NEED TO KNOW WORLD Repression By Grammar Traditional Czech speakers add “ova” to the last names of females. The suffix literally means […]

NEED TO KNOW BELARUS The Laws of Air Ryanair flight 4978 was over Belarus on a trip from Greece to Lithuania when an […]

NEED TO KNOW SWITZERLAND Alpine Exceptionalism Swiss Health Minister Alain Berset recently admitted that he should have been more skeptical about the […]

NEED TO KNOW GREECE Tarnished Sunset A Greek member of the European Parliament, Ioannis Lagos, was recently extradited from Brussels to his […]

NEED TO KNOW SCOTLAND A Toe Out the Door Brexit was a grueling process that ended 47 years of Britain’s membership in […]

NEED TO KNOW MONTENEGRO Embarrassment of Riches Montenegro is lucky, in some ways. The Balkan region of Europe has long suffered a […]

NEED TO KNOW ALBANIA Tickets to Never Never Land Facebook knowingly allowed Albanian officials to spread lies on the social network. When […]

NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA Intimidation Games Around 10 years ago, the Atlantic Council recalled, American leaders scoffed at those who viewed Russia […]

NEED TO KNOW GREENLAND Fade to Black Climate change is turning Greenland black. Algae growing due to warmer temperatures is darkening the […]

NEED TO KNOW BULGARIA Heal Thyself Doctors have become high-profile parliamentary candidates in Bulgaria. As Balkan Insight reported, the physicians, who represent […]

NEED TO KNOW WORLD A Pox on All Houses Americans aren’t the only ones who believe in absurd QAnon conspiracy theories. “Its […]

NEED TO KNOW UNITED KINGDOM The Exploding Reflecting Pool Former First Lady Michelle Obama recently weighed into the debate that Meghan Markle […]

NEED TO KNOW WORLD Vaccine Games British leaders recently summoned a European Union diplomat to complain about EU officials’ allegation that Britain […]

NEED TO KNOW THE NETHERLANDS Wanted: Change The Netherlands will be one of the first countries to hold general elections this year […]

NEED TO KNOW UNITED KINGDOM Need a Ride? In November, voters in California passed Proposition 22 by a landslide. The referendum measure […]

NEED TO KNOW SWITZERLAND Dress Codes Anila Noor and Maria Khoshy are asylum seekers who came to Europe after fleeing their religiously […]

NEED TO KNOW GEORGIA A Dream No More Police in Georgia, a former Soviet republic in the Caucasus, recently arrested Nika Melia, […]

NEED TO KNOW WORLD Returning History Go to any of the grand museums of Europe and invariably, you will see magnificent sculptures […]

NEED TO KNOW KOSOVO Fighting the Past In June, 61 out of 120 lawmakers in Kosovo’s parliament voted to install the government […]

NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA The Palace and the Underpants Alexei Navalny directed some rather unkind words toward Russian President Vladimir Putin before […]

NEED TO KNOW PORTUGAL Tough Times and Potential Energy Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will be running for reelection on January 24 […]

NEED TO KNOW EUROPEAN UNION Alliance Mending For more than 50 years, the Transatlantic alliance has arguably been the most powerful force […]

NEED TO KNOW UNITED KINGDOM Now What? British Prime Minister­ Boris Johnson was a key leader in the campaign for Britain to […]

NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA A Special Kind of War Much ado has been made of the alleged Russian hacking of US government […]