I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I am drilling down on two issues: the EU getting legally creative on Russia sanctions, and widening the scope of its visa liberalization ...

You are listening to the audio version of the Wider Europe newsletter, published on April 15, 2025, read by an AI-generated voice of RFE/RL's Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak.

Extending sanctions against Russia has been one of the most pressing issues for the EU, especially this year. And Hungary's ...

"I've seen a lot in my life. I'm happy to be alive," says Pavlo Martsenyuk, a Ukrainian soldier who lost his sight in a mine explosion near the frontline city of Pokrovsk. With the support of his ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has begun a regional tour of Southeast Asia as Beijing looks to win over governments in the region and across Europe that are looking to balance their reliance on Washington ...

People laid flowers to remember victims of a deadly Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy. At least 34 people were killed and 117 were injured in the April 13 attack that came ...

"I've seen a lot in my life. I'm happy to be alive," says Pavlo Martsenyuk, a Ukrainian soldier who lost his sight in a mine explosion near the frontline city of Pokrovsk. With the support of his ...