NATO Will Return to Iraq

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 24, 2015 Four years after leaving, the U.S.-led western military alliance is planning to renew operations in the country by training officers to help fight Islamic State. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Cold War Heats Up as the U.S. and Poland Discuss Weapons Deployment in Eastern Europe

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 14, 2015 Saber-rattling in response to alleged Russian expansionism is the latest in a series of dramatic breaks from the post-Cold War detente between Russia and the U.S.-led West. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Brain Drain Is Crippling Eastern Europe

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 25, 2015 Ivan Krastev, chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Bulgaria, notes that economic austerity is driving away his country's best and brightest. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Obama’s $1 Billion Offer to Strengthen European Forces Gets Kremlin’s Attention

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jun 4, 2014 In Warsaw on Tuesday, President Obama announced that he will ask Congress for $1 billion to fund a European Reassurance Initiative. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Living Hell Beneath Romania’s Capital

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 25, 2014 In a video companion to a written report filed last week, Britain's Channel 4 News takes viewers beneath the streets of post-Communist Bucharest to a world inhabited by hundreds of men, women and children stricken by drug abuse, HIV and tuberculosis. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Eastern Europe’s Coming-Out Party

Ivo Mijnssen / Truthdig Jul 6, 2012 Ukraine and Poland had to overcome great prejudice and skepticism to pull off the Euro 2012 soccer tournament. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

No Act of Rebellion Is Wasted

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 13, 2010 We may feel, in the face of the ruthless corporate destruction of our nation, our culture, and our ecosystem, powerless and weak But we are not We have a power that terrifies the corporate state . Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Kremlin Ally Wins Ukrainian Presidency

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2010 "Weird" Viktor Yanukovich has won the Ukrainian presidency, exit polls indicate, shifting power in the former Soviet republic to a more pro-Kremlin position after five years of "Orange Revolution" political fervor. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Biden Cautious, Conciliatory in Message to Russia

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2009 Will the Obama administration take a different tack than the Bush team did when it comes to relations with the Kremlin? It's hard to say at this stage, but Vice President Joe Biden has suggested that it's "time to press the reset button and to revisit the many areas where we can and should be working together with Russia." He made the comment Saturday in a speech at a security conference in Germany. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Next Generation of Fascists

Staff / Truthdig Jul 3, 2007 At a rock concert in Zagreb, Croatia, this weekend, a young generation of concert-goers displayed a disturbing nostalgia for fascism. Thousands of fans responded to rock star Marko Perkovic by giving the Nazi salute and shouting slogans from WWII. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

European MP’s Will Probe CIA Jails Claim

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2006 A committee will investigate whether the CIA operated secret prisons in Eastern Europe. | storyAlso, documents show that the U.S. Army may have ended some detainee abuse probes prematurely. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )