Hungary’s current government distances itself from the European Union. But young people share a different mindset. A government billboard reading “Let’s not dance to their tune” is seen with portraits of Open Society Foundation Chair Alex Soros...
Latvian youth are not accustomed to democratic participation. How can they be encouraged? A woman walks by the European Union House in Riga, Latvia 1 June 2024. In Latvian, the writing on the window says, “We put it here, you write it down in your calendar....
It’s been 34 years since the Soviet Union controlled Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. But the Ukraine conflict has people thinking: Are we ready for war? Two photos show Jelgava, Latvia. On the left is Jelgava before World War Two (Credit: The Archive of Jelgava...
In Russia, international press credentials don’t keep journalists out of prison. But how to stop Vladimir Putin from using arrests to spur prisoner swaps? Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, left, stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the First...
Millions in Russia mourn the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny but few do so openly. In Russia, grieving is an act of political defiance. A man holds a poster reading “Freedom for Seva Korolev and all political prisoners” as he comes to pay tribute...