The United States on January 7 announced sanctions on a senior Hungarian official who has a critical role in Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government for his alleged involvement in corruption.

In January 2022, anti-government protests erupted across Kazakhstan, prompting a violent police crackdown that left hundreds dead. In the city of Shymkent, 20 people were killed in one night, ...

Ukraine has launched a new offensive in Russia's Kursk region. Reporting from the ground is patchy and often contradictory, but one Russian village has emerged as a key focus of the fighting.

The Ukrainian military is continuing its assault in Russia's Kursk region, with Moscow claiming it is repelling advancing Ukrainian troops. Ukraine first launched a surprise attack on the Kursk region ...

Thousands of households in Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniester have been forced to cope without gas, heating, and hot water after supplies of Russian natural gas abruptly stopped on ...

Protesters in the Montenegrin capital, Podgorica, demanded the resignation on January 5 of two senior ministers following the killing of 12 people in a mass shooting in the town of Cetinje on New Year ...

RFE/RL visits the front lines in the Zaporizhzhya region where Ukrainian troops say they are fighting to defend their positions amid winter rain and fog. They say Russians wearing "anti-thermal cloaks ...

7 A woman holds her cat as she surveys the ruins of her house, which was destroyed by a Russian missile strike on the ...

Russia-controlled judges in Ukraine's Crimea continue to sentence Ukrainian activists for alleged "espionage" in relation to activities that they carried out in their hometowns while under Russian ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the first week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive. 1 A burqa-clad Afghan woman begs for alms on a ...

Only about 50 percent of Roma in Kosovo complete mandatory education, with the rate even lower for women. However, a new generation of Romany women is breaking through the many social and economic ...