Eugen Tomiuc is a senior correspondent for RFE/RL.
Russia's ambassador to the United Nations has objected to the Moldovan government's call for the UN to discuss withdrawing Russian troops from its breakaway Transdniester region at next month's General Assembly session.
Moldovan President Igor Dodon says he discovered nothing "dubious" during an inspection of a Moldovan Army training base that a Russian media report claimed would house U.S.-funded "military facilities."
Hungary's parliament has overwhelmingly approved the automatic detention of all asylum seekers in container camps at the borders, despite criticism from rights groups.
Both sides in the conflict in eastern Ukraine have subjected civilians to extended arbitrary detention, disappearances, and even torture, two leading rights watchdogs warn in a new report.
Far from appearing out of nowhere, the radical Islamic State group is the result of a transformation rooted in the Sunni insurgency that followed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, argues Pulitzer Prize winner Joby Warrick.
Far from appearing out of nowhere, the radical Islamic State group is the result of a transformation rooted in the Sunni insurgency that followed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, argues Joby Warrick
In the 1970s communist bloc, where the only official heroes were either long-dead leaders or living Communist Party officials, kids and adults alike would line up for hours not only for food, but also to get a coveted cinema ticket to watch a different type of hero.
Voting has ended in Britain's referendum on whether or not to stay in the European Union, in the first referendum on the country’s links with Europe in more than four decades.
The first gathering of the "Holy and Great Council" of Orthodox churches in more than a millennium has been in preparation for 55 years, but infighting began even before the event could begin this week on the Greek island of Crete.
Host France has beaten Romania in Paris in the opening match of UEFA's Euro 2016 soccer championship, which is being staged by a country still gripped by a state of emergency declared after deadly terror attacks in November.
As Europe laces up for Euro 2016, unsettling reports this week underscore fears that Islamic State (IS) or another radical militant group might try to violently disrupt the soccer championship or other major events this summer.
The report found that internally displaced people (IDPs) in Afghanistan suffer from a lack of suitable shelter, severe food and water shortages, almost nonexistent health care, and virtually no opportunities for education or employment.
A former NATO deputy supreme commander is warning that the alliance could find itself in a full-fledged armed conflict with Russia within a year if it does not strongly step up its presence in the Baltic states.
Despite what their governments might say, citizens around the world are overwhelmingly open to the idea of helping refugees.
The United States has activated a missile-defense site in Romania, prompting an angry reaction from Moscow.
Few remember that the mighty Eurovision Song Contest once had a communist challenger.
European soccer's governing body, UEFA, has narrowly voted at a congress in Budapest to make Kosovo its 55th member. Kosovo Football Federation President Fadil Vokrri called it a "historic moment."
The security situation in eastern Ukraine is worsening, with cease-fire violations at their highest level in months, the chief OSCE monitor warned on April 28.
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