Will the US recognize Crimea as Russian? Is NATO membership out of the question for Kyiv? Will Ukraine’s largest nuclear ...

Farmers in Uzbekistan allege they are being forced to cede fertile land to Chinese businesses under pressure from local ...

Ukrainian rescuers discovered a shaken but spirited canine survivor in the ruins of a Sumy region home following overnight ...

Belarusian comedian “Evil Sasha” turns trauma into dark humor on stage in Vilnius. Scarred by a fire and injured in 2020 protests, she fled to Lithuania. Now her sharp jokes blend laughter with the ...

You are listening to the audio version of the Wider Europe newsletter, published on April 22, 2025, read by an AI-generated voice of RFE/RL's Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak.

Sasha Hushcha suffered severe burns early in life and endured bullying in childhood. In 2022, she left her native Belarus for Lithuania because she feared political persecution. Today, she's mining ...

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I am drilling down on the uncertain path of the "coalition of the ...

Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine are being warned about so-called "black widows" -- women who seduce and marry them with the aim of collecting their military death benefits. As RFE/RL's Andrey ...

As Iran and the United States prepare for a new round of indirect nuclear talks in Rome, shifting US positions, sidelined ...

New agreements on Ukraine were not declared. But the parties did agree that next week, in London, there would be more talks ...

Iran’s foreign minister has called for Russia to play a role in high-stakes negotiations over the fate of Tehran’s nuclear ...

Russian bloggers and tabloids warn of “black widows” -- women allegedly marrying soldiers to claim death benefits if they die fighting in Ukraine. The claims are stoking public outrage and raising ...