Temperatures plunged to new lows in Europe where a week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives and forecasters warned on Friday that the big freeze would tighten its grip at the weekend.

Record-low temperatures in parts of Eastern Europe pushed the death toll from Arctic conditions to at least 89 people on Wednesday, and have forced Russian gas provider Gazprom to warn over supplies t

A cold snap that killed 30 people in Ukraine over the past five days spread on Tuesday to swathes of eastern and central Europe with record lows in Bulgaria and heavy snow in Switzerland and parts of

Defending champions Spain and 1968 winners Italy will clash in Group C of Euro 2012 after the draw for next year's finals in Poland and the Ukraine was made here on Friday.

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A broken-hearted former US governor candidate who was found dishevelled, broke and homeless in Ukraine is going back home to America but says he wants to return to search again for love.

Cary Dolego,

A Ukrainian judge on Tuesday sentenced former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in jail for abusing her powers in a 2009 gas deal with Russia, a verdict that is set to harm ties with the

A 77-year-old Ukrainian man won a jar full of sour cream for coming first in a dumpling eating contest and then promptly died, local media reported on Wednesday.

Ivan Mendel ate 10 dumplings in half

President Viktor Yanukovich ordered a national day of mourning on Sunday as the number of dead in two separate Ukrainian coalmine accidents rose to 32.

An explosion in a mine in the Luhansk region ea

A 19-year-old Muslim girl was stoned to death under 'Sharia law' after taking part in a beauty contest in Ukraine.

Katya Koren was found dead in a village in the Crimea region near her home. Her body

A Ukrainian farmer has opened a museum featuring brownies, a tiny, good-natured brown elf in folklore who secretly helps at night with household chores.

Nicholas Ninon, owner of the museum in Zaps vi