Luke Allnutt is an editor in RFE/RL's Central Newsroom in Prague, covering the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe, and the Caucasus.
A recent EU decision to end trade preferences for Belarus is about to go into effect.
May 31, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Russia's recent test of new strategic and tactical missiles and U.S. plans to base parts of a missile-defense system in Central Europe have sharpened fears of a new arms race.
May 30, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Russia has tested new strategic and tactical missiles at a time when tensions with the United States remain high over Washington's plans to locate parts of a missile-defense system in Central Europe.
Verka Serdyuchka is flying the flag for Ukraine (ITAR-TASS) May 11, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- With the semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest held last night, postcommunist countries are leading the way.
Armenians are commemorating the 92nd anniversary of the mass killings and deportations of Armenians by Ottoman Turks. It's an issue that continues to blight relations between Armenia and Turkey.
As Ukraine's political crisis continues to mount, the institution expected to help resolve the deadlock is having problems of its own.
There has been talk of war in the Balkans once again, with fears that a Russian veto of a plan to resolve Kosovo's status could trigger violence.
Maniacal despots. Cross-dressing. The finals aren't until May, but the Eurovision Song Contest is in full swing.
For years, young activists in Belarus have been sending Valentine's cards to Europe. And for years, they've been getting no reply.
New OSCE head and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos tells RFE/RL that the body must recover its "esprit de famille."
Spy rows between countries are often solved diplomatically and discreetly, but Tbilisi's row with Moscow has escalated into a war of words.
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PRAGUE, August 31, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- For a filmmaker, the Beslan siege seems like an irresistible story.
Fifteen years ago, for three fateful days in August 1991, Russians stared down a coup attempt that threatened to ignite a bloody civil war.
Eighteen months ago, it seemed Ukraine was finally coming in from the cold. A disputed election, street protests, the blossoming of the color orange on Ukrainian streets, the eventual victory of democratic forces -- a fairy tale end perhaps to Ukraine's postcommunist funk. Now Kyiv is awash in the light blue banners of Viktor Yanukovych's pro-Russian Party of Regions.
July 13 marks the official inauguration of the $4 billion Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline at the Turkish port of Ceyhan, which pumps Caspian Sea oil to the Turkish Mediterranean. One of the pipeline's main beneficiaries will be oil-rich Azerbaijan. The country's skyrocketing oil revenues -- and the vicissitudes of geopolitics -- have led to a growing self-confidence in Azerbaijan's foreign policy.
Amnesty International today released its annual report on the global state of human rights. The report's findings were mixed regarding CIS states -- a catalogue of continuing abuses with some progress. Russia was lambasted for a rise in racially motivated killings. Belarus and Azerbaijan both received criticism for cracking down on opposition activists and politicians. And Ukraine and Georgia -- countries that have improved their democratic credentials since their colored revolutions -- were chastised for their records on police torture.
(CTK) Geography class used to mean poring over maps and learning the tributaries of the Nile. But those days appear to be gone -- at least in the United States. A new poll, conducted on behalf of the U.S.-based National Geographic Society, shows that young Americans have a particularly poor grasp of geography. In one striking example, 20 percent of respondents placed the African nation of Sudan in Asia. But is the rest of the world any better? How do young Asians and Europeans fare at geography?
Baghdad, 11 February 2004 (RFE/RL) -- A suicide attacker blew up his car in Baghdad this morning amid a crowd of hundreds of people applying for jobs outside an army recruiting center.
