Palestinians' municipal elections took place in difficult circumstances. There is still Israeli bombing in Gaza and settler violence in the West Bank as well as a lack of ballot boxes and ink.

After the catastrophic accident in the nearby nuclear reactor, the city of Pripyat had to be completely evacuated. Some 50,000 people left their homes forever. DW visited the town with a former ...

The European Union is moving towards final approval of a €90bn loan for Ukraine, with a key procedural step expected this ...

From DW's Inside Europe program, Dorian Jones reports on the new signs of cooperation in the Caucasus region and plans to ...