Russia and Ukraine in 2019: More conflict ahead?
With two elections next year, Ukraine is facing upheaval on the domestic front. Russia, meanwhile, is shaking up its foreign
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Author: Deutsche Welle
Opinion: The hideous face of communism is alive and well in Romania
There is an old line that comes from the days of Romania’s “Socialist realism” style of literary-ideological manipulation: “The party
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Serbia and Kosovo clash over army at UN Security Council
World powers are discussing Kosovo’s decision to form an army at a UN Security Council session on Monday. Serbia and Russia have strongly protested the
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With a rapidly aging population, Germany looks to Balkans for care workers
As Germany’s aging population struggles to find enough care workers, the country’s health minister is mulling funding training programs abroad.
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Crunch time for the climate at the COP24 global warming conference
There’s a lot at stake at the UN climate conference in Poland. Delegates will be scrambling to save the 2015
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Russia-Ukraine skirmishes: Storm warning on the Black Sea
Russian and Ukrainian naval forces have clashed in the Black Sea. Though the region lies on Nato’s weak southeastern flank,
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How the EU’s resettlement plan is failing to meet its goal
The EU has set up various measures to curb unauthorized migration. One of them is offering more legal pathways to
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Hungary suspected of helping former Macedonian PM Gruevski escape
Former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s escape from his native country to Hungary reads like a political thriller. Even Hungary’s
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Can Poland end its toxic relationship with coal?
Poland’s love affair with coal goes way back. For decades coal was the favorite for energy: mined locally, and cheap.
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