The U.S. State Department has issued its annual report on human trafficking in 170 countries, citing Iran and Moldova as among those with the worst records of fighting the problem.
Belarus has done little to shake off the shackles of the Soviet system. But change is in the air, with many of the country's assets up for grabs.
PRAGUE -- It's been almost two decades since most of Eastern and Central Europe peacefully disentangled itself from the failing ideology of communism. But not everyone is content to let the repressions and injustices of that era slip quietly into oblivion.
Is Moldova moving back into Russia's embrace? After years of tentative moves toward the West, it appears so. This week, the outlines of a deal have emerged that would resolve the long-standing Transdniester conflict and at the same time keep Chisinau in Moscow's orbit.
Initial reactions to the Eastern Partnership initiative put forward by Poland and Sweden suggest the East is edging out the South in a struggle for recognition among the bloc's neighbors.
Alyaksandr Lukashenka this year had a golden opportunity to free all political prisoners in Belarus and take an important stride toward improving the country's standing in the West. But he turned it down.
Amnesty International is calling on governments worldwide to commit themselves again to observing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The organization, which has just released its 2008 annual survey of human rights conditions, makes the call as the world marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark UN declaration.
BRUSSELS -- The European Union's external relations commissioner has said that the EU will soon address ways of bringing its relationship with Moldova forward.
After an unusually long and heated campaign, Kyiv residents have chosen a mayor from among about 70 candidates on a list so long that the ballot paper measured about a meter in length.
An new initiative seeks to reinforce the bloc's ties with its eastern neighbors -- with a view to putting at least some of them on the path to membership.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia is building a new oil pipeline that will bypass Belarus en route to Europe.
Washington has called Belarus's expulsion of 10 U.S. diplomats an "unwarranted and unjustified" action. The spat has cast a pall on the future of U.S.-Belarusian diplomatic relations.
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