Assange calls for US to end ‘witch-hunt’
WikiLeaks founder and wanted fugitive Julian Assange made a defiant statement from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London
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Hollywood director Tony Scott dies
Authorities in Los Angeles say movie director Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood blockbusters as Top Gun, Days of Thunder
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Russia Watch: Kremlin x Pussy Riot: Girls win!
“Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?” – Alexander Pope, 1735 This summer, Vladimir Putin tried to break three of
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Pussy Riot members found guilty, given two-year sentences – updated
A Moscow court found three members of feminist punk band Pussy Riot guilty of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” on
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Visit of Russian Orthodox Church head to Poland promises improvement of Polish-Russian relations
The official visit by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the
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Tattooed artist launches a bid for Czech presidency
In 2013, Czechs will choose their first directly elected president in light of a new law that does away with
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UN Security Council ends Syria observer mission
A day after a bombing near the U.N. observer headquarters in Damascus, the United Nations Security Council decided to end
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Support for Pussy Riot in Sofia
Supporters for jailed Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot covered the heads of sculptures at the base of the monument
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‘No link’ between Bulgarian foreign policy and Bourgas terrorist attack
Nadim Shehadi is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House (www.chathamhouse.org) where he directs a
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