In this week's briefing, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak drills down on two issues: Montenegro edging closer to the European Union; and more sanctions on Russians for the deportation of Ukrainian children.
In this week's briefing, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak drills down on two issues: more EU sanctions on Russia, and the US pressuring EU countries to allow Belarusian potash exports.
You are listening to the audio version of the Wider Europe newsletter, published on May 5, 2026, read by an AI-generated voice of RFE/RL's Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak.
In this week's Wider Europe newsletter, Rikard Jozwiak drills down on two issues: Why the EU isnβt naming a Russia envoy and the upcoming EU-Moldova summit.
In this week's briefing, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, drills down on two issues: the terrorist threat Russia poses to the EU, and Brusselsβ expanded mission to Ukraine.
Leaders from throughout the EU and other countries met in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, on May 4 for the the eighth summit of the European Political Community.
In this week's briefing, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak is drilling down on two issues: a damning rule-of-law assessment for Serbia and the latest Franco-German EU enlargement proposal.
The Armenian capital, Yerevan, will get a rare opportunity to be the center of global attention when dozens of world leadersΒ -- and the NATO chief -- gatherΒ in the south CaucasusΒ forΒ two European-led summitsΒ beginningΒ thisΒ week.Β