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Merkel In Kyrgyzstan For 'Historic' Visit

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has held talks in Bishkek with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev at the start of a two-day visit to what is widely regarded as Central Asia's most democratic country.


New U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson arrives at No. 10 Downing Street after being summoned by new British Prime Minister Theresa May in London on July 13.

Turkey's Curious Silence On Boris Johnson's Insulting Erdogan Poem

At first excited about the new British foreign secretary's Ottoman origins, Turkish media still seem to avoid even mentioning his offensive poem about Turkey's president. More

Vladimir Barovic (left) was a rear admiral in the Yugoslav Navy in 1989.

The Montenegrin Admiral Who Refused To Bomb Croatia

On July 13, a Montenegrin naval officer who chose to take his own life rather than obey an order to bombard Croatian cities in 1991 was posthumously awarded a high-level decoration by President Filip Vujanovic. More

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The Last Germans Of Kyrgyzstani
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July 13, 2016
As German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives in Kyrgyzstan, what remains of the once-thriving ethnic German community in the Central Asian republic? (RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service)

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Merkel In Bishkeki
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July 14, 2016
In the first ever visit by a German Chancellor to Kyrgyzstan, Angela Merkel praised the country's democracy after talks with President Almazbek Atambaev.
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Video Merkel In Bishkek

In the first ever visit by a German Chancellor to Kyrgyzstan, Angela Merkel praised the country's democracy after talks with President Almazbek Atambaev.
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Video Afghan Refugees In Pakistan Register For Repatriation

Many hundreds of Afghans lined up in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, to register for assistance to return to their home country. Pakistan has begun tightening restrictions on Afghans living there without documents. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
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Video Canadian PM Trudeau Visits Troops In Ukraine

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Canadian troops on July 12 near Lviv, where they are helping to train their Ukrainian counterparts. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
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Video Memorial In Belgrade Marks Anniversary Of Srebrenica Massacre

Residents of the Serbian capital held a memorial ceremony on July 11, the anniversary of the 1995 massacre of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica. Activists held a banner declaring "We will never forget the genocide." (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
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Video Another 127 Victims Of Srebrenica Massacre Buried in Bosnia

Thousands of Bosnian Muslims paid their respects to 127 victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre whose remains were buried at a memorial near the town.
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Video Kyrgyz Supreme Court Reviews 'Politically Motivated' Conviction

Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court has begun to review the conviction of an activist widely considered by international groups to be a prisoner of conscience. Azimjan Askarov is serving a life sentence on charges of stiring up ethnic hatred and killing a police officer during deadly clashes in Kyrgyzstan.
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Video Thousands March To Remember The Dead Of Srebrenica

About 5,000 people set off on a 110-kilometer-long march to remember the victims of the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica. The procession started on Friday, July 8, from the village of Nezuk in eastern Bosnia, and will arrive in Srebrenica on Sunday. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
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Video Vucic Holds Meetings With Serbian Citizens

Dozens of Serbs gathered at dawn at the government headquarters in Belgrade to have a chance for a face-to-face chat with Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic. At 5:30 a.m. on July 8, Vucic launched a weekly series of "open door" meetings, spending about 10 minutes with each individual who was invited in to see him. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
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Video Russians Protest Loss Of Green Spaces In Moscow

Several hundred environmental activists in Moscow held a rally to protest the loss of green space in the Russian capital. Campaigners said that the reduction of green spaces in Moscow has accelerated, with the equivalent of about 1,000 soccer pitches lost in recent years.
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Video Armenian Protesters Call For Release Of Opposition Activists

Supporters of two jailed Armenian opposition activists marched in the capital Yerevan. In the demonstration on July 7, they called for the release of two of the original members of the opposition movement Founding Parliament, Jirair Sefilian and Gevorg Safarian. (RFE/RL's Armenian Service)
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Video Kerry Reaffirms U.S. Support For Georgia's NATO Ambitions

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on July 6. Ahead of the NATO summit in Warsaw later this week, Kerry stressed the United States' commitment to supporting Georgia's NATO bid. (RFE/RL's Georgian Service)
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Video Muslims In Kosovo Celebrate Eid al-Fitr

Worshipers prayed at the Sultan Mehmet Fatih mosque in Pristina on Eid al-Fitr, the celebration at the end of Ramadan. Eid is observed on July 5 or 6 in different countries in the Muslim world. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
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Video Stuck In Serbia, Refugees Wait For Eid Holiday

Dozens of refugees and other migrants waited for aid in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, during the last days of the holy month of Ramadan. Tightened border control have slowed the flow of migrants through the Balkans, but hundreds are still in Serbia en route to Western Europe.
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Video Kabul Bombing Hits Police Cadets

A deadly suicide attack targeted a bus carrying police cadets as they headed into Kabul. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
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Video Makeshift Shrine In Kyiv To Opera Singer Killed By Sniper

Photos, flowers, and candles were placed on Kyiv's Independence Square after a famous opera singer was killed by a sniper in eastern Ukraine. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
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Video NATO, Partners Begin 'Rapid Trident' Exercises In Ukraine

An annual NATO-led training exercise has kicked off in western Ukraine near the Polish border. The 16th edition of the "Rapid Trident" exercise brings together troops from 11 countries, including NATO members such as the United States, Canada, Britain, and Turkey.
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Video Afghans In Pakistan Protest Detentions, New Visa Restrictions

Afghans at a market in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, shouted slogans against the Pakistan authorities over the detention of some 2,000 Afghans in recent days. Pakistan has set June 30 as the last day that many Afghan refugees will be able to remain in the country legally. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
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Video Armenian Protester Scuffles With Lawmaker

An angry demonstrator faced off with lawmaker and former Prime Minister Hrant Bagratian in Yerevan during a protest over a controversial defense agreement between the Armenian government and Russia. (RFE/RL's Armenian Service)
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Video Pope Francis Hails Armenia’s ‘Christian Identity’

Pope Francis met with the supreme leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Garegin II, at an ancient cathedral in the town of Echmiadzin on June 24. Francis praised Armenia for making Christianity an “essential part of its identity.”
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Video Kazakh Man Facing Eviction Threatens To Blow Up Home

A resident of the Kazakh capital, Astana, threatened to blow up a gas cylinder in a bid to keep city authorities from evicting him from his house, which is slated for demolition. (RFE/RL's Kazakh Service)
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Video Ukrainian Forces Shelled In Attack Near Donetsk

Ukrainian positions in the east of the country came under heavy fire from Russia-backed separatists. An RFE/RL correspondent embedded with Ukrainian government troops in Avdiyivka, near the city of Donetsk, captured footage of the attack on the night of June 22. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)

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Video For Some Russians, Stalin 'Didn't Kill Enough People'

Russia has witnessed the revival of Josef Stalin's personality cult in recent years, with new monuments to the Soviet leader reappearing in cities where they were once torn down. In Novosibirsk, residents are collecting signatures to have their own Stalin monument installed in the city center.

Video 'From A Patriot Of The Earth'

Ramin Mazur is an award-winning photographer born in Moldova to a Ukrainian mother and an Afghan father. Mazur has photographed a region in turmoil, but it's the changing face of his native Moldova that most often captures his lens. (RFE/RL's Moldovan Service)

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