Russian Irina Krynina traveled to Ukraine to find her POW partner. Once he was released in an exchange, he went home. But she ...

You are listening to the audio version of the Wider Europe newsletter, published on April 29, 2025, read by an AI-generated voice of RFE/RL's Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak.

Ukraine's strategic town of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region remains one of the most embattled places on the front line.

Romania’s last presidential election was canceled in December when it was deemed that the winner had benefitted from Russian ...

Romanians voted to choose a new president, nearly six months after the election's first round was abruptly canceled amid ...

March, the United States has struck over 1,000 Houthi targets in Yemen in a bid to curb attacks on Red Sea shipping and ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 18th week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region.

Dozens of Ukrainian journalists have been killed since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Amid death, torture, and ...

After months of fraught negotiations, and a near total rupture of US support, Kyiv and Washington have finally signed a deal ...

This edition of the Farda Briefing looks at the potential economic impact of a massive explosion at Iran’s Shahid Rajaei port ...

Rock band R.E.M. released a never-before-heard remix — “Radio Free Europe 2025” — in tribute to RFE/RL, at a time when ...

Two Ukrainian servicemen were on a rescue mission to Chasiv Yar when their armored vehicle came under attack. They escaped ...