Will the European Union survive the crisis? In recent years, the European Union has encountered a number of unprecedented challenges that put it in a difficult position. Experts are concerned about the influx of migrants, Brexit in the UK, a wave of populism and nationalism, a rise in ultra -right and EuroSrkeptics. Existing challenges are largely changing united Europe, perhaps even providing it with a new resource for development.

Archival project "Radio Liberty this week 20 years ago." The most interesting and significant from the Archive of the Radio Freedom of twenty years ago. Incomplete story. Still living hopes. Could Russia go the other way? Sell absolutely everything to anyone? - The secrets of the success of sellers. Tell Jacques Verta and Hal Becker - sellers -veterans, Grisha Andreev - a young successful seller, as well as American buyers. Author and presenter Marina Efimova. Air February 25, 1999.

The Gulag History Museum prepared for the publication a book of drawn stories "You are living." The basis was the interview with the victims of the Stalinist repressions. The project is primarily addressed to adolescents and young people. According to statistics , in Russia, about half of the respondents aged 18 to 24 people do not know anything about the state terror of the 1930-1950s. The book "You are living" now exists in electronic form.

Thirty years since the collapse of the socialist bloc. "Velvet revolutions" of Central Europe through the eyes of the young generation Was 1989 in Europe historically inevitable? What political events prepared him? What do young people who were born in the early 90s know about the events of the 89th? How did their families perceive anti -communist changes and how did they participate in the civil activity of their countries?

The showman and producer Vladimir Zelensky leads in the first round of the presidential election in Ukraine. According to the Central Election Commission of the country, after processing almost 43 percent of the ballots, he gained 30.2 percent of the vote. The current President Petro Poroshenko has 16.7 percent. Such a significant gap makes Zelensky a favorite in the presidential race. Radio Liberty talks about the main events of the first round of voting.

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The current president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has a chance to get into the second round of voting. In politics, he is already over 20 years old, the last 5 years - as the head of state. Moments of the political career of Poroshenko are captured in this photo gallery.

The Soviet Union conducted nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk training ground in Kazakhstan 40 years. Report on how people now live in polluted territories near the training ground The Semipalatinsk training ground in Kazakhstan is 40 years old, from 1949 to 1989, was the place of testing of Soviet nuclear weapons.

Surgeon tools Recently, the Novgorod doctor Alexander Kletsksky told on social networks how he operated on a deep cut in the field last summer. The next day, he became a local celebrity, and then received the reprimand of the Ministry of Health of the Novgorod Region for an operation outside the walls of a medical institution. It turned out that real district and official medicine live in parallel worlds. Alexander Klesko went freely in 1991.

Zuzan Chaputov, a lawyer and an opposition activist, was elected president of Slovakia. In the second round of the elections, which was held on Wednesday, she gained more than 58 percent of the vote, ahead of the deputy head of the European Commission Marosh Shefchovich supported by the ruling party. Shefchovich has already congratulated the opponent on the victory. More than 1 million people gave a voice in support of Chaputov. She became the first woman - the president of Slovakia.

Yulia Tymoshenko, according to polls, has a chance to enter the second round of voting in the presidential election. These photographs tell about its supporters and family about her supporters and family.

Petro Poroshenko on the site The turnout in the election of the President of Ukraine by 15 hours local time (coincides with Moscow) exceeded 45 percent. This follows from the information of the Central Election Commission based on data from 186 of 199 territorial commissions. This is slightly more than in the elections 5 years ago, when the final turnout was about 60 percent. The most active voters of the Dnipropetrovsk region are the most active, in the west of Ukraine the turnout is lower.

Turkish President Recep Erdogan stated that his ruling party won “a large margin” in the municipal elections, which were held in all provinces of the country on Sunday and inflicted, as he put it, “a blow to those who intended to put Turkey on their knees”. Erdogan spoke after the public media publication of preliminary voting results. According to these results, the ruling party gained 45 percent of votes of voters, but lost the place of the mayor of the capital of Ankara.