About 30,000 Crimean Tatars have fled peninsula since 2014
In The Heart Of Russia, A Hunt For Soldiers Accused Of War Crimes In Ukraine
Russia’s ‘Shadow Mobilization’ Accelerates With New Ethnic Units From The North Caucasus
Russia slashes environmental protections as war rages, economic crisis looms
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Sturgeon sets out plans for October 2023 Scottish independence vote
Kosovo’s population dropped to 1.77mn in 2021 as emigration outweighed natural increase
Bulgaria expels 70 Russian diplomatic staff over espionage concerns
Isolated Transnistria Shaken by Tremors of War in Nearby Ukraine
Kosovars fume at new delay in accessing EU visa-free travel
Abkhazia-linked Businessman Found Dead in Russia
Türkiye, Finland, and Sweden sign agreement paving the way for Finnish and Swedish NATO membership
How Google Has Allowed Fake News About The Srebrenica Genocide To Flourish
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NATO vastly expands troops at high readiness for long-term Russian threat
US boosting military presence in Europe amid Russia threat
Nato invites Finland, Sweden as members
NATO deems Russia its ‘most significant and direct threat’
Metsola: EU “let itself be surprised” by war in Ukraine
China Deepens Balkan Footprint With Plans For Power Plant In Bosnia
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Unrest in French Overseas Territories and Corsica
Belgrade accuses Kosovo of ‘threatening war’ with new entry rules for Serbs
ICC issues arrest warrants for 2008 Russia-Georgia war crimes
Humans dated back to the Arctic for over 40,000 years
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1997 July 1: Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong
In Switzerland, first same-sex couples say “I do”
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Scotland will hold an independence referendum in 2023. Will Catalonia follow?
Welsh independence: Thousands march through Wrexham
Parents of Russian Conscripts Fear Their Sons Will Be Pressured Into Joining The War In Ukraine
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Georgians Hold Mass Rally for EU, Urge Government to Quit
The Georgian village facing Russian ‘creeping occupation’
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Setos celebrate 16th Leelo Day with traditional singing and joy
Catalans secure Spain’s men’s water polo World Championship victory
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July 5th: Tynwald Day, Manx National Day
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1253 July 6: Crowning of King Mindaugas – Day of Statehood in Lithuania
Population in Flanders now at almost 500 people per km² on average
Pope Francis says he will appoint women to Dicastery for Bishops
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MEPs call on Bosnia and Serbia to step up over Russia sanctions
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Belarus moves to shut Lithuanian schools
Geothermal exploration planned in Gruyere, Switzerland
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Lithuanians in Kaliningrad live in fear. ‘One advice – leave’
‘We lost our fear’: the Basque terror group’s killing that made Spain say enough is enough
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Abkhazia’s oldest oppositionist Yakub Lakoba dies at 73
Teachers in Dagestan are promised big money to work in temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts
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1995 July 11: Srebrenica Massacre
Official Wallonia tourism page calls Charleroi ‘ugliest city’
Faroe Islands sets quota of 500 dolphins to be killed in controversial annual whale hunt
Flanders ‘will not wait passively’ for Constitution change in 2024
Corsica: An island with a thousand faces
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Abkhazia to transfer more than 180 hectares in the best resort of Pitsunda to Russia
In Russia’s Poorest Regions, Mothers And Wives Are Fighting To Bring Their Soldiers Back Home
Russia’s Putin alters Tatarstan leader’s official title
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Maltese ceramists exhibiting in Corsica
Rethinking the Crimean Tatar national movements through magical realism
Over 100 Russian Servicemen Quit, Refusing to Fight Ukraine: Anti-War Group
Russians Offered Three Times Average Salary to Fight in Ukraine
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1789 July 14: Bastille Day, French National Day
Irish language legislation cleared in House of Lords
Basque country, Brittany and Jura: three epic camping road trips across France
In the Galilee, a tiny Circassian community keeps its heritage alive
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Russia Considers Introducing Islamic Banking System in 4 Republics, Including Chechnya
Chechen soldiers join Ukraine’s fight against Russia
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US Governor of Louisiana uninvited to Walloon holiday in Belgium
Catalonia: from Dali to Nahmandias
Ukrainian parliamentarians want to declare Russia’s 1864 expulsion of Circassians a genocide
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1992 July 17: Slovak National Council’s Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Nation
Second home protesters in Pays Basque attack minister’s home
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Russia sending teachers to Ukraine to control what students learn
Moldova’s trade gap widens in January-May on expensive energy imports
As Russia threatens Ukraine, Poland’s role in NATO evolves
Türkiye, Armenia Take Tentative Steps toward Normalisation
Azerbaijan and EU agree to strategic energy partnership
Russia’s forever war: Chechnya
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1953 July 19: Vorkuta uprising
300 North Caucasus Soldiers Refuse Ukraine Deployment
Transnistria proposes signing security guarantees with Moldova using Russia as mediator
Russian Troops Suffer Frostbite, Forced to Cut Off ‘Blackened Meat’
Iceland is bringing back the forests razed by Vikings
University Head In Russia’s Tatarstan Remanded On Murder Charges
Holy See enacts new Investment Policy in line with Social Doctrine
Russian Republic of Tatarstan launches website calling for independence referendum
Another Crimean Tatar Handed Lengthy Prison Term In Russia On Extremism Charge
Tourists stay away from Montenegro as prices rival Cote d’Azur
Albania and North Macedonia launch EU accession talks
Catalonia: Former far-left MP makes surprise return after 4-year exile to testify in court
White House Says Russia Preparing To Annex More Ukrainian Territory
Armenia says will withdraw its troops from Karabakh by September
Russia to Launch Football League for ‘Friendly’ Occupied, Separatist Territories
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Pope Francis receives Albert and Charlene of Monaco
Putin faces second war front as Chechens threaten new offensive in Russia
Estonia: Warning the World About Russia
Russia Claims To Handover 108 Orphaned Ukrainian Children To Russian Families Amid War
How the inventor of English died in Flanders
Norway to buy Raytheon’s Stormbreaker smart bomb for F-35 fleet
US and Netherlands agree to share helicopter developments
The Tories are shifting further to the right, away from Scotland’s values
Catalonia: 2017 referendum electoral board members to face retrial after acquittal
Romania’s public debt reaches 49.2% of GDP at end-April
Fleeing Putin, Russian tech workers find a home in Armenia
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1831 July 21: Belgian National Day
Arch Summit 2022 is taking place on October 26-27 in Luxembourg!
In Israel, Circassians preserve their culture
Vatican says they’re gifts; Indigenous groups want them back
Isle of Man’s Great Laxey Wheel should be turning by September
The situation at the front? Putin’s only option is general mobilization”
Austria and Israel Sign Strategic Partnership
Andorra lawmakers extend civil marriage rights to same-sex couples
Russian Appeals Court Upholds Tatar Islamic Scholar’s Sentence For Banned Religious Group’s Activities
Estonia to get US-made artillery systems amid Russian aggression
Belgium ratifies controversial prisoner swap treaty with Iran
Lithuania to send more armored vehicles to Ukraine
In Montenegro, Ukrainian Refugees Struggle with Work and Rent
What does Belgium celebrate on its National Day, and how?
Tehran Recalls Ambassador To Sweden After Conviction Of Iranian Citizen In 1988 Mass Executions
Catalonia: Last remaining formerly jailed independence leaders take appeals to ECHR
Patriot missile sales to Netherlands cleared by US State Department
Turkiye says it will meet Finland, Sweden in August to evaluate terror-related pledges
Moldova’s pro-Russian ex-president Dodon tops popularity poll despite house arrest for treason
‘Emotion and pain’ as Dutch farmers fight back against huge cuts to livestock
Cornwall is a brilliant place to be a child as summer fun in libraries gets underway
Moldova Marks 30 Years Since Ceasefire Ended War on Costly Terms
Why Yma o hyd is a song relevant to football in Brittany as well as Wales
Cyprus Shipping Pivots From Russia To Asia
Amid Tight EU Scrutiny, Georgian Dream Feuds With Western Envoys
Azerbaijan starts post-war resettlement in Karabakh
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Imams’ involvement in recruitment reveals law enforcers’ shortage in Chechnya
New prospects for forming government in Bulgaria
Luxembourg to invest 35 mln euro in Kosovo’s development in 2023-2025
Russia on brink of civil war as Chechen rebels prepare to topple key Putin ally
Estonia’s defense posture must be so good Kremlin won’t even think of attacking us
Closed loop system for aluminium: Volkswagen Slovakia heads for CO2 neutrality
League of Free Nations will hold rally in Vilnius
Andorra becomes the 33rd country with marriage equality
EU ban on Russian gold puts Switzerland on the spot
Hungarian foreign minister in Moscow to secure additional gas deliveries
Situation in Latvia’s cyberspace has never before been so tense
US Warns of ‘Threat’ to Iranian Opposition Summit in Albania
Traditional Cyprus pasta gets protected geographical recognition status
Belgium reaches initial deal with Engie to prolong nuclear power
EU sues Britain again as N. Ireland bill erodes trust
Czech Republic to seek deal for F-35 fighter jets to replace its Gripen
Barcelona remembers Olympics 30 years on with show reliving key moments
Pembroke Dock refuses twinning with Bain-de-Bretagne in Brittany
Mourad Papazian denied entry to Armenia over “2021 attack on Pashinyan’s motorcade” in Paris, PM’s Office says
Researchers in Finland were under pressure to limit criticism of Russia
Moldova denied rotation of Russian troops in occupied Transnistria
President of the UN General Assembly to visit Armenia
Russia Adds Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Slovakia, Slovenia To List Of ‘Unfriendly Nations’
Scottish Government submits written indyref2 case to Supreme Court – read it in full
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1940 July 23: Welles Declaration
July 25: Día Nacional de Galicia
July 30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
1291 August 1: Swiss National Day
1944 August 2: European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma
August 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
1592 August 14: Falklands Day
August 15: Liechtenstein National Day
1991 August 19: 1991 Soviet coup d’état attempt, August Putsch
1991 August 20: Day of Restoration of Independence of Estonia
August 23: European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism (1939: Nazi–Soviet Treaty of Non-Aggression, 1979: Baltic Appeal to the UN, 1989: Baltic Way)
1991 August 24: Ukraine Independence Day
1991 August 27: Moldova Independence Day
August 30: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances