Mask dancers take part in a parade during the the International Festival of Masquerade Games 'Surva' in the town of Pernik.
Rare color photos from the 1980s bring the U.S.S.R.'s "hidden war" to light.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the fourth week of 2019.
From the beaches of the Black Sea to the mountain monuments of communism: This is Bulgaria as you’ve never seen it before.
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president on January 23 as tens of thousands of people took part in protests against socialist President Nicolas Maduro. Some of the nationwide protests have turned violent, reportedly leaving at least four people dead.
Russia has imported 30 T-34 tanks from Laos -- because it needs them for military parades, exhibitions, and making movies. The T-34 is a Soviet tank icon, used in conflicts from 1940 until as late as the 1990s.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the third week of 2019.
Ethnic Georgians and Ossetians have lived side-by-side for centuries in South Ossetia. Their cultures are similar, and both value hospitality and share a love of long feasts.
He was called "the engineer of heaven" for saving a dozen churches from destruction during communist rule in Romania. Civil engineer Eugeniu Iordachescu died on January 4, but he left a lasting legacy on the Bucharest skyline.
After being shelled repeatedly and pushed to the brink of shutdown, the Avdiyivka Coke and Chemical Plant in eastern Ukraine's war-torn Donetsk region is once again running at full capacity.
The southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv celebrated its inauguration as a European Capital of Culture with an opening show on January 12. The city shares the honor this year with Matera, Italy. Plovdiv is the oldest city in Bulgaria and claims to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in Europe.
On January 16, 1969, Jan Palach set himself on fire in Prague in protest against the August 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops.
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