NEED TO KNOW If You Can’t Beat Them… SWEDEN A local politician in Sweden, Saida Hussein Moge, recently quit the ruling Social […]

NEED TO KNOW The Long Road UKRAINE Just over six months after the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Sébastien Roblin at NBC […]

NEED TO KNOW From the Energiewende and Back GERMANY German officials this winter may keep open three nuclear power plants that they […]

NEED TO KNOW The Little Country That Could LATVIA Latvian authorities began dismantling a 262-foot-tall Soviet-era monument that commemorates the Allies’ victory […]

NEED TO KNOW Lights Off EUROPE Not a drop of rain has fallen this summer on the reservoir in Sau, a town […]

NEED TO KNOW A Changing Country UKRAINE Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, Ukraine had 40 million people. Now it is […]

NEED TO KNOW A Grave Hour UKRAINE The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 was among the worst nuclear accidents in world history. Now, […]

NEED TO KNOW Having a Cow NETHERLANDS Near the prime minister’s office in The Hague, the seat of the government of the […]

NEED TO KNOW War-Life Balance UKRAINE An emergency worker recently proposed to his girlfriend. Dressed in his first responder gear as his […]

NEED TO KNOW Il Duce’s Smile ITALY Europe’s first fascist leader, Benito Mussolini, once said that “Democracy is beautiful in theory; in […]

NEED TO KNOW ­ The Revanchist’s Folly UKRAINE/ RUSSIA Russia plans to hold elections in the occupied Ukrainian territories of Donetsk, Kherson, […]

NEED TO KNOW Neighbor Versus Neighbor UKRAINE For months, rumors have spread in Ukraine about locals collaborating with the Russians. As the […]

NEED TO KNOW After the Party UNITED KINGDOM It’s as if Britons are girding for the hangover that is sure to follow […]

NEED TO KNOW Mirror Image CHECHNYA The Russian republic of Chechnya is intimately intertwined with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Having battled Russian forces […]

NEED TO KNOW An Exclave’s Tale KALININGRAD Happenings today surrounding Kaliningrad echo a bygone era when European statesmen standing around an enormous […]

NEED TO KNOW RSVP, Please EUROPEAN UNION Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already resulted in proposals to expand NATO. Now, in a […]

NEED TO KNOW Crimes of Thought RUSSIA Along with other activism to promote democracy and respect for the law in his native […]

NEED TO KNOW Stuck in Neutral SCOTLAND Scotland’s first minister and leader of the ruling Scottish National Party, Nicola Sturgeon, wants to […]

NEED TO KNOW The Disappeared RUSSIA/ UKRAINE Russian lawmaker Oleg Morozov of the pro-government United Russia political party, the largest in the […]

NEED TO KNOW Loathed, Loved UNITED KINGDOM When he announced his resignation as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ethics advisor, Lord Christopher […]

NEED TO KNOW The Book of Executioners RUSSIA-UKRAINE Ukrainian prosecutors claim that Russian forces have committed more than 15,000 war crimes while […]

NEED TO KNOW Truth and Consequences RUSSIA Renowned historian Timothy Snyder recently warned in his Substack newsletter that giving Russian President Vladimir […]

NEED TO KNOW All In DENMARK Two important developments in Denmark illustrate the new geopolitical landscape in Europe. Because Danish officials refused […]

NEED TO KNOW Stumbling Ahead UKRAINE The residents of Bucha, the Ukrainian town where Russians allegedly committed some of the worst war […]