This week, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak drills down on two major issues: Ukraine’s wobbly week and Iceland’s flirting ...

A fresh wave of Russian missile and drone strikes overnight left more than 20 people dead and scores wounded across Ukraine ...

US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he was shortening the deadline for Russia to agree to a cease-fire in Ukraine from 50 days to “10-12 days” has been met with silence from the Kremlin and ...

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

Suicide rates have increased in Afghanistan in recent years, as the nation grapples with crippling poverty, a lack jobs and ...

U.S. President Donald Trump, in a move of urgency, announced on July 28 that he is cutting short the 50-day deadline he gave ...

The city of Odesa on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast is packed with tourists, despite the ongoing threat of Russian attacks.

Today the most significant "no-fly" areas are a consequence of sharply rising military risks and blanket airspace closures by ...

The Black Sea city of Odesa is crowded with tourists this summer, despite the risk of Russian drone and missile strikes. One local compared the city's resorts to "Monaco in the daytime and Afghanistan ...