Much of what happens in the EU in 2025 will hinge on the incoming U.S. presidency of Donald Trump. Speaking to EU officials ...

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm looking ahead at what we can expect from the EU in 2025.

Lithium is a critical material for batteries used in electronic devices. Ukraine has an estimated 500,000 tons of lithium, ...

The Ukrainian military has released video with a captured North Korean soldier who says he was lied to about combat against ...

Once a powerful Russian oligarch, Vladimir Gusinsky has been tangled in legal disputes, mounting debts, and a bitter divorce.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is once again making waves with his pursuit of Greenland, this time refusing to rule out ...

Amid a long-term demographic crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared 2024 the Year of the Family. Laws drafted or ...

Barring an act of God, and despite a serious economic downturn in recent years, Azerbaijan's incumbent president, Ilham Aliyev, will almost certainly be reelected on April 11 with a landslide ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the second week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive. 1 Hrizostom Jevic, a Bosnian prelate of the ...

After a year of unprecedented trade and breaking ground on major mining projects in 2024, there's new momentum for Beijing's role in Afghanistan and deepening ties with the Taliban. But can the ...

Amid talk in Bulgaria of reintroducing compulsory military service, a new photo exhibition exposes the "labor battalions" ...