Leaders 

Macron Holds Postelection Talks with French Party Leaders 

President Emmanuel Macron held talks Tuesday with France’s main party leaders in a bid to show he is open to...

Elon Musk’s $44 Billion Twitter Deal Gets Board Endorsement

Elon Musk’s $44 Billion Twitter Deal Gets Board Endorsement

Twitter’s board has recommended unanimously that shareholders approve the proposed $44 billion sale of the company to billionaire and Tesla...

Africa Won’t Give Ukraine What It’s Asking For, Analysts Say

Africa Won’t Give Ukraine What It’s Asking For, Analysts Say

Analysts say the African Union (AU) is unlikely to offer Ukraine much support against Russia despite a passionate address Monday...

Investors Coping With Cryptocurrency Plunge 

Investors Coping With Cryptocurrency Plunge 

“I’m in a cryptocurrency chat group at work,” software engineer Adam Hickey of San Diego, California told VOA. Over the...