Kathryn Armstrong
BBC News
EPA/ShutterstockA sustained Ukrainian drone attack on Russia caused Moscow’s major airports to be temporarily closed and saw at least 140 flights…
Category: 3. Europe
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Moscow airports temporarily closed after Ukraine drone attacks
EPA/ShutterstockAirports in the Moscow region have been disrupted several times in recent months due to Ukrainian air attacks (recent image) -
As US and Europe cut aid budgets, China’s star is on the rise in Southeast Asia, report says
China’s role as Southeast Asia’s largest infrastructure financier is increasing its regional influence at a time when the United States and the European Union are slashing their foreign aid budgets, a new report by an Australian think tank…
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Vodka Toasts With the Dictator of Belarus: How Diplomacy Gets Done in Trump 2.0
A bus carrying 14 political prisoners with bags over their heads hurtled through the lush Belarusian countryside one morning last month, its destination unknown. Five years after President Alexander Lukashenko launched an unsparing crackdown on dissent in the former Soviet nation, some of the…
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Tourist urges people to ‘never’ visit Italian city that’s ‘one of Europe’s dirtiest’
An Irish tourist who travelled to a popular Italian city on the Amalfi Coast has encouraged others not to make the same journey after he claimed there’s a problem plaguing its streets
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Six TV series to inspire your next getaway from European wine villages to exotic islands
ARE you struggling to think of where to go on your next holiday?
How about getting inspired from your favourite TV show?
Emily in Paris has given every fan a number of TV hot spots to find in the French capitalCredit: GIULIA PARMIGIANI/NETFLIX 
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Airlines in Europe: Customer Satisfaction Is Not Great
For many who fly, air travel in Europe can still feel like a bit of a gamble. You know, with those flight delays, sudden cancellations, and what feels like forever to get compensation if something goes wrong. The Flightright Index 2025 takes a…
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Kissing black bread: Fine dining on the shores of the Baltic in Estonia's capital city
At the decentralised foodie hub of Noblessner in Estonian’s capital Tallinn, we find the legacy of Black Bread, the only two Michelin star restaurant in the Baltics, and the ghosts of submarines.
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EU justice chief ‘determined’ to crack down on sale of illegal goods on Temu and Shein – POLITICO
Platforms like Temu and Shein specialize in selling cheap products through small parcels — millions of which enter the EU each day.
Earlier this month, a European Parliament report found that “most unsafe and illegal products” arriving in the EU came via such small parcels in online…
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The most powerful supercomputer in Central Asia launches in kazakhstanin bid for AI boost
Kazakhstan’s experts and politicians alike believe that without its own localised solutions and infrastructure, no country in the future will be successful, or even independent and sovereign.
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