Now playing Next Uncovering Europe How Ukraine's Soviet legacy is helping derail its COVID fightback Just 14% of Ukraine's population has been vaccinated. With COVID infections increasingly sharply, there are fears of a tough winter ahead. 25/10/2021
Now playing Next Ukraine With Europe's second-worst vaccine rate, Ukraine suffers COVID surge Only about 15% of the population of Ukraine is fully vaccinated, Europe’s lowest level after Armenia. 23/10/2021
Now playing Next Ukraine Man detained after explosives attack on Ukrainian presidential office Ukrainian police detain man who threw Molotov cocktail at presidential building 22/10/2021
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine, Russia report record-high COVID infection and death toll Hesitant populations have led to low vaccine uptake in some eastern European countries. 22/10/2021
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine hits all-time COVID-19 death record amid vaccine hesitancy Ukrainian authorities reported 22,415 new confirmed infections and 546 deaths in the past 24 hours, the highest numbers since the start of the pandemic. 21/10/2021
Now playing Next France Sex tape trial involving French footballers Benzema & Valbuena opens Benzema, 33, is accused of blackmailing Valbuena alongside four others and faces a five-year prison sentence and a €75,000 fine if found guilty. 20/10/2021
Now playing Next Ukraine US defence secretary underlines support for eastern Europe "The security and stability of the Black Sea are in the US's national interest and are critical to the security of NATO's eastern flank," Austin said. 20/10/2021
Now playing Next Romania Romania in eye of COVID storm with record infections and deaths Romania is facing a surge in infections amid alarmingly low vaccination uptake. 19/10/2021
Now playing Next Russia Russia to suspend its mission to NATO over expelled envoys Sergey Lavrov said that the move is in response to last week's expulsion of eight members of Russia's mission to NATO. 18/10/2021
Now playing Next Georgia Thousands call for release of Georgia's ex-president Saakashvili Saakashvili announced a hunger strike hours after his arrest and his doctor said this week that his condition was deteriorating. 15/10/2021
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Non-Aligned Movement: Serbia's Vucic is getting the band back together Josip Broz Tito, Jawaharlal Nehru and... Aleksandar Vucic. Serbia's leader is making a pitch for the leadership of the Non-Aligned Movement. 15/10/2021
Now playing Next Tech News Euroviews. Cryptocurrencies won't be considered as legal currencies Bitcoin fails to fulfil the key functions of money and therefore won't be recognised as money in a legal sense. 15/10/2021
Now playing Next Italy Protests across Italy as COVID pass becomes mandatory for workers Thousands have demonstrated over COVID passes being made mandatory for employees to enter their workplaces. 15/10/2021
Now playing Next World News Eastern Europe in midst of COVID surge as vaccinations lag Russia recorded yet a new record in daily COVID-19 deaths on Thursday while infections are soaring in Hungary and Ukraine. 14/10/2021
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Meet the nationalist who wants to see Moldova and Romania as one state Many Romanians would like to see Moldova and Romania as a single country. Most Moldovans don't agree. 14/10/2021
Now playing Next Green News Bulgaria slammed over 'irreversible' ecological impact of shipwreck A cargo vessel carrying over 3,000 tonnes of nitrogen fertiliser has been stranded off Bulgaria's northern coast for more than three weeks. 14/10/2021
Now playing Next Culture news Comics: Astérix returns in 'Astérix and the Griffon' Astérix and his red-haired best friend Obélix make a return in this brand new adventure and the last story that Albert Uderzo was able to supervise. 12/10/2021