TASS has prepared this factbox with background information on the history of Russia’s traditional New Year’s celebration ...

Countries in the South Pacific Ocean are the first to ring in the New Year, with midnight in New Zealand striking 18 hours ...

The song known in English as The Carol of the Bells is widely recognized as a Christmas melody. But in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, residents know it as Shchedryk, a work by a local composer. The ...

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

Ukrainians celebrate Christmas, one of the most important Christian holidays. On this day, families gather at one table with ...

Kuleba can be seen wearing traditional Hutsul clothing and singing Christmas carols with local men. "I joined the party of ...

President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his Christmas Eve address on Dec. 24 that Ukrainians continue to hold on to their faith, ...

The pontiff’s Christmas Day address, coinciding with the start of the Catholic Holy Year, called for broad reconciliation in ...

Russia launched aerial attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector “on a massive scale” overnight into Wednesday, local authorities ...

In Ukraine, during World War II and after, resistance fighters had to hide in the forests. How did the soldiers fighting a ...

As Christmas approaches, the memories of past truces remind us of the harsh reality of Russia's relentless attacks on Ukraine ...

VLADIMIR Putin launched a brutal missile and drone barrage on Ukraine, targeting key energy infrastructure and leaving ...