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Dutch resistance is widely blamed for keeping Bulgaria and Romania out of Europe's border-free zone despite EU institutional acknowledgment that they're "more than ready to join."

Iran's judiciary has charged a man with setting fire to a trash can with "waging war against God," an offense that is punishable by death.

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 45th week of 2022 from around RFE/RL's region.

Russia has erected hundreds of tents at three new encampments in Belarus, satellite images obtained by RFE/RL show. Is it an indication that a new invasion into Ukraine from Belarus is in the offing? Or something else?

The folks at Food Network have done some in-house testing of store-bought stuffings.

The folks at Food Network have done some in-house testing of store-bought stuffings.

A Belarusian court has sentenced a businessman to 15 years in prison for administering more than two dozen social media chats on protests that followed a disputed presidential election in August 2020 that saw authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka claim a sixth term in power.

Oraz Vazirbekov, a Tajik activist, has been sentenced by a court in Dushanbe to 16 years in prison for extremism and calls on social media to overthrow the constitutional order.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of violating a truce along their tense border ahead of another round of talks between the two rivals. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told Ukrainians to brace for potentially more Russian military strikes on the country’s already damaged energy infrastructure as the mayor of Kyiv told residents of the Ukrainian capital to consider leaving temporarily if the city lost power and water.