‘It’s a golden age’: poetry flourishes in Ukraine – but at a terrible price
Conflict has changed Ukrainian poetry and boosted interest at home and abroad, but several poets have died or disappeared A year ago, the poet Borys...
Month : December 2023
Moscow court hands long jail terms to two men for reciting poetry
Artyom Kamardin, 33, got seven years after attending anti-Ukraine war protest and Yegor Shtovba, 23, was given five and a half A Moscow court on...
Russian stars’ semi-naked party sparks wartime backlash – video report
An ‘almost naked’ party at a Moscow nightclub, held while Russia is engaged in a war with Ukraine and authorities are pushing an increasingly conservative...
Russia-Ukraine war live: US state department calls on Congress to ‘act swiftly’ to resume flow of aid to Kyiv
Statement was made after the US government announced $250m of new weapons for Ukraine What we know on day 673 of the war The Ukraine...
Russian rapper jailed amid backlash over ‘almost naked’ party at Moscow nightclub
The party has triggered outrage from conservative politicians and supporters of the war in Ukraine A rapper who attended a celebrity party wearing only a...
Azerbaijan close to peace agreement with Armenia, officials say
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev has met Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan for bilateral talks in St Petersburg Azerbaijani officials have said the country could be closing...
Eiffel Tower closed as staff strike on 100th anniversary of creator’s death
Union says operating company is ‘heading for disaster’ with budget based on unrealistic future visitor numbers The Eiffel Tower was closed to the public on...
Alexei Navalny allies relieved but fearful of Arctic prison regime
Allies welcome Kremlin critics’ letter but concerned about harsh conditions at remote ‘Polar Wolf’ penal colony Allies of the jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny...
Pint of wine anyone? UK looks to bring back ‘silly measure’
Winemakers question plan as government champions Brexit ‘freedom’ to allow old-fashioned size The poet Robert Burns imagined a man toasting his lover with a “pint...
Hackers steal customer data from Europe’s largest parking app operator
Owner of RingGo and ParkMobile says data including parts of credit card numbers taken in cyber-attack Europe’s largest parking app operator has reported itself to...
