Attempts by Western countries to rewrite World War II history by labeling the Soviet Union as an instigator of the conflict are Russophobic and seek to discredit Russian President Vladimir Putin, Gianmatteo Ferrari, a member of Italy's Lega party, told Sputnik on Friday

The French Ministry of Armed Forces will pour 115,992 euros ($131,000) into research and development of a fabric with resistance to viruses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister Florence Parly said on Friday

President of the European Research Council (ERC) Mauro Ferrari told the Financial Times newspaper on Wednesday that he had resigned following a failure to secure support for his plan on how to combat the coronavirus pandemic at EU institutions

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has become another challenge for overcrowded European penitentiaries, with new emergency restrictions prompting protests, escapes and even deaths in Italian prisons

Italian authorities have expressed willingness to partially restore passenger air travel to and from China, after flights were suspended at the end of January due to the outbreak of a deadly new strain of coronavirus, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said during a media briefing on Friday

The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, DCT Abu Dhabi, has been awarded the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the "Largest Augmented Reality Screen", as part of a pioneering augmented-reality advertising campaign to promote the UAE capital as a leading holiday destination.

Experts confirmed a painting found in a wall of the Ricci Oddi modern art gallery in the Italian city of Piacenza as a Gustav Klimt artwork stolen over 20 years ago, local police chief Filippo Sordi told Sputnik on Friday