Stations are closed and movement is restricted in Moscow ahead of rallies in support of Alexei Navalny.

"Vaccine nationalism" risks causing a "protracted recovery", the head of the world health body warns.

Officials say the artwork depicted rainbow symbols alongside the most sacred site in Islam.

Businessman Arkady Rotenberg says he owns the vast property at the centre of a Russian controversy.

Protests have been taking place in Polish cities for the third night in a row following the introduction of a near-total ban on abortion.

Swedish nurse Lisa Enroth will spend a week living alone in a lighthouse watching 60 movies.

Only essential travel from outside the bloc is allowed from Sunday, but a lockdown is resisted.

Marseille's match at home to Rennes in France's Ligue 1 is postponed after violent scenes at their training ground on Saturday.

The EU approves AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine, but accuses the firm of breaking supply commitments.

A 90-year-old Austrian man leaves a gift to Le Chambon-sur-Lignon in France for saving his family.

The suspect is linked to four attacks targeting human resources managers and a job centre adviser.

Covid deaths hit a new daily record in Portugal, where non-essential foreign travel has been banned.

The mayor of Amsterdam has angered coffee shop owners, who fear that drug gangsters could step in.

As vaccines are rolled out, questions have been raised about how spares should be allocated.

EU commentators and leaders express annoyance at the delays in distribution of Covid vaccines.

Boris Johnson will visit Scotland on Thursday as polls suggest support for independence has risen.

Fyodor Cherenkov was an outstanding talent, a football hero in the Soviet Union. He also suffered terribly with mental illness.

A phone call in the middle of the night led one Swiss lawyer to pursue Nigeria's stolen money.

The prominent anti-Putin campaigner decried his detention as "illegal" in a video link hearing.

The EU commissioner for health calls upon the pharmaceutical company to meet its "responsibilities".

Already a difficult day, honouring those killed by the Nazis will be different this year, as the pandemic prevents survivors and their families being together.

A local shopkeeper is left devastated as her shop is torn apart by looters during lockdown protests.

There was looting and vandalism across several Dutch cities as protests turned violent.

The arrest of the Kremlin's fiercest critic sparks a string of protests across Russia.