As a humanitarian crisis grows on Poland’s border, where the government has taken a hard line on migrants, one father had to decide whether to save an ailing baby girl and risk being expelled.
Author: ANDREW HIGGINS
Asylum Seeker at Poland-Belarus Border Faces a Wrenching Choice
As a humanitarian crisis grows on Poland’s border, where the government has taken a hard line on migrants, one father had to decide whether to save an ailing baby girl and risk being expelled.
Lithuania vs. China: A Baltic Minnow Defies a Rising Superpower
Lithuania has enraged China by advising officials to scrap Chinese phones that it says contain censorship software, while cozying up to Taiwan and quitting a Chinese-led regional forum.
Freed From Guantánamo, but Still in Limbo 15 Years Later
Abu Bakker Qassim, a Uyghur from China, was dumped in Albania after the U.S. concluded he was not a terrorist, as Chinese authorities had maintained. The only country that wants him is China.
In Albania, Afghan Refugees Live in Luxury and Trauma
Albania, which has committed to taking in up to 4,000 refugees from Afghanistan, is housing several hundred in resorts on the Adriatic coast.
Montenegro Pledges to Stamp Out a Deadly Trade: Cigarette Smuggling
Investigators and journalists were killed while trying to expose smugglers. Now the country is cracking down on a trade it once protected.
Guarding the Last Likeness of a Loathed Dictator? It’s a Thankless Job.
The image of Enver Hoxha, a feared tyrant, was once everywhere in Albania. His last intact statue is watched over by a partly blind, 80-year-old defender. “Nobody wants him anymore.”
A Pricey Drive Down Montenegro’s Highway ‘From Nowhere to Nowhere’
The Montenegrin leader says that an almost $1 billion Chinese-built highway approved by his predecessor has badly strained the country’s finances.
Solidarity, Once in Poland’s Opposition, Now Aligned With Nationalists
A tug of war over the legacy of the Solidarity movement has much to do with the battle over which direction the country should go today.
Medieval French Coins Unearthed in Poland? A Mystery Begins
Could a scavenger hunter’s find be a part of the lost booty once extorted by Vikings to spare Paris from ruin? A full-scale excavation may tell.