At least one child has died in the latest wave of Russia's nightly routine of drone and bomb attacks against Ukrainian cities. Apartments burned in Odesa, Sumy, and Kyiv overnight on July 21-22, ...

RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak is drilling down on two major issues: the chances of the EU suspending visa liberalization for Georgia and the next EU budget.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a fresh set of peace talks with Moscow is set for July 23 in Turkey as the West ...

A US proposal to place the proposed Zangezur Corridor -- a critical link between mainland Azerbaijan and its Naxcivan exclave ...

From 1925, when the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic was declared a part of the Soviet Union, one photographer was able to ...

Russia launched hundreds of drones and more than two dozen missiles in a massive attack on Ukraine overnight, killing at ...

At least 11 suspects have been arrested in connection with the brutal killing of a Pakistani couple in a remote mountainous ...

You are listening to the audio version of the Wider Europe newsletter, published on July 15, 2025, read by an AI-generated voice of RFE/RL's Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak.

Kyiv's central Lukyanivska subway station was hit by a Russian drone early on July 21 and is now closed for repairs. It marks ...

Grigory Skvortsov sent an American journalist diagrams of a Soviet-era bunker included in a widely available book. Skvortsov ...

Iran is set to meet with officials from Britain, France, and Germany -- the so-called European three (E3) -- on July 25 in ...

EU ministers took no concrete action on Georgia but warned visa-free travel could be revoked if reforms aren't made by August ...