Eugen Tomiuc is a senior correspondent for RFE/RL.
Moldovan President Igor Dodon says he discovered nothing "dubious" during an inspection of a Moldovan Army training base that a Russian media report claimed would house U.S.-funded "military facilities."
Both sides in the conflict in eastern Ukraine have subjected civilians to extended arbitrary detention, disappearances, and even torture, two leading rights watchdogs warn in a new report.
Far from appearing out of nowhere, the radical Islamic State group is the result of a transformation rooted in the Sunni insurgency that followed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, argues Joby Warrick
In the 1970s communist bloc, where the only official heroes were either long-dead leaders or living Communist Party officials, kids and adults alike would line up for hours not only for food, but also to get a coveted cinema ticket to watch a different type of hero.
Voting has ended in Britain's referendum on whether or not to stay in the European Union, in the first referendum on the country’s links with Europe in more than four decades.
The first gathering of the "Holy and Great Council" of Orthodox churches in more than a millennium has been in preparation for 55 years, but infighting began even before the event could begin this week on the Greek island of Crete.
Host France has beaten Romania in Paris in the opening match of UEFA's Euro 2016 soccer championship, which is being staged by a country still gripped by a state of emergency declared after deadly terror attacks in November.
As Europe laces up for Euro 2016, unsettling reports this week underscore fears that Islamic State (IS) or another radical militant group might try to violently disrupt the soccer championship or other major events this summer.
The report found that internally displaced people (IDPs) in Afghanistan suffer from a lack of suitable shelter, severe food and water shortages, almost nonexistent health care, and virtually no opportunities for education or employment.
A former NATO deputy supreme commander is warning that the alliance could find itself in a full-fledged armed conflict with Russia within a year if it does not strongly step up its presence in the Baltic states.
Despite what their governments might say, citizens around the world are overwhelmingly open to the idea of helping refugees.
The United States has activated a missile-defense site in Romania, prompting an angry reaction from Moscow.
Few remember that the mighty Eurovision Song Contest once had a communist challenger.
European soccer's governing body, UEFA, has narrowly voted at a congress in Budapest to make Kosovo its 55th member. Kosovo Football Federation President Fadil Vokrri called it a "historic moment."
The security situation in eastern Ukraine is worsening, with cease-fire violations at their highest level in months, the chief OSCE monitor warned on April 28.
The United States is not setting a precise deadline for Kyiv to hold disputed elections in war-wracked eastern Ukraine, a senior U.S. official on European affairs says.
A U.S.-based rights watchdog says press freedom in the world declined in 2015 to its lowest level in 12 years, under increased pressure from a combination of political, criminal, and terrorist elements.
U.S. President Barack Obama has called on Europe to uphold its political unity and strengthen its contribution to the continent's collective defense.
King Michael of Romania, who died on December 5 aged 96, was a study in contrast. He lunched with Hitler and Mussolini in wartime, but was awarded postwar medals by Truman and Stalin. He survived to see his country emerge from a half-century of Soviet domination, only to be banned by a jittery government alarmed by his popularity.
Robert Kaplan, a best-selling author and journalist who first traveled in communist Romania in the 1970s, revisits the region in his new book, In Europe's Shadow. RFE/RL spoke to him about his latest work.
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