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Seventy Years of Simply Telling The Truth

In 2022, RFE/RL enters its eighth decade of carrying out a unique and potent vision asked of it by the U.S. Congress in 1950: provide news and information to people who don’t have it, but desperately need it. Throughout, Radio Free Europe has been a trusted voice for those who sought to understand what was happening in their countries, in their regions, and in the world.

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The Inside Story

Mustafa Sarwar On The 2015 Refugee Crisis From An Afghan Perspective

RFE/RL Afghan Service journalist Mustafa Sarwar has published a chapter in the book Refugee News, Refugee Politics: Journalism, Public Opinion and Policymaking in Europe (name of publisher in parens, 2018).

RFE/RL Balkan Service Director Arbana Vidishiqi On Macedonia Name Change

RFE/RL Balkan Service Director Arbana Vidishiqi says it will be a bumpy road ahead for Macedonia and the West following the failure of the September 30 referendum and its promise to put the country on a path to NATO membership.