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Ukraine's Western integration should be our collective success and not as an opportunity to limit the possibilities of the Ukrainian economy and force Ukrainians to accept other people's historical narratives without correction and reflection.

11/09/2023 - A handful of awards have been given out at the event that ran in Riga from 3-8 September

Russia's local and regional elections are the last before next March's presidential vote, when Vladimir Putin is very likely -- but not certain -- to seek yet another term. The ongoing vote may provide clues for the upcoming one.

It's been three months since Ukraine launched its biggest counteroffensive of the 18-month Russian invasion. Advances have been grueling and slogging, and for some Western officials, frustratingly slow. But Ukrainian forces may now be on the verge of a small, but notable battlefield breakthrough.

Political scientist Francis Fukuyama shares his assessment of Russia's war in Ukraine and highlights the implications of a weakened Moscow on Central Asia's ability to shape its own policy. He also discusses the importance of free travel and trade in Central Asia as critical to its development.

30/08/2023 - Un ricco programma di eventi industry, conferenze e proiezioni di film è in programma all'importante raduno di documentari, che si terrà dal 3 al 10 settembre in Lettonia

30/08/2023 - A jam-packed programme of industry events, talks and film screenings is in store at the major documentary gathering, which will run from 3-10 September in Latvia

Yury Harauski, a former member of Belarusian authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s special security forces, is set to face trial on September 19 in a Swiss court for allegedly participating in the abduction of Belarusian politicians in the late 1990s.

Search and rescue teams in Tajikistan discovered the bodies of a woman and her newborn baby, along with two additional victims, on August 30, raising the official death toll from the flash floods that struck the country to 21.

Russia and the United States separately discussed alternatives to the UN-brokered Black Sea grain deal, which fell apart last month after Moscow backed out of the arrangement aimed at allowing the safe passage of Ukrainian exports to world markets.