Steve RosenbergRussia editor in Moscow
BBCAt a Moscow concert hall, Shohruhmirzo Ganiyev is crooning about love and his motherland, Uzbekistan.
“Put your legs together like a man,” suggests his voice coach and choreographer. “And spread…

Steve RosenbergRussia editor in Moscow
BBCAt a Moscow concert hall, Shohruhmirzo Ganiyev is crooning about love and his motherland, Uzbekistan.
“Put your legs together like a man,” suggests his voice coach and choreographer. “And spread…

Estonia has requested a consultation with other Nato members after Russian warplanes violated its airspace on Friday.
Estonia’s foreign ministry condemned the incursion as “brazen”. It said three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered the Estonian skies “without permission and remained there for a…

It sounds like superhero science fiction. Enemy drone swarms speed toward Warsaw. Suddenly, flashes of light blast off into the sky. Wham! Whoosh! Hundreds of dangerous drones blow up one after another and fall the ground without…

Students enjoying a takeaway. Credit: View Apart, Shutterstock.
As students return to campuses this autumn, their food delivery habits are shaping cultural and…

Europeans are booking fewer trips to the US this fall, with planned transatlantic travel down 11% according to a major data provider, as concerns linger over President Donald Trump’s tariffs and economic uncertainty.
Air travel from Germany is…

Despite the richness of Greek gastronomy and coffee culture, a new study shows a sharp gap in the affordability of these products for residents compared to other countries abroad.
A new global study by Chef’s Pencil ranked 177…

Border guards secure the area as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visit the Poland–Belarus border fence in Krynki, eastern Poland, Aug. 25, 2025. (Photo by JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo…
Serbia will unveil 19 new weapon systems at its military parade on Saturday, highlighting its diverse foreign policy with arms deals from France, China, Israel and Russia.

Earlier Friday, Estonian officials confirmed to POLITICO that three warplanes had crossed into Estonian airspace and were forced out after Italian jets were scrambled to deal with what the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, described as an “extremely serious provocation.”
“We need to…

A man wanted over a deadly attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris more than 40 years ago has been arrested by Palestinian authorities in the occupied West Bank.
Mahmoud Khader Abed Adra – who went by the name Hicham Harb – is suspected of directing the August 1982 gun and grenade assault on the…