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May 26, 2024
Azerbaijan Promises Free Education, Laptops To Convince Students To Study In Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan is promising new lecture halls, dormitories, and other state-of-the-art facilities at a soon-to-be opened university in Nagorno-Karabakh, whose ethnic Armenians fled after Baku reasserted control. To sweeten the deal, study will be free, but will students be convinced?

May 26, 2024
Turkmen Police Detain Couples Holding Hands, Looking Romantic In Public

In a new restriction on people’s liberties, police in northeastern Turkmenistan are detaining couples holding hands, sitting close, or being affectionate in public.
May 25, 2024
Life, Death, And A Dilemma On Ukraine's New Front Line: Stay Or Go

With Russian shells pounding the border towns of the Kharkiv region, Moscow’s new offensive in northeastern Ukraine is killing civilians, razing homes, and uprooting families. As villages empty out, some people are staying put.
May 25, 2024
Serbian Deals With China On Extradition, Media Cooperation Could Have Lasting Impact

New agreements signed during Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Belgrade have experts and activists worried about shrinking press freedoms and Beijing’s growing extrajudicial reach.
May 25, 2024
The Week In Russia: The 'Extremely Brutal' Bottom Line

Amid a slew of developments from a military shakeup to tactical-nuclear arms drills and rumblings about changing maritime borders in the Baltic, images of Kharkiv region frontier towns targeted in a new Russian offensive are a stark reminder of the effects of Moscow’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
May 24, 2024
Bagrat Galstanian: The Armenian Archbishop Taking On The Government

The toughest challenger in Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian's six years of rule is an archbishop who has channeled public anger over Armenia's catastrophic series of military losses and concessions to its foe, Azerbaijan.
May 24, 2024
The Azadi Briefing: Deadly Floods Worsen Hunger Crisis In Afghanistan

Deadly floods in northern Afghanistan have created "hunger hot spots” in a region that was “already in crisis levels of food insecurity.”
May 24, 2024
The Week's Best: 10 Stories And Videos You Shouldn't Miss

We know you're busy and probably don't have the time to read all of our coverage each and every day. Here are some of the highlights produced in English by RFE/RL's vast team of correspondents, multimedia editors, and visual journalists over the past seven days.
May 23, 2024
Amid Reports Kadyrov Is Ill, Kremlin Mulls What's Next For Chechnya

Longtime Chechen strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov has been dogged by reports of failing health. And recent personnel changes in the North Caucasus region have fed suspicions a transition is in the offing. Is a rising star in Russia’s Defense Ministry the top pick to take over in the volatile region?
May 23, 2024
With Russian Nuclear Fuel Ban, U.S. Also Tries To Fix A (Self-Inflicted) Problem

A new U.S. ban on Russian nuclear fuel imports was aimed at cutting off a crucial source of revenue for the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine. But Washington is also trying to undo some of the self-inflicted collateral damage that arose from a major Russian disarmament program 30 years ago.
May 23, 2024
Iranian President's Death Could Trigger 'Power Competition' For Next Supreme Leader

President Ebrahim Raisi was seen as a protege and likely successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. His death on May 19 has paved the way for others to enter the fray, including Khamenei’s son, who is now seen as one of the favorites to succeed his elderly father.
May 23, 2024
'Lukashenka's Revenge': Nearly Four Years After Mass Protests, State Crackdown Still Reshaping Belarus

Following a disputed 2020 election, hundreds of thousands of Belarusians took to the streets with calls for democracy and the resignation of strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka. A podcast series by RFE/RL's Belarus Service documents how the state has locked the country in a prison of fear ever since.

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Sunday 26 May 2024

Azerbaijan Promises Free Education, Laptops To Convince Students To Study In Nagorno-Karabakh

Turkmen Police Detain Couples Holding Hands, Looking Romantic In Public

Life, Death, And A Dilemma On Ukraine's New Front Line: Stay Or Go

Serbian Deals With China On Extradition, Media Cooperation Could Have Lasting Impact

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Bagrat Galstanian: The Armenian Archbishop Taking On The Government

The Azadi Briefing: Deadly Floods Worsen Hunger Crisis In Afghanistan

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Amid Reports Kadyrov Is Ill, Kremlin Mulls What's Next For Chechnya

With Russian Nuclear Fuel Ban, U.S. Also Tries To Fix A (Self-Inflicted) Problem

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'Lukashenka's Revenge': Nearly Four Years After Mass Protests, State Crackdown Still Reshaping Belarus

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Sunday 26 May 2024

Azerbaijan Promises Free Education, Laptops To Convince Students To Study In Nagorno-Karabakh

Turkmen Police Detain Couples Holding Hands, Looking Romantic In Public

Life, Death, And A Dilemma On Ukraine's New Front Line: Stay Or Go

Serbian Deals With China On Extradition, Media Cooperation Could Have Lasting Impact

The Week In Russia: The 'Extremely Brutal' Bottom Line

Bagrat Galstanian: The Armenian Archbishop Taking On The Government

The Azadi Briefing: Deadly Floods Worsen Hunger Crisis In Afghanistan

The Week's Best: 10 Stories And Videos You Shouldn't Miss

Amid Reports Kadyrov Is Ill, Kremlin Mulls What's Next For Chechnya

With Russian Nuclear Fuel Ban, U.S. Also Tries To Fix A (Self-Inflicted) Problem

Iranian President's Death Could Trigger 'Power Competition' For Next Supreme Leader

'Lukashenka's Revenge': Nearly Four Years After Mass Protests, State Crackdown Still Reshaping Belarus

Editors' Picks

No Safe Haven In Europe For Central Asian Opposition

Azerbaijan Eyes Prestige Boost From Hosting COP29, Despite The Critics

After Iranian Student Jailed For Stripping, London Activist Shows Solidarity In Her Underwear

The Man Who Fled East Berlin, Then Went Back To Help Others Escape

When Timely Care Is Not An Option: Breast Cancer Kills And 'Exhausts' In North Macedonia

Top Trending

Being John Malkovich In Sofia -- Acclaimed Star's Production Disrupted By Nationalists

'They're Totally Not Ready': Ex-Soldier Reveals Why North Korean Troops Will Struggle Against Ukraine

What Can The World Expect From Trump 2.0?

Major General Of Russian Army Dies In Ukraine

Ukraine's Forces Are Dangerously Stretched. Will North Korean Troops Break Them?

Trump's Win Could Lead To Push For Peace In Ukraine, But On Whose Terms?

Ukraine Live Briefing: Russia Launches Biggest Drone Strike Yet

China In Eurasia Briefing: What A Trump Win Means For China

Court Documents Allege Iranian-Backed Plot To Assassinate Trump, Dissidents

Israel Sends Planes To Evacuate Soccer Fans After 'Willful Attack' In Amsterdam

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