The Black Sheep and the Family
NEED TO KNOW The Black Sheep and the Family HUNGARY Hungarian objections to Finland and Sweden entering NATO might delay a vote […]
Beyond the Horizon
NEED TO KNOW Beyond the Horizon ESTONIA Few countries have been more stalwart in their opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine than […]
When Spring Comes
NEED TO KNOW When Spring Comes RUSSIA/ UKRAINE As the US and Germany send advanced armored vehicles to help Ukraine’s cause, Russia […]
Winter of Discontent
NEED TO KNOW Winter of Discontent UNITED KINGDOM The British press is invoking memories of Margaret Thatcher, the arch-conservative prime minister who […]
Les Misérables
NEED TO KNOW Les Misérables FRANCE It’s an age-old battle in France: French leaders want more work out of their constituents. Workers, […]
The Other Front
NEED TO KNOW The Other Front UKRAINE As their fellow citizens battle the Russian army on the eastern front, Ukrainian authorities recently […]
Tanking Diplomacy
NEED TO KNOW Tanking Diplomacy RUSSIA/ UKRAINE A Russian company that makes materials for oil fracking, Fores, is offering more than $70,000 […]
Straddling a Divide
NEED TO KNOW Straddling a Divide SERBIA/ KOSOVO Late last year, Serbia and Kosovo, the former Serbian territory whose majority ethnic Albanian […]
Held Hostage
NEED TO KNOW Held Hostage CYPRUS Workers in Cyprus went on a three-hour strike recently. The demonstration was a warning to the […]
Silent Gestures
NEED TO KNOW Silent Gestures RUSSIA Muscovites recently have been laying wreaths of flowers, stuffed animals, photographs and other mementos at the […]
The Virtual Front
NEED TO KNOW The Virtual Front RUSSIA/ UKRAINE In the 1990s, many world leaders failed to understand the threat that cyberattacks posed […]
The Celtic Conundrum
NEED TO KNOW The Celtic Conundrum IRELAND Three years after the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, officials in […]
A Reformer’s Fumble
NEED TO KNOW A Reformer’s Fumble SLOVAKIA Thirty years ago, the former communist country of Czechoslovakia split in two. The event was […]
The Balancing Act
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Power, Corruption and Fireworks
NEED TO KNOW Power, Corruption and Fireworks CZECH REPUBLIC Andrej Babis is a billionaire agricultural magnate and former Czech prime minister who […]
Buying Power
NEED TO KNOW Buying Power EUROPEAN UNION Belgian authorities have arrested a vice president of the European Parliament and jailed her, detained […]
Handshakes and Bombs
Editor’s Note: Last month, we asked our readers to select a country for us to focus on and collected the results. Now, […]
No Cards Accepted
Editor’s Note: Last month, we asked our readers to select a country for us to focus on and collected the results. Now, […]
Creating a New Chapter
NEED TO KNOW Creating a New Chapter UKRAINE/ RUSSIA Russian soldiers have been building trenches on the Black Sea coast of the […]
Greening Pains
NEED TO KNOW Greening Pains FRANCE The European Union plans on banning new non-electric cars starting in 2035. This big shift in […]
The Invisible Victims
NEED TO KNOW The Invisible Victims UKRAINE/ RUSSIA Earlier this year, doctors in Kherson, Ukraine immediately took action when they heard that […]
Royal Flush
NEED TO KNOW Royal Flush EUROPE The fifth season of the Netflix show, “The Crown,” depicts the British royal family in the […]
Might and Right
NEED TO KNOW Might and Right UKRAINE Ukraine isn’t letting up. After reclaiming more than half of the territory lost after Russia’s […]
The Scramble
NEED TO KNOW The Scramble CYPRUS As Russians flee their homeland in order to avoid conscription and the trenches in Ukraine where […]