FREXIT: LE PEN PROMISES TO TAKE FRANCE OUT OF EU & NATO

Le Pen, the leader of France's far-right National Front and a candidate for the 2017 presidential elections, is known for her Euroscepticism and anti-immigrant views... READ MORE›

25 YEARS LATER: 7 SHOCKWAVES FROM BREAKUP OF SOVIET UNION

The Soviet Union broke up without a civil war, thank God, says Yevgeny Roizman, 54, a historian and mayor of Yekaterinburg, Russia's third-largest city, which borders Siberia... READ MORE›

FOUR NATO POWERS PREFER RUSSIA TO THE US, GALLUP POLL SHOWS

However, under President Trump, the US and NATO has continued to amass troops and equipment in Eastern Europe, close to Russia's borders... READ MORE›

WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE MISS THE SOVIET UNION?

Russia will mark the 25th anniversary of the Soviet Union's dissolution at the end of the year... READ MORE›

IN 1983 WAR SCARE, SOVIET LEADERSHIP FEARED NUCLEAR SURPRISE ATTACK BY U.S.

In 1983 we may have inadvertently placed our relations with the Soviet Union on a hair trigger the review concluded... READ MORE›

PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA BEEFING UP NUCLEAR ARSENAL, NATO DENOUNCES 'SABER-RATTLING'

Putin made his comments a day after Russian officials denounced a U.S... READ MORE›

NATO RETURNS ITS ATTENTION TO AN OLD ADVERSARY RUSSIA

I don't think we're in the Cold War again... READ MORE›

'COME TO HUNGARY - WE'RE ALREADY WORKING IN LONDON' SAYS PRO-IMMIGRATION BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN

According to Peter Kreko, an analyst at Budapest think-tank Political Capital, even western European far-right parties such as France's Front National would reject such a campaign... READ MORE›

SOVIET LEADER GORBACHEV SAYS A NEW UNION COULD RISE AGAIN

Gorbachev may well have a rose-tinted view of the Soviet Union, but many in Russia feel the same... READ MORE›

VIDEO SHOWING MIGRANTS STORMING UK-BOUND TRUCK IN CALAIS GOES VIRAL

Shocked tourists witness hundreds of migrants seeking to stow away in a uk-bound truck in calais as cross-border migrant row worsens between france and italy... READ MORE›

US AND POLAND IN TALKS OVER WEAPONS DEPLOYMENT IN EASTERN EUROPE

An alliance summit in Wales last year agreed quick deployments of Nato forces in Poland and the Baltic states... READ MORE›

Those arrested, the ministry said, recently returned to Spain after going to Ukraine last year to join pro-Russian troops around Luhansk and Donetsk... READ MORE›

BRITAIN'S RUSSOPHOBIC HAWKS SHOULD BE CAST BACK TO SWINGING 60S IF WE WANT NEW EAST-WEST DETENTE

It's worth pointing out that at this time it wasn't just left-wingers like Wilson who supported improved relations with the Soviet Union... READ MORE›

RUSSIA URGES USNOT TO DEPLOYWEAPONS TO BORDER

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had no immediate reaction, although he was expected to address military matters on Tuesday when he opens a major exhibition showcasing new Russian weaponry... READ MORE›

BELGIUM PM COMES OUT SWINGING AGAINST CAMERON'S 'DISMANTLING' OF THE EU

David Cameron will not be allowed to dismantle the European Union as he re-negotiates Britain's role the Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel warned on Thursday... READ MORE›

COUNTRIES WITH MORE MIGRANTS BETTER AT INTEGRATING THEM, OECD STUDY FINDS

Research finds eastern Europe most hostile to benefits of immigration, despite low levels of migrants... READ MORE›

10 THINGS DAVID CAMERON MUST CHANGE IN EUROPE

The EU commandments 10 things David Cameron must change in Europe... READ MORE›

RUSSIANS STILL REGRET USSR COLLAPSE, BUT BELIEVE RESTORATION UNREALISTIC

As years go by our citizens get firmer in their opinion that the Soviet Union could have been saved... READ MORE›

THE OTHER TIME MOSCOW WENT TO FIGHT FOR AN EMBATTLED ARAB LEADER

However, like many conflicts of the era, the Soviet Union played a role, too... READ MORE›

AMNESTY BEMOANS DARK DAY FOR UKS MORAL STANDING OVER MED REFUGEES

No matter how it is dressed up, Triton is not a search and rescue operation, said Nicolas Beger of Amnesty International's European Institutions Office... READ MORE›

MEET YOSIF STALIN, A CHILD OF THE USSR LIVING IN KREMLIN, VIRGINIA

'Nobody calls me Stalin' Yosif was not the first child of an African-American to be born in the Soviet Union... READ MORE›

EU TO CALL ON RUSSIA TO HELP STABILIZE UKRAINE

The EU has gradually tightened sanctions on Russia following its annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region in March and its support for separatists in eastern Ukraine... READ MORE›

SPANISH POLICE ARREST 4 SUSPECTED JIHADIS

Two houses in Ceuta were searched in Saturday morning police raids and four men, all Spanish citizens of Moroccan origin, were arrested, the agency said... READ MORE›

GREECE PRIME MINISTER TWEETED REFERENDUM AND SENT EUROPE INTO UNCHARTED WATERS

Stunned European governments learned of Greece's dramatic referendum on social media... READ MORE›

GREECE'S VAROUFAKIS SAYS HE BELIEVES EUROPE DOES NOT WANT 'GREXIT'

Asked whether the European Union and the International Monetary Fund were bluffing Varoufakis said I hope they are... READ MORE›

PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA WILL ADD OVER 40 MISSILES TO NUCLEAR ICBM ARSENAL

Has had heavy military equipment -- including battle tanks -- in newer NATO members that were once under Moscow's influence as part of the Soviet Union... READ MORE›

PARIS PROTESTERS URGE GREEKS TO SAY 'NO' TO AUSTERITY

Earlier, Finance Minister Michel Sapin said a yes vote on Sunday would allow dialogue with Greece on a possible accord to restart... READ MORE›

CHERNOBYL: TIMELINE OF A NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE

4 at Chernobyl's nuclear power station in the former Soviet Union... READ MORE›

FRANCE WANTS GREEK DEAL NOW, WARNS OF EURO ZONE BREAK-UP RISK

A deal must be found before the referendum it wouldn't have much sense afterwards Hollande said... READ MORE›

WORLD'S LARGEST PLANE TOUCHES DOWN IN AUSTRALIA

Perth Airport spokeswoman Fiona Lander explained the reasoning behind the layovers... READ MORE›