For many years the independent television Station Rustavi 2 in Georgia has been the beacon for free speech in the country. But in alarming new developments...
After a decade of negotiations, a historic deal was reached in July 2015 on Iran's nuclear programme. The agreement will significantly affect the country and its...
Montenegro's police have been condemned for using teargas to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters outside the parliament building in the capital Podgorica. The ex-Yugoslav republic's main opposition...
The Open Dialog Foundation (ODF) has signalled the latest worrying developments in the case of Mukhtar Ablyazov , Kazakh dissident and the main politicial opponent to...
MEPs say the launch by the EU of an ambitious new trade policy should ratchet up the pressure on countries like Thailand to improve human rights....
Opinion by Denis MacShane After 13 years of leadership by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, two classic right-wing social democrats, pro-business, pro-EU, pro-American and against emotional...
Minister Hsia Li-yan of Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council met with Minister Zhang Zhijun of mainland China’s Taiwan Affairs Office on 14 October, to discuss a wide...