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November 21, 2019
Russian School Takes In Orphans To Stay Open

A village in northern Russia has avoided the school closures that have plagued rural areas and kept theirs open thanks to local teachers and families taking in foster children from orphanages.
November 17, 2019
Czechs Mark Velvet Revolution Anniversary

A variety of events were held in the Czech capital, Prague, to commemorate the Velvet Revolution on November 17. On that day in 1989, a crackdown on a student march by former Czechoslovakia's police triggered events that ended communist rule over the country.
November 12, 2019
Nationalist Rally In Poland Draws Far-Right Activists From Across Europe

Tens of thousands of nationalists marched in the Polish capital, Warsaw, to mark the country's Independence Day on November 11. As demonstrators chanted slogans against immigration and the EU, they were joined by supporters of far-right parties from other European countries.
November 11, 2019
Bad News, Bears: Romanians Debate Reversing Hunting Ban

In parts of rural Romanian, brown bears occasionally wander into villages and make a meal of livestock. The hungry intruders become increasingly bold as winter approaches. Hunting this protected species is forbidden, but lawmakers are debating a bill that would declare open season for the next five years.
November 07, 2019
A Clean Break: Afghan Women Make Soap To Beat Opium Addiction

Afghanistan has a drug problem from the abundant poppies that get made into opium. A group of Afghan women has found a way out of their addiction through a different crop.
November 06, 2019
Russian-Turkish Patrol Convoy Pelted With Stones In Syria

Syrian Kurds near the border town of Kobane threw stones in protest against a joint Russian-Turkish military police convoy as it was passing through the area on November 5. (AFP/Reuters)
October 29, 2019
Russia Finds New Islands Revealed By Melting Arctic Ice

There's not much uncharted territory left to discover on Earth -- except at the poles, where new land is emerging as ice sheets melt. This summer, Russian researchers explored five Arctic islands newly revealed by a thawing glacier.
October 11, 2019
Iranian Women Cheer Right To Attend Soccer Game

Emotions ran high at a soccer game in Tehran. For thousands of female fans, it was the first professional game they'd been allowed to attend in their lives.
October 09, 2019
'A Dire Need To Survive' Drives Kosovo Roma To Risky Recycling

Faced with discrimination, many among Kosovo's Romany population make a living by selling scrap to recycling companies. The job is poorly paid and risky, but one of the few they can find.
October 08, 2019
Kardashians Draw A Crowd In Yerevan Before Children's Baptism

Armenian-American media star Kim Kardashian and her sister Kourtney were chased by crowds of fans and journalists during a visit to the ancestral homeland. The Kardashians were seen outside a hotel and a restaurant in Armenia's capital, Yerevan, on October 7.
October 06, 2019
Ukrainian Protesters Decry Donbas Election Plan

Thousands of Ukrainians have rallied in the capital, Kyiv, against the government's plan to hold local elections in parts of the eastern Donbas region that are controlled by Russia-backed separatists. The arrangement is part of the so-called Steinmeier Formula.
October 05, 2019
Pret-a-Protest: Russian Demos Inspire Fashion Designs

Russia's protest movement has inspired a new wave of fashion designs.
October 02, 2019
The Story Of 'Poland's Anne Frank'

A new documentary about Renia Spiegel, a young Polish Jew who was murdered at the age of 18 by the Nazis in the Polish city of Przemysl, has premiered in Warsaw. Her diary, which details her life in the Przemysl ghetto, has just been published in English after lying in a bank vault for decades.
September 24, 2019
Confronting Pakistan's Period Taboo

Hajra Bibi produces handmade sanitary pads and sells them to women in her local town. Many women in Pakistan still use only cloth during menstruation and periods are considered taboo in some rural areas. She and 80 other women were trained to make the pads by an international charity.
September 13, 2019
Woman Born In A Nazi Camp Wants Belgrade Memorial To Victims

Estera Bajer was smuggled out of a Nazi concentration camp in Belgrade in a bag, moments after her birth. She wants to see a proper memorial built at the site of the Sajmiste camp in the Serbian capital where her mother and an estimated 7,000 other Jews were held before they died.
September 13, 2019
A Russian Choir Of Regular Australian Blokes

They don't speak Russian. Some of them can't really sing. But a group of men from a small town have won over Australian audiences with their spirited renditions of traditional Russian songs.
September 13, 2019
Armenian Ex-President Kocharian Faces Trial For Bloody 2008 Crackdown

The trial of Armenia's former President Robert Kocharian resumed in Yerevan on September 12. He faces up to 15 years in prison for the deadly 2008 crackdown on demonstrators during his final days in office.
September 03, 2019
Au Revoir, Gagarin: French Housing Named After Soviet Cosmonaut Coming Down

A Paris housing project named after the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin, is to be demolished. Officially opened in 1963 in the presence of Gagarin himself, the "Cite Gagarine" was built by the local French communist government.
September 02, 2019
Basketball's 'Joker': Serbia's Big Man From A Small Town

At this month's Basketball World Cup in China, 24-year-old Serbian standout Nikola Jokic is being billed as one of the stars of the tournament. He's already one of the highest-paid players in the United States as an NBA all-star. Back home in Serbia, the big man is an inspiration in his small town.
August 27, 2019
Russian Mail By 'Monster Truck'

A Russian postwoman rides a "monster truck" through swamps and forests to deliver mail and goods to her isolated Siberian village.

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