NEED TO KNOW  The Long Arc of Atonement: Belgium to Try Nonagenarian Nobleman For Six-Decade-Old Congolese Murder   BELGIUM  On June 30, 1960, […]

NEED TO KNOW  Second Chances: Russia’s Economy is Bleeding But Putin Is Betting on a Win in Alaska  RUSSIA  Over the weekend, […]

NEED TO KNOW  Trust in Zombies: How the Tiny Principality of Liechtenstein Faces a Massive Crisis Because of a Distant War  LIECHTENSTEIN   […]

NEED TO KNOW  Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them: Russia’s Love-Hate Relationship With Migrants Leads To New Crackdown   RUSSIA  Russian […]

NEED TO KNOW  Fight between the Haves And the Have-Nots Heats Up In the Czech Republic  CZECH REPUBLIC  Former Czech Justice Minister […]

NEED TO KNOW  Ukraine’s Push to Dismantle Anti-Corruption Efforts Jeopardizes War Efforts  UKRAINE  On July 22, thousands of Ukrainians hit the streets, […]

NEED TO KNOW  The Serbian Standoff: Students Won’t Back Down. Neither Will the President  SERBIA  Late last month, more than 140,000 Serbians […]

NEED TO KNOW  Spending Spree: To Defend Europe, Germany Opens Its Wallet  GERMANY/ EUROPEAN UNION US presidents have long berated the Germans […]

NEED TO KNOW  No Quarter: ‘Firebrand’ Dutch Far-Right Leader Offers Solutions But No Compromise  NETHERLANDS  Last month, Dutch far-right, anti-Islam, populist, Eurosceptic […]

NEED TO KNOW  I Do: Bulgaria Goes To the Altar Despite Jitters Over the Euro  BULGARIA  Next year, the poorest member of […]

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, […]