Many of these countries were primarily encouraged/forced to make off-dry and fortified wine for Russia and the ex-Soviet ...

Real Lives in the Ruin of Empire, the journalist Howard Amos’ first book, is a prescient and fascinating examination of the borderlands of a bellicose nation. Focusing on the Pskov region, which juts ...

The European Union and Central Asia must continue moving engagement to the next level, from discussions and statements to ...

The announced US withdrawal from Europe’s defence has put the question of the continent's rearmament back on the table.

Following Russia’s failed attempt to seize Kyiv and decapitate the Ukrainian leadership in February 2022, the Russian Ministry of Defense was forced ...

For much of their history, three Nordic countries, Finland, Sweden, and Norway, were one nation within the Swedish Empire. Now, after Finland and Sweden have ...

Golden Visas – 2,666 new permanent investor permits nationwide granted to Turks from 2020 to 2023 – What lies behind the question posed by 11 MPs of the ruling party – How and why the intelligence ser ...

The Russian President could try to take more territory from Ukraine to strengthen his hand in negotiations, it has been ...

Ukrainian troops have been progressing in the Belgorod region with the aim of diverting Moscow's troops from Kursk, it has ...

The partial solar eclipse on March 29, 2025, will be seen from North America, Europe, Russia and parts of Africa.

While this one will lack the dramatic "totality" of the 2024 event, a partial eclipse is still worth seeing. The sun will not ...

Recent years have seen deepening crises, reshaping power dynamics and even an ongoing genocide in the Middle East, with peace ...