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Hungarian Line on Croatia Riles EU Partners

Budapest's decision to break ranks over Croatian accession underlines the fact that it sees itself as an increasingly important player in the Balkans.

Bulgaria: Raw Deal for the Pomaks

Institutional discrimination against Pomaks may be rare, but they still feel the state neglects them.

Bulgaria: Turkish Party Urged to Rethink Policies

Party representing Bulgaria’s Turkish minority is facing calls to broaden its narrow focus on ethnic issues and concerns.

Romania Gets to Grips With Holocaust Denial

Parliament legislates against those who deny Romania's role in the slaughter of European Jewry.

Romania Fears Brain Drain

Too many promising youngsters are heading West in search of better jobs.

Comment: Albania Still Cursed by Corruption

Whoever wins next month's vote needs to do more to turn Albania into a state based on rule of law.

Comment: Balkans' EU Hopes Dented

The demise of the union’s constitutional treaty may have dealt Balkan countries’ membership aspirations a severe blow.

Religious Row Splits Adygeia

A quarrel over a statue reveals deeper political and ethnic divisions between Circassians and Russians.

Azerbaijan Embraces Northern Cyprus

Baku’s overtures towards an unrecognised territory cause controversy.

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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