A lighthearted suggestion by a U.S. envoy hoping to bridge a vast rift between Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo has taken on a life of its own — only to be ridiculed by local residents on both sides.
Author: ANDREW HIGGINS
Police in Malta Say Arrests Are Complete in Journalist’s 2017 Murder
The force’s commissioner said everyone believed to be involved in the car bombing that killed Daphne Caruana Galizia was in custody. But a motive remains unclear.
Polish Court Orders Scholars to Apologize Over Holocaust Study
In a partial victory for nationalists, a libel case ended with two scholars ordered to make a public apology for saying a wartime Polish mayor was complicit in Nazi crimes, but not to pay damages.
A Massacre in a Forest Becomes a Test of Poland’s Pushback on Wartime Blame
Two researchers are on trial for writing that a Polish mayor was complicit in a massacre. Critics say the government is trying to emphasize Polish suffering in World War II and downplay complicity in Nazi crimes.
Estonia’s Prime Minister Steps Down Under a Cloud
The resignation of Juri Ratas in a scandal involving pandemic relief loans is an unusual hiccup in a buttoned-down country.
The Art of the Lie? The Bigger the Better
Lying as a political tool is hardly new. But a readiness, even enthusiasm, to be deceived has become a driving force in politics around the world, most recently in the United States.
In Washington Riot, Echoes of Post-Soviet Uprisings
In Moscow in 1993, Eastern Ukraine in 2014, and now the U.S. Capitol, there have been a similar dress code and display of banners backing seemingly lost causes.
New Data Triples Russia’s Covid-19 Death Toll
The statistics agency said 230,000 more people died through November of this year than did in 2019, a hike attributable to the virus. Russia could jump to third among countries by number of Covid deaths.
Amnesia Grips a Bosnian Spa That Served as a Rape Camp
A forest health resort promotes its therapeutic waters and fine dining but bristles with anger at any mention of its gruesome past.
Under a Divisive Peace, Wartime Rifts Hobble Hope in Bosnia
The Dayton Accords, which ended fighting in the country 25 years ago, created a dysfunctional system that put power in the hands of politicians stoking ethnic division.