A demonstration held on March 9 indicates that a council vote to remove a controversial memorial to Red Army soldiers in Sofia may be easier said than done.
Through their art, eight Afghan women depict life under Taliban rule, leaving their homeland, and their aspirations for a better future.
Russia launched a massive wave of air strikes on Ukraine on March 9, causing casualties and multiple power cuts across the country and halting the power supply of the nuclear power plant at Zaporizhzhya as the battle for Bakhmut in the east raged on.
As Moscow's punishing offensive gains ground around Bakhmut, fears are growing that Chasiv Yar will become the next bulwark against Russian forces.
Striking photos held in a Hungarian archive show how the red star, a symbol of communism, once loomed over the landmarks and workplaces of Budapest.
At least 50 people were detained by police outside Georgia's parliament building after protestors attempted to storm the legislature in central Tbilisi overnight on March 7-8 over a controversial new law.
Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reportedly visited Mariupol recently, a city that remains largely ruined a year after the devastating Russian encirclement.
Combat medic Yana Rykhlitska worked under fire and intense pressure in Bakhmut, tending to wounded and dying Ukrainian soldiers. On March 3, she was killed, reportedly by Russian artillery fire.
Ukrainian troops are putting up fierce opposition as Moscow's forces close in on the eastern city of Bakhmut.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the ninth week of 2023 from around RFE/RL's region.
Photos made by Soviet photographers, and one American observer, show the funeral of the U.S.S.R's most infamous dictator as viewed from behind the scenes and in front of the official cameras.
A team of volunteers and their highly trained dogs have become a vital part of Ukraine's war effort, searching for the living and retrieving the dead from buildings destroyed by Russian strikes.
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