NEED TO KNOW Justice’s Clock GERMANY Seventy-five years ago, the victorious allies of World War II concluded the trials in Nuremberg that […]

NEED TO KNOW Tiny Enclave, Loud Roar SAN MARINO One of the smallest countries in the world – its population is around […]

NEED TO KNOW Box Opened WORLD Svetlana Krivonogikh grew up working odd jobs in St. Petersburg, Russia. Today, however, she lives in […]

NEED TO KNOW The Iberian Model SPAIN Spain has decided to give third doses of coronavirus vaccines to seniors and others who […]

NEED TO KNOW Dissonance and Dreadlocks CZECH REPUBLIC The dreadlock-sporting leader of the Pirate Party in the Czech Republic, former software engineer […]

NEED TO KNOW The Unwelcome GREECE Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is vowing to “break and smash” the smuggling networks that are […]

NEED TO KNOW GERMANY Succession When German Chancellor Angela Merkel steps down from office after parliamentary elections on Sunday, she will leave […]

NEED TO KNOW POLAND Not Yet Convinced Around half of the people in Poland are fully vaccinated. The other half are leery […]

NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA How to Win Big Boris Vishnevsky was shocked when he saw the names and faces of his two opponents […]

NEED TO KNOW NORWAY Eco Election Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg might become the first top politician to be ousted due to […]

NEED TO KNOW LITHUANIA Human Weapons Lithuania is building a 315-mile-long fence on its southern border. The structure has two functions: keeping […]

NEED TO KNOW UKRAINE & RUSSIA RealPolitik Erfan Kudusov and many other Tatars fled Crimea when Russia annexed the peninsula in 2014. […]

NEED TO KNOW ICELAND The Overachiever Iceland has long punched above its weight in tourism, scientific prowess, the arts and other realms […]

NEED TO KNOW UKRAINE Weaponizing Passports Russian officials have been issuing Russian passports to residents of eastern Ukraine, a region that has […]

NEED TO KNOW FRANCE Weaponizing Secularism Ever since French officials banned Muslim women from wearing face veils at schools in 2004, the […]

NEED TO KNOW POLAND Problem Child From the headlines, one would think Poland is at war with the European Union. The Central […]

NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA Energy Chess The US and Germany recently reached a deal wherein the US would agree to drop its […]

NEED TO KNOW EUROPE Hunting Equilibrium Italian officials recently banned massive cruise ships from the fabled lagoon of the City of Canals. […]

NEED TO KNOW EUROPEAN UNION Papers, Please Imagine a lamp-lit cobblestone street on a dark, foggy night in Paris. As an innocent […]

NEED TO KNOW UNITED KINGDOM Offshoring Humans Nigel Farage, the former British member of the European Parliament who masterminded his country’s exit […]

NEED TO KNOW EUROPEAN UNION No Borders Leaders at Volvo, ArcelorMittal, BASF, Daimler, Iberdrola, Orsted, Thyssenkrupp, Titan Cement, Siemens, Shell and other […]

NEED TO KNOW WORLD Alphabet Pandemic Just when the world thought it was safe to go inside without a mask again, the […]

NEED TO KNOW BULGARIA New Normal Bulgaria could be at a turning point. Voters are scheduled to go to the polls on […]

NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA Thrust and Parry After meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Switzerland recently, American President Joe Biden said Russia […]