Europe
Transcarpathia: next Ukrainian flashpoint?
In Ukraine's eastern region of Transcarpathia, ethnic Hungarians and Ruthenians are agitating for autonomy, with the encouragement of Moscow and Budapest.
Tag: Central Europe
Europe
Will Ukraine ‘go nuclear’? Looking scarier…
As Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk warns of "World War III," Moscow and Kiev mass troops on their shared border, and the US sends more forces to the Baltics.
Watching the Shadows
Gitmo detainees accuse Poland in CIA rendition
Lawyers for two Guantánamo detainees, arguing before the European Court of Human Rights, accused Poland of providing a secret torture site for the CIA's "rendition" program.
Europe
Neo-Nazi pogrom targets Warsaw squatters
On Poland's Independence Day, masked far-right militants rioted in central Warsaw, attacking the city's bohemian district and two squatter buildings run as community centers.
Europe
Anti-fas versus neo-Nazis in Dresden —again
Hundreds of neo-Nazis attempting to march on Dresden to crash commemorations of the 1945 bombardment were blocked by a human chain of thousands of anti-fascists.
Watching the Shadows
Gitmo detainee seeks ECHR ruling on CIA prison
Gitmo detainee Abu Zubaydah asked the European Court of Human Rights to rule on whether Poland violated his rights by hositng a secret CIA prison where was tortured.
Europe
Hungary: political fight over resurgent fascism
Legal action is threatened against Hungary’s far-right Jobbik party after lawmaker Marton Gyongyosi called for an official “list” of influential Jews in the country.