Marek Hajduk is a freelance camera operator for RFE/RL.
Norway has granted temporary political asylum to human rights activist Rafal Gawel, ruling that Poland's populist government had undermined judicial independence and the rule of law. Analysts say the case demonstrates a "fundamental disagreement" in the West over core values that once united it.
The European Union's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini met with the foreign ministers of post-Soviet Central Asian countries on July 7. The top diplomats from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan got together in the latter country's capital, Bishkek.
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has told RFE/RL's Brussels correspondent Rikard Jozwiak that human rights and rule of law are a constant part of EU engagement in post-Soviet Central Asia.
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has started her Central Asia tour in Turkmenistan. During her July 6 visit to the capital, Ashgabat, she met with parliamentary speaker Gulshat Mammedova and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov.
A European Parliament committee has given its green light to the start of negotiations with the European Council on granting visa-free access to the EU to the citizens of Kosovo.
