Balkans
BBC World service leaves the Balkans
January 26, 2011BBC World Service radio listeners throughout the Balkans this morning tuned in to some disappointing news: Citing budget cuts, the World Service announced that it was closing down radio programming in five of its broadcast languages -- Albanian, Macedonian...
Christians celebrate Easter from the Balkans to the Caucasus (video)
April 02, 2010From the Balkans to the Caucasus, Christians in RFE/RL's broadcast region are celebrating Easter with local customs as well as traditions that have spread across the Christian world. The art of pysanka, decorating eggs with melted colored wax, is a part...
Michael Meyer's interview on life and death in Ceausescu's Romania
December 17, 2009Former Newsweek Correspondent Recalls Life And Death In Ceausescu's Romania Twenty years ago today, a revolt began in the western Romanian city of Timisoara that would culminate in the toppling of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's regime and his...
Road safety conditions threaten economic development in Eurasia
November 25, 2009Unsafe road traffic conditions in the countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) have tremendous adverse implications for their economic and social well-being, says a World Bank report released on Nov. 24. Treating road safety victims is imposing an increasingly...
Swine Flu follies: Reactions and overreactions to virus's spread
November 10, 2009As the swine-flu virus continues to spread through the Balkans and the former Soviet Union, the measures taken by some governments range from bizarre and befuddled to possibly political. Moldova: Add Politics And Stir In Moldova, which has 269 confirmed...
George Soros Commits $100 Million to Central, Eastern Europe
June 19, 2009Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros has indicated that he will give $100 million to support nonprofits in central and eastern Europe working to help the poor affected by the global economic downturn, the Financial Times reports. The...