In the 16th century, a tiny village nestled in the valleys of Bohemia known as Jáchymov struck gold—or rather, silver. After a period of crisis in the Bohemian mining industry, the discovery of rich veins of silver exploded across Europe. Th...
“I’m proud to be an American and believe in disseminating the truth, and that is why, after this newscast, I’m resigning.” Liz Wahl had gone off script. In 2014, the American anchor resigned live on air on Russia Today (RT), a Russian state-f...
Under the cover of night, small boats depart from the Libyan coastline, headed toward sanctuary in Italy. Packed onto rickety vessels and often bought and traded by armed gangs, thousands of migrants and refugees face grueling challenges on the...
After Vladimir Putin invaded Crimea, he was charged with trying to reconstitute the Soviet Union. Although the Russian president has not exactly dispelled this claim, it would be a mistake to cry “Evil Empire!” over one foreign excursion. Not tha...
After Vladimir Putin invaded Crimea, he was charged with trying to reconstitute the Soviet Union. Although the Russian president has not exactly dispelled this claim, it would be a mistake to cry “Evil Empire!” over one foreign excursion. Not tha...
For years, Finland’s education system has sparked panic and envy throughout the world. Ever since the results of the first Program for International Assessment (PISA) tests were published by the OECD in 2000, Finland has consistently been in the li...
For years, Finland’s education system has sparked panic and envy throughout the world. Ever since the results of the first Program for International Assessment (PISA) tests were published by the OECD in 2000, Finland has consistently been in the li...
Russia’s annexation of Crimea, unrest in Ukraine and subsequent narratives of a “New Cold War” bring new hopes and worries to leaders in the Middle East. Beyond Syria, where Russia has already exerted decisive influence, other countries in the ...
Russia’s annexation of Crimea, unrest in Ukraine and subsequent narratives of a “New Cold War” bring new hopes and worries to leaders in the Middle East. Beyond Syria, where Russia has already exerted decisive influence, other countries in the ...
Dissatisfaction with President François Hollande’s tenure has spurred on a conservative movement in France. With an embarrassingly low approval rating of 19 percent, Hollande has been a huge disappointment, largely due to unprecedented levels ...
Dissatisfaction with President François Hollande’s tenure has spurred on a conservative movement in France. With an embarrassingly low approval rating of 19 percent, Hollande has been a huge disappointment, largely due to unprecedented levels ...
I’m certainly a little late to the party on Ukraine news – leading up to Russia’s bold annexation of Crimea, Ukraine was gripped for months by violent protests after President Viktor Yanukovych pulled out of an association deal with the EU in N...
I’m certainly a little late to the party on Ukraine news – leading up to Russia’s bold annexation of Crimea, Ukraine was gripped for months by violent protests after President Viktor Yanukovych pulled out of an association deal with the EU in N...
If voting booths are any indication, Turks are largely unfazed by their leader’s growing authoritarian streak. Despite months of anti-government protest, a graft scandal implicating Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and an uprising within a facti...
If voting booths are any indication, Turks are largely unfazed by their leader’s growing authoritarian streak. Despite months of anti-government protest, a graft scandal implicating Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and an uprising within a facti...
A short walk away from Rome’s idyllic old town, with its world-famous monuments and high-end boutiques, Rome’s working class and middle class neighborhoods paint a very different picture of the city. The Eur district, a white marble extravaganza ...
A short walk away from Rome’s idyllic old town, with its world-famous monuments and high-end boutiques, Rome’s working class and middle class neighborhoods paint a very different picture of the city. The Eur district, a white marble extravaganza ...
Turkish citizens today have not-so-distant memories of government officials and police breaking into their homes, looking under beds and in sock drawers to collect and burn banned books. For the developed nations of the Western world, the fact that t...
Turkish citizens today have not-so-distant memories of government officials and police breaking into their homes, looking under beds and in sock drawers to collect and burn banned books. For the developed nations of the Western world, the fact that t...
On May 18, 1944, Joseph Stalin forcibly deported the Crimean Tatars in what is known as the “Surgun” (Crimean Tatar for ‘exile’). As the recent international crisis in Crimea escalates, the fate of the Crimean Tatars has been neglected throu...
On May 18, 1944, Joseph Stalin forcibly deported the Crimean Tatars in what is known as the “Surgun” (Crimean Tatar for ‘exile’). As the recent international crisis in Crimea escalates, the fate of the Crimean Tatars has been neglected throu...
“Jew, leave! France is not yours!” This was the rallying cry of up to 120,000 protesters on January 26. The protest, dubbed the Jour de Colère, or “Day of Anger,” was intended to showcase opposition to French President François Hollande...
“Jew, leave! France is not yours!” This was the rallying cry of up to 120,000 protesters on January 26. The protest, dubbed the Jour de Colère, or “Day of Anger,” was intended to showcase opposition to French President François Hollande...
Russian expansionism makes many alarm bells go off in the Western world. When Putin’s forces occupied Crimea on February 27, observers in Europe and America immediately compared the event to the Soviet takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1968, or even to...
Russian expansionism makes many alarm bells go off in the Western world. When Putin’s forces occupied Crimea on February 27, observers in Europe and America immediately compared the event to the Soviet takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1968, or even to...
Long dismissed as the poorest country in Europe, the Republic of Moldova is now on a path towards integration with Western Europe that threatens to tear the country and its population apart. As Ukraine convulses in and out of violence — and possibl...
Long dismissed as the poorest country in Europe, the Republic of Moldova is now on a path towards integration with Western Europe that threatens to tear the country and its population apart. As Ukraine convulses in and out of violence — and possibl...