St. Isaac’s Cathedral is one of the most visited tourist sites in Russia’s old imperial capital, St. Petersburg. The cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage site and has been an important museum since Russia’s 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. More than 3.5 million tourists visit it every year. The local governor…
Poland, the former Eastern Block state behind the Iron Curtain, is leading the charge to reform the European Union. Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo will attempt to enlist German Chancellor Angela Merkel in this effort during Merkel’s visit to Poland next month. The Law and Justice Part of Poland which…
Georgia’s score in the Corruption Perception Index is 57 and is ranked 44th among 176 countries. Georgia remains the leader among former Soviet states, with the exception of the Baltics. The Corruption Perception Index lists countries based on how corrupt the countries’ public sector is. On a scale from 0…