Ron Synovitz is a senior correspondent for RFE/RL.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has proposed a “restart” of democracy by rewriting the country's 1991 constitution. But his “restart” may stop before it even starts.
Did opposition protesters really storm into parliament in Baku, or was the incident staged by government "provocateurs" to justify a harsh crackdown?
There are charges that a Bulgarian opposition lawmaker known as "Shishi" (Potbelly) covertly controls the government from behind the scenes.
Will a fresh coronavirus outbreak at a German slaughterhouse lead to renewed public health restrictions there? Or will lockdowns remain "local."
The race to develop a vaccine for the new coronavirus speeds ahead, with several contenders suggesting they could be ready to make a vaccine available as soon as this autumn.
Medical experts in Iran are reporting a rise of coronavirus cases in which patients do not have respiratory symptoms but show signs of gastrointestinal infection.
From gathering together for communal prayers to the way charity is distributed, the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way many Muslims are celebrating the end of Ramadan.
The fight to control the coronavirus has turned to new contact-tracing phone apps in many countries. But in some places -- particularly in Russia, Iran, and China -- the technology is raising plenty of concerns.
How and when can elections be safely staged in a pandemic?
A Bosnian court has struck down age-based coronavirus restrictions, ruling they are discriminatory.
Coronavirus concerns have been raised about the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition of sharing communion from a common spoon.
Independent experts examine Washington’s claims that Iran is using its civilian space program as cover to secretly develop a nuclear-capable ICBM.
OSCE observers say most media in Azerbaijan are avoiding reporting about campaigns for the February 9 parliamentary elections because of a stifling "equal coverage" law.
A U.S. Air Force plane that crashed in Afghanistan this week had been designed to improve combat communications and "battlefield management" after a 2005 U.S. military disaster.
A judge in Bucharest has ruled that communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's secret police were not trying to "systematically exterminate" anti-communist dissidents during the regime's final years.
Reports say Belarus and Kyrgyzstan could be added to an expanded U.S. travel-ban list.
Women are not the only victims of so-called "honor crimes" in Pakistan.
Reports tie Iran’s assassinated Quds Force commander to a 2012 bombing in Bulgaria that killed five Israelis and their driver. But Bulgaria’s prime minister and the courts are hesitant.
Is Iran trying to cover up a missile strike that downed a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran on January 8?
Bulgarian officials say a Russian spy chief implicated in the Novichok attack in Britain is also at the heart of their investigation into the poisoning of a Bulgarian arms manufacturer in 2015.
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