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Bulgarian Taxpayers Paying For Officials' Cheap Vacations February 24, 2021 10:38 GMT Share share Print SOFIA -- Remnants of a communist-era hotel and resort network that once provided subsidized vacations for millions of Bulgarian workers still exist. But more than three decades after the collapse of communism, the legacy of Bulgaria's Soviet-style "recreation stations" is a perk enjoyed only by public officials and civil service employees. The rest of the country -- Bulgaria's taxpayers -- must pick up the tab for maintaining what is left of the system at a cost of more than $11 million a y...

For now, there is no border post to stop Shurnukh's residents from crossing back and forth between Armenian and Azerbaijani territory. The only indication of the border is a small blue sign recently erected by Azerbaijani soldiers. But Aleksanian can see the flags of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Russian peacekeepers from outside her shop. She says she has sold items to some Russian peacekeepers and would sell to Azerbaijanis or anybody else who comes into the shop to buy something. "Why not? I am a shopkeeper," she told RFE/RL. "What difference does it make for me if they are Armenian, Azerba...

No media source currently available 0:00 0:04:27 0:00 Mad Maps: Kaliningrad: The Tiny Russian 'Ham' Inside An EU 'Sandwich' Seventy-five years have passed since the German city of Koenigsberg and its surrounding area became Kaliningrad, now an odd piece of Russia disconnected from the rest of the country. So how did a German region become a Russian exclave? And what role does it play for Russia today? By Kaisa Alliksaar and Kristyna Foltynova From the effects of the coronavirus pandemic to the brutal crackdown on anti-government protests in Belarus, As chosen by Lucie Steinzova and Kateryna...

Posted by zctph48 | Jul 30, 2018 Described by rights activist Michael Caster as “crimes against humanity,” the targeted persecution of Xinjiang’s Muslim Uyghurs is worsening, and journalists, academics, and politicians are calling for awareness and action. Recent statistics show the region constituted 21% of all arrests in China last year, despite comprising just 1.5% of the national population. In addition, Professor Adrian Zenz demonstrated that “at least several hundred thousand, and possibly just over one million” Uyghurs have been detained in extralegal re-education camps which...