You are listening to the audio version of the Wider Europe newsletter, published on April 29, 2025, read by an AI-generated voice of RFE/RL's Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak.

Ukraine's strategic town of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region remains one of the most embattled places on the front line.

Romanians voted to choose a new president, nearly six months after the election's first round was abruptly canceled amid ...

Romania’s last presidential election was canceled in December when it was deemed that the winner had benefitted from Russian ...

March, the United States has struck over 1,000 Houthi targets in Yemen in a bid to curb attacks on Red Sea shipping and ...

Dozens of Ukrainian journalists have been killed since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Amid death, torture, and ...

Mariam Nikuradze holds the record among Georgian journalists for fines received while covering daily protests amid an ...

After months of fraught negotiations, and a near total rupture of US support, Kyiv and Washington have finally signed a deal ...

Rock band R.E.M. released a never-before-heard remix — “Radio Free Europe 2025” — in tribute to RFE/RL, at a time when ...

Mariam Nikuradze holds the unofficial record among Georgian journalists for fines received while covering daily protests amid ...

Moscow launched air strikes against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight on May 3-4, hitting civilian sites in the capital and injuring at least 11 residents, including multiple children, ...

This edition of the Farda Briefing looks at the potential economic impact of a massive explosion at Iran’s Shahid Rajaei port ...