The Bulgarian Interior Ministry has confirmed that roughly 24,000 people are currently in quarantine in the country as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19, while criminal proceedings have been brought against more than 200 people for violating emergency measures announced this past week, national media reported on Friday

French police have experienced a surge in domestic violence complaints since the nation ordered a full lockdown on March 17 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said

Opposition candidate Aslan Bzhaniya appears to secure victory in the presidential election in the self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia with 56.5 percent of the vote, the head of the Central Election Commission (CEC) said on Monday

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on Friday with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council and discussed the current economic situation in the country and the efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said