John Mastrini is a multimedia editor for RFE/RL in Prague.
A United Nations court at The Hague is scheduled to deliver its final verdict on June 8 on an appeal by former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic against his genocide conviction. Mladic was convicted in 2017 for his role in Europe's worst atrocities since World War II.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power says a failure to produce a coordinated global response to the coronavirus outbreak has compounded the disaster and as long as the virus rages anywhere in the world no one is safe.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said the UN Security Council should play a key role, working with national governments, in alleviating the worst effects of the coronavirus crisis, especially in lesser-developed countries.
War-weary Ukrainian soldiers have found a wagging tail and a cold nose can provide much-needed solace for stress and panic attacks.
The works of a well-known Kabul artist have been destroyed in a grenade attack on her studio. Rubaba Mohammadi made a name for herself as a teenager, painting portraits of famous foreigners such as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, despite having no use of her arms. She says she will keep doing what she loves.
A car mechanic in Siberia has found a new calling: giving cows pedicures. And it has helped reverse a fall in milk production at a local dairy.
People around the world have learned the virtues of recycling, but a craftsman in Kyiv goes much further. He upcycles discarded furniture into musical instruments.
The city of Prague has renamed a square in front of Russia's embassy in the Czech capital as Boris Nemtsov Square. The honor, on the fifth anniversary of the Russian opposition leader's assassination in Moscow, follows similar tributes in Washington and Vilnius.
The killing of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov on February 27, 2015, shocked pro-democracy advocates around the world. Despite the conviction of five men for carrying out a contract hit, the biggest question has yet to be answered: Who ordered his killing?
Members of a growing Russian subculture are embedding microchips in their bodies to open doors and pay for things. Some of these "biohackers" think technology will allow them to live forever.
Iranians will vote in the first round of parliamentary elections on February 21, but their choices of candidates have been narrowed by a secretive body handpicked by the country's supreme leader.
Azerbaijanis go to the polls this weekend to choose members of their parliament. After decades of elections plagued by media manipulation and dirty tricks, opposition activists hold out little hope of challenging the dominance of President Ilham Aliyev's party in the vote on February 9.
Locals in a Romanian village have demanded the dismissal of two Sri Lankans who came to work at a thriving bakery. It has sparked a fierce debate over migration, jobs, and racism in a country whose own citizens face similar vitriol abroad.
An 8-year-old boy from Kazakhstan has been swimming in nearly frozen water for much of his life. Alan Ghabdulov is training to be a world-class winter swimmer while his father borrows money to take him to international competitions.
Billboards have gone up in the Afghan city of Herat saying a woman without hijab is a "disgrace to her man." They have sparked a fierce debate.
Moldova has some of the most polluted rivers in Europe, due in part to a lack of public sewers. The town of Durlesti shows how private solutions and a failure of public action combine in a toxic mix.
A film from North Macedonia has become the first ever to be nominated for an Oscar in both the Documentary Feature and International Feature categories. The film's co-creator told RFE/RL's Balkan Service how her environmental project, Honeyland, became a powerful story of survival and human nature.
The ceramics created in a western Ukrainian town for three centuries have been designated as a piece of global heritage by UNESCO. The artisans of Kosiv say part of their unique style comes from how their pottery "cries" in the kiln.
A video appearing to show the final seconds of a Ukrainian airliner's flight from Tehran on January 8 conflicts with Iranian official accounts of mechanical failure as the cause of the crash. A research journalist from the open-source investigative news organization Bellingcat discusses why he believes the video is authentic and that a missile brought the plane down.
There are renewed hopes that diplomacy will replace threats of retaliation after days of tensions between Iran and the United States, but getting to a lasting agreement between the major powers and Iran looks like a tough task.
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