Section: France
Russia celebrates WWII victory with huge military parade
Russia kicked off a grandiose Red Square military parade Saturday to mark 70 years since the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, but Western leaders stayed away due to the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine joins Europe in marking end of World War II
For the first time in 70 years, Ukraine has remembered World War II victims on 8 May, the day when memorial services are held in European countries,… …read more Source:...
FRANCE – EUROPE: Hollande evokes Ukraine, Middle East violence as Paris marks 70th World War II victory in Europe day
0 French President François Hollande laid a wreath on Friday at the tomb of an unknown soldier at a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris to mark the victory over Nazi Germany on 8 May 1945. On the 70th …read more Source: Radio France...
‘Victory in Europe Day’ marked under shadow of new threats
Europe held sombre ceremonies to mark 70 years since victory over Nazi Germany on Friday as leaders warned of modern-day threats such as the war in Ukraine and Islamic extremism. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine adopts May 8 and poppy to remember WWII victims
Ukraine is changing the way it commemorates World War II, as euronews correspondent Maria Korenyuk reports from Kyiv. “For the first time in… …read more Source:...
Peope in the Ukrainian port of Odessa remember victims who died during clashes a year ago
Separate ceremonies were held in the southern Ukrainian port of Odessa on Saturday for over 50 victims of clashes between pro-Russian separatists and… …read more Source:...
Kyiv Communists celebrate May Day, perhaps for the final time
A few hundred communist activists, mostly pensioners, gathered in Kyiv with their red flags and soviet symbols to celebrate May Day. It could be the… …read more Source:...
Austria: Court refuses to extradite Ukrainian billionaire Firtash to US
An Austrian court has refused to extradite Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to the US on corruption charges. A judge in Vienna said American… …read more Source:...
Vienna court to rule on Ukrainian oligarch’s extradition
The future of Dmytro Firtash, one of Ukraine’s most prominent billionaires will be decided today in Austria. A Vienna regional criminal court is to… …read more Source:...
Ukraine blaze ‘under control’ near Chernobyl
Ukrainian fire fighters have now managed to contain a huge forest fire which was headed for the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The blaze… …read more Source:...
