Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Witnesses Describe Bloody Scenes At Prague University Shooting
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- Witnesses Describe Bloody Scenes At Prague University Shooting
- Runtime
- 1:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A gunman opened fire at a university in downtown Prague on December 21, killing at least 14 people and wounding many others. The shooter was also reported dead following the attack. Professors and students described being caught in the midst of the violence.
#prague #shooting #czechrepublic
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- Relief And Anger After Bulgaria Dismantles Massive Soviet Monument
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Reaction was mixed on the streets of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, as a contentious monument to the Red Army was cut into pieces last week. #bulgaria #soviet #monument
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- Under Russian Fire, A Ukrainian Postwoman Makes Sure The Mail Gets Through
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In a partly abandoned town near Ukraine's front lines, residents live without gas or running water, but they know they can still rely on regular mail deliveries. One postal worker, Hanna Povelkova, wears body armor as she makes the rounds, bringing pension payments to her elderly neighbors.
#ukraine #russiaukrainewar
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- Armenian Soldier Survived 33 Days In The Woods Without Knowing The War Was Over
- Runtime
- 5:15
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- An ethnic Armenian soldier spent 33 days in the woods of Nagorno-Karabakh, foraging for food before finally surrendering. Rafael Hakobian was unaware that the breakaway region's ethnic Armenian leadership had capitulated within 24 hours of a massive Azerbaijani attack.
By @azatutyunradio
#armenia #azerbaijan #karabakh
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- Serbian Opposition Leaders Continue Hunger Strike Over What They Say Were Falsified Election Results
- Runtime
- 1:35
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Two leaders of the opposition coalition Serbia Against Violence are continuing their hunger strike as supporters protested again in front of the offices of Serbia's Election Commission on December 19, demanding the annulment of local election results in the capital, Belgrade.
By @RadioSlobodnaEvropa
#serbia #belgrade
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- Hungary's Orban Claims This Hungarian Community Is Oppressed in Ukraine
- Runtime
- 3:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Ukraine's ethnic Hungarian minority of roughly 100,000 people is concentrated in the western border region around the city of Berehove. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has often claimed this minority is oppressed in Ukraine, a claim Berehove's mayor rejects. Orban cited the treatment of Hungarian minorities in Transcarpathia as one reason he is blocking $55 billion in EU military aid to Ukraine.
By @RadioSvobodaUkraine
#hungary #ukraine #ukrainenews
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- Zelenskiy Says Military Aid Expected Soon, Despite Delays in U.S. Congress
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- At a press conference in Kyiv on December 19, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he expects additional military aid from the United States to arrive soon to help strengthen Ukraine's air defenses, in spite of delays as the U.S. Congress debates an aid package.
#ukraine #russiaukrainewar #zelensky
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- Serbian Opposition Coalition Protests, Says Election Results Were Falsified
- Runtime
- 2:30
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The leaders of the opposition coalition Serbia Against Violence and several thousand of its supporters protested in front of the offices of Serbia’s Election Commission on December 18 demanding the annulment of the local election results in Belgrade.
By @RadioSlobodnaEvropa
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- Kazakh Journalist Runs For The Release Of Opposition Figure Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison
- Runtime
- 2:43
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A Kazakh migrant in the United States has launched a running campaign for the release of prominent Kazakh opposition figure and ultramarathon runner Marat Zhylanbaev, who was sentenced to seven years in prison in November. Yerbol Moldazhanov, 30, plans to run every day until Zhylanbaev is freed.
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- A Bleak Future For Afghans Expelled From Pakistan
- Runtime
- 0:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- #migrants #afghanistan #pakistan
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- Tracking The Fall Of Nagorno-Karabakh
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- #migrants
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- Georgian-Abkhaz War Survivors Revisit Lives Lost
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- #migrants
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- Homeless And Hungry: Afghan Families Face Bleak Winter After Expulsion From Pakistan
- Runtime
- 4:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds of thousands of Afghan nationals have poured into Afghanistan from Pakistan in recent months. Most of the families are homeless and desperate. Many fled ahead of a November 1 deadline for an estimated 1.7 million undocumented migrants to leave Pakistan.
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- Hunger, War, Exile: 17-Year-Old Armenian Student Journalist Tracked How Nagorno-Karabakh Fell
- Runtime
- 5:35
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Ani Balayan spent weeks documenting how an ethnic Armenian family struggled with food shortages during Azerbaijan's blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh. But just as she was completing the project for her journalism studies in Yerevan, Azerbaijani forces overran the territory.
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- Displaced By Georgian-Abkhaz War, Survivors Revisit Lives Lost 30 Years Ago
- Runtime
- 5:36
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The brutal 1992-1993 Georgian-Abkhaz war is estimated to have displaced some 250,000 Georgian civilians. After 30 years, many still dream of returning to the world they fled. Current Time located and filmed the abandoned residences of several displaced families. With travel to the region tightly restricted, the images offer some a rare glance at the homes they left behind in Abkhazia three decades ago.
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- Serbian Opposition Calls For Street Protests, Says Ruling Party Engaged In Election Fraud
- Runtime
- 3:25
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A Serbian opposition coalition has called for the annulment of results in the capital, Belgrade, after President Aleksandar Vucic's ruling Serbian Progressive Party coasted to victories in local and parliamentary elections.
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- Theater Helps Ukrainian Refugee Kids Feel At Home In Slovakia
- Runtime
- 0:57
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
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- Theater Helps Ukrainian Refugee Kids Feel At Home In Slovakia
- Runtime
- 4:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A forest of hands rose when children at a Ukrainian refugee theater group in Bratislava were asked if anyone would speak to RFE/RL. They perform in Slovak and Ukrainian, and they all wanted to show off their Slovak language skills in the interview.
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- Poland's Afghans Say They Face Hardship
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- #migrants
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- While Ukrainians Welcomed, Afghan Refugees In Poland Say They Face Hardship And Exclusion
- Runtime
- 8:37
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- As many as 1,500 Afghans were airlifted to Poland after the Taliban retook Kabul in August 2021, and many say they face economic hardship in the country and are no longer receiving help from the state.
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- Displaced By War, Afghan Sikhs Find Safety But Small Comfort In India
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- #migrants
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- Displaced By War, Afghan Sikhs Find Safety But Small Comfort In India
- Runtime
- 3:25
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Conflict and sectarian attacks have driven almost all of Afghanistan's Sikhs and Hindus from the country. Many have sought refuge in India where they have found safety but face economic hardship and problems acquiring official documentation. RFE/RL met some of the Sikhs and Hindus who have made the journey to India.
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- A Perilous Trek To U.S.Border
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- #migrants
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- Braving Bandits And Drowning, Central Asians Make Perilous Trek To U.S.- Mexico Border
- Runtime
- 22:52
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Asan Bagyshov traveled from Kyrgyzstan to Nicaragua and crossed Central America illegally to get to the U.S. from Mexico. An increasing number of Central Asians are taking this convoluted and dangerous route.
"Our dream is to get American passports. The dreams I was unable to fulfill will be
fulfilled by my children," he says.
An @ozodlik-radiosi investigation discovered dozens of Telegram channels dedicated to discussing the best routes. Some traffickers appear to promise safe passage through Mexico to the U.S. for $19,000.
00:00 - 01:35 Intro
01:35 - 02:35 Crossing Central America: Asan Bagyshov's story
02:35 - 03:24 Penniless and stuck at the Mexican border
03:24 - 03:46 Arrivals in Tijuana
03:46 - 07:21 Talking to human traffickers online
07:21 - 09:14 A journey through the jungle
09:14 - 10:13 Across a perilous river into Mexico
10:13 - 10:58 Asa...
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- Analysis: Ukraine Gets EU Boarding Pass, But It's Not On The Plane Yet
- Runtime
- 2:21
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Hungary can still delay the actual beginning of Ukraine's European Union membership talks following the EU summit, and Budapest may set a high price to unlock EU cash for Kyiv. RFE/RL's Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak explains.
#ukraine #european
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- Serbians Vote In Snap Elections Seen As Referendum On Vucic's Rule
- Runtime
- 1:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Voters in Serbia headed to the polls on December 17 to vote in snap parliamentary and municipal elections, including in the capital, Belgrade. The vote is being closely watched to see to what extent President Aleksandar Vucic's ruling Serbian Progressive Party manages to keep its grip on power.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-elections-voters-belgrade/32734393.html
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- Poverty Drives Women In Central Asia To Become Surrogate Mothers
- Runtime
- 5:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- War has caused a shift in the market for surrogate mothers away from Ukraine and Russia, once global centers for the practice, to Central Asia. Currently, hundreds of women from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan are traveling to Georgia to undergo surrogate pregnancies.
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- Drone Footage Appears To Show Russian Soldiers Using Ukrainian POWs As Human Shields
- Runtime
- 3:09
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Zaporizhzhya's regional prosecutor's office says it will investigate a video that allegedly shows advancing Russian soldiers using Ukrainian prisoners of war as human shields. The video, recorded by a Ukrainian military drone, was obtained by RFE/RL, which has verified the location of the footage.
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- Serbian Activists Protest Russian Court Ruling Against LGBT Community
- Runtime
- 1:53
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Serbian activists protested on December 13 in front of the Russian Embassy in Belgrade in solidarity with the LGBT community in Russia, where the Supreme Court ruled that the "international LGBT movement" was "extremist" on November 30.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-belgrade-lgbt-protest-russia-law-extremist-solidarity-condemn/32730914.html
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- Political Murals Make A Splash In Belgrade
- Runtime
- 2:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Street artist Jana Danilovic uses her work to raise consciousness about issues that may not be "on the community's agenda." She's an activist who has made a colorful impact on the Serbian capital, with artwork dealing with issues such as ecology, marginalized groups, and gender-based violence.
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- Title
- Ukrainians Students On Tour In EU Parliament As Kyiv Hopes For Accession Talks
- Runtime
- 2:43
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- As the EU prepares to consider beginning membership talks with Ukraine, a group of Ukrainian students visit the European Parliament in Brussels. In an interactive game, they play at being their country's first MEPs.
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- 'No One Calls Me Mom Or Granny': Inside A Care Home For Parents Of Srebrenica Genocide Victims
- Runtime
- 4:29
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A center has opened near Srebrenica in Bosnia-Herzegovina to care for aging residents who lost family members in the 1995 genocide in the town. So far, eight women and one man, all older than 80, are using the center.
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- Title
- 'No Jewish Girls': Uzbekistan's Shrinking Jewish Community
- Runtime
- 4:35
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Bukhara, a historic city in Uzbekistan located in the heart of Central Asia, is home around 200 Jews -- the remnants of a once-thriving community. As their population declines, Bukharan Jews are finding it increasingly difficult to find marriage partners.
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RFE/RL is registered with the IRS as a private, nonprofit Sec. 501(c)3 corporation, and is funded by a grant from the U.S. Congress through t...
- Title
- Georgian President Warns EU Rejection Would Aid Russia
- Runtime
- 3:35
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has warned that a decision at a European Union summit this week not to grant her country EU candidate status would have "very bad" consequences. Speaking to RFE/RL's Ray Furlong in Prague on December 12, she said it would play into Russia's hands.
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- Title
- Dancing Iranian Pensioner Spawns Imitators, Riles Regime
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- An Iranian pensioner who published videos of himself dancing has spawned imitators across the country -- but he was reportedly summoned for questioning and his Instagram page was temporarily closed down. Now its popularity has doubled to some 400,000 followers.
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- Title
- Russian Riot Police Raid Gay Club Amid Crackdown On 'LGBT Movement'
- Runtime
- 2:09
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Russian riot police raided an LGBT club in Yekaterinburg less than two weeks after Russia's Supreme Court banned the activities of the "international LGBT movement" --which legally does not exist -- in the country. Dozens of visitors were detained while police recorded their personal information.
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- Title
- Ukrainian Forces Hold Ground Near Bakhmut Amid Russian Offensive
- Runtime
- 2:19
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- "The trenches are sometimes waist-deep in water. We pull our soldiers out, get them dried off, and then they go back out." Ukrainian soldiers are fighting in brutal conditions near Bakhmut, saying they manage to move forward slowly.
By @CurrentTimeTV
#ukraine #ukrainewar #ukrainenews
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- Title
- How A Ukrainian Care Center Hid Children To Prevent Their Abduction By Russia
- Runtime
- 5:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Volodymyr Sahaydak, the director of a center for children’s social and psychological rehabilitation in the Ukrainian city of Kherson, recounts how he and staff came up with a daring plan to get the center's children to safety after Russian forces occupied the city.
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RFE/RL is registered with the IRS as a private, nonprofit Sec. 501(c)3 corporation, and is funded by a grant from the U.S. Congre...
- Title
- Dancing On Wheels: Disabled Armenian Veterans Use Performance To Push Boundaries
- Runtime
- 2:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A group of disabled Armenian veterans has teamed up with a dance troupe to bring an unusual performance to Yerevan: choreographed wheelchair dance. Participants say the project has forged friendships, boosted their spirits, and challenged some of the limited expectations they face in society.
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RFE/RL provides accurate news in 23 countries and 27 languages. We serve as the trusted source of news where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established. We rely on our networks of local reporters to provide what many cannot get locally: uncensored news, responsible discussion, and open debate.
RFE/RL also reaches Russian-speaking audiences around the world via the @CurrentTimeTv digital television network, which has 62 affiliates in 15 countries; 201 distributors in 22 countries; and is available online worldwide.
RFE/RL is registered with the IRS as a private, nonprofit Sec. 501(c)3 corporation, and is funded by a g...
- Title
- Kherson Residents Brace For Winter As Crews Repair Shelling Damage
- Runtime
- 2:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- As Kherson residents brace for winter, emergency services are scrambling to repair artillery damage to roofs and windows. Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has hit this region hard, but home dwellers are determined to rebuild and carry on. Some 33,000 windows were replaced in the last year.
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RFE/RL provides accurate news in 23 countries and 27 languages. We serve as the trusted source of news where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established. We rely on our networks of local reporters to provide what many cannot get locally: uncensored news, responsible discussion, and open debate.
RFE/RL also reaches Russian-speaking audiences around the world via the @CurrentTimeTv digital television network, which has 62 affiliates in 15 countries; 201 distributors in 22 countries; and is available online worldwide.
RFE/RL is registered with the IRS as a private, nonprofit Sec. 501(c)3 corporation, and is funded by...
- Title
- Afghan Freestyle Soccer Master Makes His Play In Iran
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Whether spinning a dozen soccer balls at once or balancing one on a pole while riding a motorcycle, Jamshid Naimi believes he's bound for stardom. For now, he's an Afghan refugee who shows off his freestyle skills on the streets of Iran. But one day he hopes to become famous.
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RFE/RL provides accurate news in 23 countries and 27 languages. We serve as the trusted source of news where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established. We rely on our networks of local reporters to provide what many cannot get locally: uncensored news, responsible discussion, and open debate.
RFE/RL also reaches Russian-speaking audiences around the world via the @CurrentTimeTv digital television network, which has 62 affiliates in 15 countries; 201 distributors in 22 countries; and is available online worldwide.
RFE/RL is registered with the IRS as a private, nonprofit Sec. 501(c)3 corporation, and is funded by a grant from the U.S...
- Title
- Who Was Illya Kyva? Ukrainian 'Traitor' Gunned Down Near Moscow
- Runtime
- 2:17
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Ukrainian law enforcement sources told RFE/RL that the Ukrainian security service "liquidated" a former Ukrainian lawmaker on December 6. Illya Kyva was shot dead in a village near Moscow. An outspoken critic of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, he was convicted in absentia in November of high treason in a court in the Ukrainian city of Lviv. An official in Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine's Luhansk region was killed in a car bomb the same day.
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RFE/RL provides accurate news in 23 countries and 27 languages. We serve as the trusted source of news where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established. We rely on our networks of local reporters to provide what many cannot get locally: uncensored news, responsible discussion, and open debate.
RFE/RL also reaches Russian-speaking audiences around the world via the @CurrentTimeTv digital television network, which has 62 affiliates in 15 countries; 201 distributors in ...
- Title
- Kyrgyz DJs Bring Ancient Sounds To A New Generation
- Runtime
- 4:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Several Kyrgyz artists are now creating new tracks by incorporating traditional Kyrgyz music and national instruments. The adaptation of ancient songs into nightclub music with a Western twist is gaining popularity in the Central Asian nation.
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RFE/RL provides accurate news in 23 countries and 27 languages. We serve as the trusted source of news where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established. We rely on our networks of local reporters to provide what many cannot get locally: uncensored news, responsible discussion, and open debate.
RFE/RL also reaches Russian-speaking audiences around the world via the @CurrentTimeTv digital television network, which has 62 affiliates in 15 countries; 201 distributors in 22 countries; and is available online worldwide.
RFE/RL is registered with the IRS as a private, nonprofit Sec. 501(c)3 corporation, and is funded by a grant from the U.S. Congress through the United Sta...
- Title
- Shocked By Killing Of Kosovar Woman, Hundreds March Against Violence
- Runtime
- 3:03
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds of people marched in Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, on December 5 to demand justice for Liridona Murseli, a 30-year-old woman whose killing was allegedly arranged by her husband. The mother of two was shot in the family car on November 29 in what police first thought was a robbery gone wrong. Investigators later arrested her husband, Naim Murseli, suspecting him of arranging a hit man.
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RFE/RL provides accurate news in 23 countries and 27 languages. We serve as the trusted source of news where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established. We rely on our networks of local reporters to provide what many cannot get locally: uncensored news, responsible discussion, and open debate.
RFE/RL also reaches Russian-speaking audiences around the world via the @CurrentTimeTv digital television network, which has 62 affiliates in 15 countries; 201 distributors in 22 countries; and is available online worldwide.
R...
- Title
- 'This May Become A Tragedy': Bosnians Living Near Coal Mines Fear Illegal Digging, Landslides
- Runtime
- 4:11
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Bosnians living near open-pit coal mines are fearful that vast excavations are destabilizing their land and that digging may be illegally extending under people's property. Mines lay in areas prone to landslides but coal companies maintain they are following Bosnian law.
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RFE/RL provides accurate news in 23 countries and 27 languages. We serve as the trusted source of news where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established.
We rely on our networks of local reporters to provide what many cannot get locally: uncensored news, responsible discussion, and open debate.
RFE/RL also reaches Russian-speaking audiences around the world via the @CurrentTimeTv digital television network, which has 62 affiliates in 15 countries; 201 distributors in 22 countries; and is available online worldwide.
RFE/RL is registered with the IRS as a private, nonprofit Sec. 501(c)3 corporation, and is funded by a grant fro...
- Title
- How Ursula von der Leyen Became The EU's Top China Hawk
- Runtime
- 32:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Ahead of a high-profile EU-China summit in Beijing on December 7, EU leaders are set to press
Xi Jining on a host of contentious issues, ranging from tough trade disputes to China's support
for Russia amid the war in Ukraine. At the center of this tough line coming out of Brussels is European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who has championed reducing the EU's dependency on China and backed tougher trade policies.
But what's behind von der Leyen's views on China and what does it mean for the future of the
EU and China?
On the latest episode of Talking China In Eurasia, host Reid Standish is joined by RFE/RL
Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, who explains von der Leyen's rise and what it means the
deepening competition between China and the EU.
The podcast can also be found on:
Spotify https://shorturl.at/dLPY6
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Sign up for the China In Eurasia newsl...
- Title
- Former Kazakh President Admits To Polygamy
- Runtime
- 1:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In a new memoir, former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has admitted to fathering two sons with Miss Kazakhstan 1999 outside his official marriage. The book, My Life, went on sale on December 1 and has received public criticism in the Central Asian nation.
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We rely on our networks of local reporters to provide what many cannot get locally: uncensored news, responsible discussion, and open debate.
RFE/RL also reaches Russian-speaking audiences around the world via the @CurrentTimeTv digital television network, which has 62 affiliates in 15 countries; 201 distributors in 22 countries; and is available online worldwide.
RFE/RL is registered with the IRS as a private, nonprofit Sec. 501(c)3 corporation, and is funded by a grant from the U....
- Title
- Death Of 14-Year-Old Girl Shocks North Macedonia
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The killing of a 14-year-old girl in what police say was a bungled extortion plot has shocked North Macedonia. The body of Vanja Gjorchevska was found the same day as that of a pensioner who was also reported missing, in what appears to have been a double killing.
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RFE/RL provides accurate news in 23 countries and 27 languages. We serve as the trusted source of news where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established.
We rely on our networks of local reporters to provide what many cannot get locally: uncensored news, responsible discussion, and open debate.
RFE/RL also reaches Russian-speaking audiences around the world via the @CurrentTimeTv digital television network, which has 62 affiliates in 15 countries; 201 distributors in 22 countries; and is available online worldwide.
RFE/RL is registered with the IRS as a private, nonprofit Sec. 501(c)3 corporation, and is funded by a grant from the U...
- Title
- Ukrainian Children's Hospital In Kherson Treats Wounds From Prohibited Weapons
- Runtime
- 3:32
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Doctors at a children's hospital in Ukraine’s Kherson region talk about the types of injuries they have treated since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. They include wounds from flechettes -- steel darts that are prohibited under humanitarian law.
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RFE/RL provides accurate news in 23 countries and 27 languages. We serve as the trusted source of news where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established.
We rely on our networks of local reporters to provide what many cannot get locally: uncensored news, responsible discussion, and open debate.
RFE/RL also reaches Russian-speaking audiences around the world via the @CurrentTimeTv digital television network, which has 62 affiliates in 15 countries; 201 distributors in 22 countries; and is available online worldwide.
RFE/RL is registered with the IRS as a private, nonprofit Sec. 501(c)3 corporation, and is funded by a gran...
- Title
- Anger, Despair After Russia's Supreme Court Outlaws 'LGBT Movement'
- Runtime
- 3:16
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- LGBT activists have condemned a November 30 ruling by Russia's Supreme Court banning the activities of the "international LGBT movement" in the country. There was no defendant in court, as no such organization exists.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-supreme-court-outlaws-lgbt-movement/32710203.html
