Thousands of Hungarians rallied in Budapest to protest Prime Minister Viktor Orban as the leader of the surging opposition ...
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Belgrade for the latest in a wave of student-led demonstrations demanding Serbian ...
For Russian dissidents and journalists, life in their home country became impossible after February 2022, while their careers ...
A memorial service was held on March 14 on Kyiv's Independence Square for six Americans killed fighting Russia's full-scale ...
As Vladimir Putin says “yes, but” to a US plan for a cease-fire in Ukraine, here’s what Donald Trump could do to make him ...
The EU has removed a number of Russians from its sanctions list after pressure from Hungary and Slovakia, securing a deal to ...
Abdul Hamid Hakimi is a journalist at RFE/RL's Radio Azadi.
Getting a plum government gig in Russia is a lot easier if you’ve served in the Kremlin’s presidential bodyguard agency, the Federal Protection Service (bonus points if you’ve saved Vladimir ...
Iranian authorities are cracking down on female vocalists who have defied the country's restrictions on women singing in ...
This week's Farda Briefing looks at why Iran continues to reject direct talks with the Donald Trump administration while ...
A Finnish court has convicted a Russian former far-right militia member of committing war crimes against Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Donbas region in 2014. The Helsinki court sentenced Voislav ...
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 10th week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo ...