With only 0.5 megabits per second (Mbps), Turkmenistan is the country with the lowest Internet speed in the world.
The European policing agency says Spanish police have dismantled a network smuggling hundreds of Pakistanis into the European Union from the Balkans, cramming the migrants into trucks under “life-threatening conditions.”
The percentage of people who got at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine ranges in the RFE/RL broadcast region from 56 percent in Hungary to about 1 percent in Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
Ashgabat tops this year's list of the most expensive cities for expats, followed by Hong Kong and Beirut, according to Mercer's 2021 Cost Of Living city ranking.
Pakistan and Uzbekistan have exchanged goods through war-torn Afghanistan for the first time. The shipments are part of five planned trial runs aimed at testing the viability of various routes in the region.
According to a recent Gallup survey, only 1-in-4 people in Kazakhstan say they would take a COVID-19 vaccine -- the lowest share among 116 locations that the polling organization surveyed. Here's how other countries compare.
According to a report by the World Economic Forum, COVID-19 and the consequent economic downturn have impacted women more severely than men, and in many countries, partially reopening gender gaps that had already been closed.
With Northern Europe again topping the UN World Happiness Index, Ukraine ranked just 110th, making it the least happy country in Europe.
While they have other human rights challenges, there are only three countries in the world where women hold at least half of the seats in parliament: Rwanda, Cuba, and the United Arab Emirates. This is how other countries compare.
Fifty percent of Moldovans consider climate change an emergency -- the lowest share among 50 countries surveyed by the United Nations.
According to the latest report by Transparency International, which rates countries for corruption, Romania, Hungary, and Bulgaria are the lowest performers in the European Union.
According to a recent report done by the Gallup International Association, about one-third of people in Ukraine and North Macedonia say they are not satisfied with their lives – among the largest shares in 42 locations that were surveyed.
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