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 […]

NEED TO KNOW Shuffling the Deck RUSSIA A statue of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the deceased leader of the Russian mercenary Wagner Group, was […]

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NEED TO KNOW Dissecting a Vote ROMANIA The European Union this month said it would investigate if, and how, TikTok was used […]

NEED TO KNOW The Green Petrostate NORWAY Norway appeared ready to give miners what they wanted. In June, Norwegian officials cordoned off […]

NEED TO KNOW Rule by Orthrus CROATIA Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković has overseen fantastic economic growth and integrated the Balkan country […]

NEED TO KNOW Hail Mary FRANCE For French President Emmanuel Macron, the past few weeks have been the best of times – […]

NEED TO KNOW Legislating Legacy BELARUS Russian military interrogators tortured Ukrainian soldiers and civilians in a government-owned camp in Belarus, according to […]

NEED TO KNOW Tax and Spend IRELAND Ireland received a windfall of around $14 billion recently when a decade of litigation ended […]

NEED TO KNOW Blowing Up ICELAND A volcano was predicted to erupt just as Icelanders head to the polls to elect a […]