Kathleen Moore is the director of RFE/RL's Central Newsroom.
In Boston, east England, it's as easy to find Polish pierogi as haslet, the local pork meat-loaf specialty. The most Eastern European town in the U.K., it's also the ideal place to explore the Brexit hot-button issue of immigration.
A Brexit would place Northern Ireland along the United Kingdom's only external land border with the EU. Many along that currently invisible dividing line worry it would hit cross-border trade -- and there have even been warnings it could endanger the peace deal that ended the province's long years of sectarian violence.
Many families are split on whether Scotland should say "yes" to independence or whether it's "better together" as part of the United Kingdom. Ahead of the September 18 referendum, RFE/RL correspondent Kathleen Moore spoke to one couple in Aberdeen agreeing to disagree.
Voters in Scotland are poised to decide whether to bring to an end a more than 300-year-old political union and leave the United Kingdom in a September 18 independence referendum vote that looks likely to go down to the wire.
Whether Scotland becomes independent or not will rest in part on the votes of some 160,000 nationals from other European Union countries who are resident there. That includes tens of thousands of Poles -- some of whom have been actively campaigning for a "yes."
On September 18, voters in Scotland will decide whether to stay in the United Kingdom or split off as an independent country. Here are nine things to know.
1989 was the year in which Vaclav Havel went from jailed dissident to revolutionary leader to president. Twenty years on, we profile the leading figure of then-Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution.
As part of RFE/RL's series on the revolutions of 1989 that toppled communism in Central and Eastern Europe, RFE/RL visits one Czech family to hear how they remember 1989 -- and how they feel today.
Mobile phone and Internet growth has remained strong despite the global economic crisis -- and one of the fastest-growing areas is Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union. That's according to a new report by the UN's trade body.
As U.S. Vice President Joe Biden begins his travels through Central Europe, arguably the region's loudest voice for strong trans-Atlantic ties, former Czech President Vaclav Havel, is up-front with RFE/RL about what he expects to hear: a clear vision of American policy for the region.
In the autumn of 1989, Vaclav Havel emerged as the leader of Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution, addressing huge crowds on the streets and leading the talks that within weeks ended communist rule. As the Czech Republic celebrates the 20th anniversary of those events, Havel looks back at the transition to democracy.
Gold prices have reached another record high today. But gold isn't the only glittering prize among commodities -- the prices of many, from oil to copper and sugar, have soared this year.
$3.4 trillion. According to the IMF, that's the likely extent of total losses arising from the global economic crisis. Staggering though the figure is, it's actually lower than the International Monetary Fund's last estimate.
As G-20 leaders prepared to gather in Pittsburgh, critics focused on the perceived risks of "ceding ground to protectionist pressures." Experts suggest that more "sand in the gears" appears inevitable.
G-20 leaders will meet this week for their third summit since the onset of the global economic crisis. This time they hope to come up with new rules to prevent a repeat. High on their agenda -- curbing bankers' bonuses and making banks stronger.
They're not quite popping open the champagne yet. But in the last few days, top policymakers from some of the world's big economies have been giving markedly upbeat assessments. So, is the global recession coming to an end?
The U.S. dollar has fallen to its lowest level against the euro this year at around $1.45. At the same time, gold has risen to above $1,000 an ounce. The dollar slide marks a reversal of what happened a year ago, when the financial crisis prompted investors to "flee" to the safety of the dollar.
Despite the global economic crisis, migrants sent a record amount of cash home last year, according to a new UN report. But the report also says that after growing for nearly eight years, migrant remittances are now falling, and that they could drop 5-8 percent this year.
In some countries, data on economic output can be patchy, unreliable, or nonexistent. But a new study suggests there's another way to measure economic growth -- by looking at night-lights data from satellites.
First came the crisis, then the recession. Now there are signs a number of the big world economies could be on the mend. But even once a recovery takes hold, one thing of close concern to ordinary people is likely to get worse – unemployment.
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