East and West in the East and West
NEED TO KNOW CZECH REPUBLIC East and West in the East and West The president of the Czech senate kicked a hornet’s […]
Down and Out in Paris, Milan and Prague
NEED TO KNOW EUROPEAN UNION Down and Out in Paris, Milan and Prague In the 1920s, American writers like Gertrude Stein and […]
Now Comes Swixit
NEED TO KNOW SWITZERLAND Now Comes Swixit The Swiss go to the polls on Sept. 27 to decide five referendums that illustrate […]
Soldiers of Misfortune
NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA Soldiers of Misfortune Russian jets recently ran sorties over Libya in support of a rebel commander and mercenaries […]
Lingering Bits of Glass
NEED TO KNOW GERMANY Lingering Bits of Glass A German court recently convicted a 93-year-old former SS guard of Nazi war crimes. […]
Shrink the Swamp
NEED TO KNOW ITALY Shrink the Swamp Americans have an extremely low opinion of Congress. Italians share their disdain. Now they appear […]
From Peril to Peril
NEED TO KNOW EUROPEAN UNION From Peril to Peril Boubacar Wann Diallo has been giving proper burials to migrants who wash up, […]
Speaking, and Dying
NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA Speaking, and Dying Russian blogger and dissident Yegor Zhukov, 22, had just finished a live interview on YouTube. […]
Making Europe Great Again
NEED TO KNOW EUROPEAN UNION Making Europe Great Again The European Union is sending $3.25 billion in economic aid to Greece to […]
Let’s Fly the White, Red and White
NEED TO KNOW BELARUS Let’s Fly the White, Red and White Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is not backing down. The leader of the opposition […]
Breaking Away
NEED TO KNOW MONTENEGRO Breaking Away The small Balkan country on the Adriatic Sea, Montenegro, holds parliamentary elections at the end of […]
The Smell of Desperation
NEED TO KNOW TURKEY The Smell of Desperation Boston Celtics basketball player Enes Kanter recently said that “goons” associated with Turkish President […]
A Game of Risk
NEED TO KNOW EUROPEAN UNION A Game of Risk American troops arrived in what would become the Federal Republic of Germany after […]
Quixote’s Girlfriends
COVID-19 Global Update More than 180 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest numbers worldwide as […]
The Endgame
COVID-19 Global Update More than 180 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest numbers worldwide as […]
Ringing the Bells
COVID-19 Global Update More than 180 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest numbers worldwide as […]
Boiling for a Fight
COVID-19 Global Update More than 180 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest numbers worldwide as […]
Oh, the Places You’ll (Not) Go!
COVID-19 Global Update More than 180 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest numbers worldwide as […]
Ties, Opaque and Dirty
COVID-19 Global Update More than 180 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest numbers worldwide as […]
The Sacred, the Profane
COVID-19 Global Update More than 180 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest numbers worldwide as […]
Plus ça Change
COVID-19 Global Update More than 180 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest numbers worldwide as […]
Blind Spots
COVID-19 Global Update More than 180 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest numbers worldwide as […]
Red, White and Green
COVID-19 Global Update More than 180 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest numbers worldwide as […]