NEED TO KNOW  In Russia’s Fight Against Ukraine, ‘War Is the Ideology’  RUSSIA/ UKRAINE  Russia and Ukrainian prisoners of war recently gained […]

NEED TO KNOW  Sticks and Stones: Europeans Debate, Defend and ‘Dismantle’ Free Speech  EUROPE  When US Vice President J.D. Vance said Europe […]

NEED TO KNOW  As the World Pushes a Truce, Russia and Ukraine’s War – and Peace – Drag On UKRAINE/RUSSIA  Fifty thousand […]

NEED TO KNOW  Walking the Walk: The EU Is Losing Patience With Its Hungarian Problem Child  HUNGARY  In January, when Hungary’s six-month […]

NEED TO KNOW  Power Shift: Elections in UK Undermine Traditional Parties in Push for Change UNITED KINGDOM  Fresh from making big gains […]

NEED TO KNOW  The Prep: Europeans, Feeling Abandoned, Get Ready For War  EUROPE  The Lithuanians recently unveiled an evacuation plan for Vilnius, […]

NEED TO KNOW  The ‘Illiberal Detox’: Polish Voters Go to the Polls With Center-Left Ahead  POLAND  Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, standard […]

NEED TO KNOW  Turbulence Ahead: Portugal Holds Vote, Searches For Stability  PORTUGAL  The center-right Democratic Alliance’s minority government under Portuguese Prime Minister […]

NEED TO KNOW  Elections in Albania Focus on the Economy and the Tensions Between the EU and the US  ALBANIA  As Albanian […]

NEED TO KNOW An Election Heard ‘Round the World: Romanians Hold a ‘Do-Over’ Vote ROMANIA What happens when there is a do-over […]

NEED TO KNOW  Wanted: a Home – Spain Is Becoming a Victim of Its Own Success  SPAIN  In early April, tens of […]

NEED TO KNOW The Fire and the Fury: North Macedonia Mourns – and Rages – After a Devastating Blaze NORTH MACEDONIA Andrej […]

NEED TO KNOW The Enemy of My Enemy: How Rudderless Austria Got a Leader AUSTRIA In early March, three centrist political parties […]

NEED TO KNOW In Paris’ Battle Against Motorists, the Flâneur Is Winning FRANCE Paris has long been a city that celebrates walking, […]

NEED TO KNOW Sweden Steps Up Fight in ‘Civil War’ SWEDEN In late January, Salwan Momika, an Iraqi living in Sweden who […]

NEED TO KNOW Trial Separation: Europe Begins Untangling US Codependence EUROPE For 80 years, Western Europe looked to the United States for […]

NEED TO KNOW Icy Reception: Greenlanders Vote Amid US ‘Threat’ GREENLAND After Greenland was unwillingly thrust into the spotlight in January by […]

NEED TO KNOW Growing Protests Threaten Slovakia’s Pro-Russian Leader SLOVAKIA Almost 18 months ago, former Prime Minister Robert Fico and his leftist […]

NEED TO KNOW No Way But Down UKRAINE In what feels like another life, Anton Yaremchuk was a cinematographer making movies. But […]

NEED TO KNOW Angst and Ballots GERMANY For the past two years, German television has been featuring a comedy/drama TV series called […]

NEED TO KNOW Bridging a Divide KOSOVO A bridge over the Ibar River divides the Kosovan city of Mitrovica between the north […]

NEED TO KNOW When the Girders Weaken SERBIA When a concrete canopy at the main rail station of Novi Sad city collapsed […]

NEED TO KNOW Second Thoughts BELARUS Almost five years ago, Belarus held presidential elections that some believe were the most consequential elections […]

NEED TO KNOW Megawatts of Fury GEORGIA When defending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and meddling in other countries’ internal affairs, Russian President […]