Fire brigades in Germanyare preparing for a busy New Year’s Eve due to the private use of fireworks. Karl-Heinz Banse, ...

Father Vasyl Diychuk, 41, shows the spot near the river where his village used to build an ice town on Epiphany, celebrated ...

The tradition of putting up an evergreen tree, or "yolka," to celebrate New Year's dates to the beginning of the former ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. The president-elect has said he will use ...

Dressed in handmade costumes signifying angels, devils, shepherds and kings and singing Christmas carols, groups of volunteer performers spread across Ukraine over the festive season to bring traditio ...

Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned an “inhumane” attack by Russia on Christmas Day, as he accused Vladimir Putin’s forces of launching a vast attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

A Russian court has ordered internet company Yandex to hide access to maps and photos of one of Russia's largest oil refineries due to repeated attacks by Ukrainian drones, state news agency TASS ...

This design wasn't immediately popular with everyone. But today Megan Allcock, junior designer at ilk Agency, reckons it's one of the best logos of the 2020s so far. “It might not initially seem it, ...

Like in most Central European countries, Christmas in Poland is a quaint and much-beloved affair. However, while Germanic traditions, like decorating trees, have spread so far as to be unsurprising, ...

The apology was framed within the context of a "tragic incident" that occurred over Russian airspace during a period of tensions with Ukrainian drones.

It was ordered to decorate Moscow’s main streets and the homes of the nobility with conifer trees and branches. The New Year festivities lasted for seven days, topping the holiday off with a bonfire ...