eastern Europe

A manufactured story in Eastern Ukraine. The billboard reads, "We won't forget, we won't forgive," but Antelava says the photo of the girl has been faked.
Conflict
Along Ukraine’s ceasefire line, war is ‘crowdfunded’
A man walks out of a voting booth at a polling station during a parliamentary election in the village of Fiina near Lviv, on October 26, 2014.
Global Politics
Ukraine — or part of it — delivers another pro-Europe election result
Soldiers from the Ukrainian self-defence battalion "Azov" sit at a checkpoint in the southern coastal town of Mariupol on September 8, 2014.
Conflict
Live from the frontlines of Ukraine, it’s an army officer on Twitter
A Ukrainian serviceman fires at pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian town of Ilovaysk, Tuesday.
Conflict
Radio and phone intercepts provide insight into the conflict in Ukraine
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko and Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko react while posing for a group photo during peace talks that started in Minsk on August 26, 2014.
Conflict
As peace talks start, Ukraine and Russia are still pressing for battlefield advantage
A Russian convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine stops along a road in the city of Voronezh August 12, 2014. The convoy carrying tons of humanitarian aid left on Tuesday for eastern Ukraine, where government forces are closing in on pro-Ru
Conflict
Few in Ukraine are buying that Russia is sending a ‘humanitarian’ convoy to their country
Ukraine
Conflict & Justice
Ukrainians will head to the polls this weekend, but will those in the east bother to vote?
Brian Dolphin (in fox mask) and his music group Ukrainian Village Voices. The group went caroling door to door to celebrate Koliada, an ancient pagan tradition in Ukraine.
Lifestyle & Belief
Can we choose our ethnic identities based on random obsessions?
Brian Dolphin (in fox mask) and his music group Ukrainian Village Voices. The group went caroling door to door to celebrate Koliada, an ancient pagan tradition in Ukraine.
Lifestyle & Belief
Can we choose our ethnic identities based on random obsessions?
Ukraine soccer
Sports
Ukraine’s government tells soccer teams they’ll finish their season in empty stadiums
Ukraine soccer
Sports
Ukraine’s government tells soccer teams they’ll finish their season in empty stadiums
Ukraine
Conflict & Justice
How will Russia respond to Ukraine’s military show of force?
Ukraine
Conflict & Justice
How will Russia respond to Ukraine’s military show of force?
Global Politics
Firefights in eastern Ukraine suggest the situation there is growing even more grim
Global Politics
Firefights in eastern Ukraine suggest the situation there is growing even more grim
Global Politics
Why are the troubles in Ukraine unsettling to Americans?
Global Politics
Why are the troubles in Ukraine unsettling to Americans?
A masked armed man, representing Ukrainian special forces, stands guard outside the regional administration building in Kharkiv, April 8, 2014.
Global Politics
The Ukrainian government has taken back control in one eastern city
A masked armed man, representing Ukrainian special forces, stands guard outside the regional administration building in Kharkiv, April 8, 2014.
Global Politics
The Ukrainian government has taken back control in one eastern city
Emil Gallo, a Slovak plumber, stands in front of a Warsaw Pact tank and bares his chest in a gesture of protest during the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Global Politics
In Eastern Europe, the situation with Russia rekindles some very old fears
Emil Gallo, a Slovak plumber, stands in front of a Warsaw Pact tank and bares his chest in a gesture of protest during the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Global Politics
In Eastern Europe, the situation with Russia rekindles some very old fears
Global Politics
Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine may be the next flashpoint in the Russia-Ukraine standoff
A billboard urged people to vote in Crimea's referendum. The poster reads, "Stop fascists everyone, come to the referendum" .
Conflict & Justice
Russia claims fascists are taking control in Ukraine. A former US ambassador says that’s bogus
Donetsk
Global Politics
Could other parts of eastern Ukraine follow Crimea’s path to Russia?
Sevastopol
Global Politics
Uncertainly looms as Crimea creeps closer to secession
Sevastopol
Global Politics
Uncertainly looms as Crimea creeps closer to secession
Crimea, Ukraine
Conflict & Justice
Poland sends distress signals over the Ukraine-Russia standoff
John Kerry in Ukraine
Conflict & Justice
Here’s a look at how the White House and the Kremlin view Ukraine differently
John Kerry in Ukraine
Conflict & Justice
Here’s a look at how the White House and the Kremlin view Ukraine differently
Early Ukrainian diplomacy. The Zaporozhian Cossacks reply to the Sultan of Turkey, by 19th century Russian artist, Ilya Repin. Ukraine has always been vulnerable to more powerful neighbors.
Global Politics
Ukraine’s identity crisis is nothing new
Demonstrators at a rally at Independence Square in Kiev
Global Politics
How did Ukraine get into a tug of war between Russia and the EU?
Development & Education
Corruption in Kiev
Global Hit
Rescuing the Lost Sacred Songs of Georgia
Arts, Culture & Media
Hüsnü Å?enlendirici: Turkish Clarinetist Crosses Musicial Borders
Global Politics
Georgia: Eccentric Billionaire Seeks Helm of Former Soviet State
Environment
Ukraine’s Big Freeze
Global Politics
Turkey cracks down on ‘smut’
Global Politics
Ukrainian parliament resorts to smoke bombs and egg throwing
Global Politics
The conflict in Georgia sends shudders through former Russian satellite states
Conflict & Justice
Eastern Europe’s Bloodlands’
Global Politics
Illegal letters in Turkey
Global Politics
Orange revolution struggles
Conflict & Justice
Partial Russian withdrawal
Global Politics
Cheney reassures Ukraine
Global Politics
Diplomatic activity on the Georgia-Russia conflict
Global Politics
European divisions on Russia and Georgia
Business, Economics and Jobs
Economy draws Ukrainians home
Global Politics
Turkey’s Allawites
Global Politics
Ukraine pursues NATO membership
Global Politics
Georgian troops in Iraq