The Ostankino TV Tower is the world’s 4th tallest and Europe’s highest and rises to 540 metres (1,771 feet). It was built in 1967 by the famous Soviet engineer, Nikolai Nikitin.

It was Moscow’s Ostankino Tower that finally snatched the Empire State Building’s title as world’s tallest structure when it was completed in 1967 ... projects under construction and those that may ...

For the first time in many years, visitors to Moscow’s 540 meter tall Ostankino TV Tower will be able to admire the Russian capital from an open observation deck 85 meters above ground.

I n a grand gesture, Moscow's Ostankino Tower, the tallest structure in Europe, was lit up with the Tricolour on Monday night. This illumination marked the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris last weekend, several media outlets reported that the Ostankino Tower in Moscow (the tallest structure in Europe) changed its lighting scheme to the ...

On Sunday afternoon, Moscow inhabitants watched incredulously as the city's landmark Ostankino TV tower, one of the technical miracles of the post-war period, went up in flames. As the blaze ...

A fire that has gutted the landmark Ostankino television tower in Moscow - one of the world's tallest buildings - is reported to have been brought under control. More than 24 hours after the blaze ...

At present, the Ostankino Tower is the tallest freestanding structure in Europe and in Russia and one of the tallest structures of the kind in the world MOSCOW, November 4. /TASS/. Saturday ...

After the recent Moscow bombing and the sinking of the Kursk submarine, the latest unexpected disaster to hit Russia -- and its president, Vladimir Putin -- was the outbreak of fire yesterday in ...

The giant Moscow television tower that was engulfed in a 26-hour fire is stable enough to be restored, officials said yesterday as the search for bodies ended. The death toll in the blaze was ...

As construction continues, "Freedom Tower" passes 1,250 feet in height, ... under construction on the site of the original World Trade Center, ... (when Moscow's Ostankino Tower was completed), ...

Liberation tower Kuwait’s second tallest structure (behind the 412m Al Hamra Firdous Tower, currently under construction) was completed in 1993 and now dominates the capital city’s skyline.