PARIS – France’s champagne industry group will resume exports to Russia on Sept. 15 despite a Russian law forcing foreign champagne producers to add a “sparkling wine” reference to the back of their bottles, local media reported on Saturd...

In August 2021, consumer prices in Ukraine decreased by 0.2% compared to the previous month, according to the State Statistics Service. Read more here. The post UkrInform: Consumer prices in Ukraine down 0.2% in August appeared first on KyivPost.

ISTANBUL — An attack on Turkish troops in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province on Sept. 12 left two soldiers dead and three others wounded, Turkish officials said. Read more here. The post Associated Press: Turkey says attack on troops in Syria ki...

Poland is interested in gas production in western Ukraine, which will allow becoming more independent of Russia in the energy sector. Read more here. The post UkrInform: Poland’s PGNiG seeks to extract gas in western Ukraine appeared first on KyivP...

A film about illegal abortions in 1960s France has won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival. Read more here. The post BBC: Abortion drama wins top prize at Venice Film Festival appeared first on KyivPost.

The body of Rabbi Avraham Levy, who died in a car crash in the hours after Rosh Hashana in Kyiv, Ukraine, will be flown back to Israel on Sept. 12 morning for burial. Read more here. The post The Jerusalem Post: Israeli killed in Ukraine car crash to...

MOSCOW – Russia used new combat robots and tactical vehicles on the second day of the active main phase of large military drills with its ex-Soviet ally Belarus, the defence ministry said on Sept. 11. Read more here. The post Reuters: Russia us...

In the run-up to the Sept. 17-19 national legislative elections, Russia has purged the field of almost all genuine opposition politicians and implemented multiple legal amendments that critics say could facilitate fraud. Read more here. The post RFE/...

WARSAW – German Chancellor Angela Merkel tried to soothe fears over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline on Sept. 11, on a farewell visit to Poland during which she also struck a conciliatory tone on Warsaw’s conflict with the European Union ov...

WARSAW, Poland — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sept. 12 that she found it unacceptable that refugees were being used to apply pressure to Poland and other European Union members on the border with Belarus. Read more here. The post Associa...