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Concerns over rising prices and the loss of a national symbol – the lev – have spread across Bulgaria following the country’s entry into the eurozone on Wednesday.

In 2025, we reported on war and displacement, culture and climate, power and pushback. Our journalists followed conflicts, questioned politics, unpacked new technologies and listened to people living through change. Some stories were hard reads. Others offered hope, humour or human grit. These are our top picks from the year…

Many young Africans who have studied in Europe are turning the dream of returning home to build a career or start a business into a reality. RFI spoke to Pierre Djemis, who organises forums in Abidjan and Paris to connect these repatriates with new opportunities, and with each other.

Following the reelection of President Alassane Ouattara on 25 October, Côte d'Ivoire is heading back to the polls – this time to elect the 255 members of the National Assembly.

The exhibition "Textile Matters" at the Mobilier National arts and crafts institution in Paris tells the story of how the textile histories of India and France are interwoven. This 400-year cultural exchange has influenced fashion, interiors and weaving traditions in both countries. RFI spoke to Mayank Mansingh Kaul, a textile…

Several families in Senegal say that a number of young people from the north of the country have been held captive in Ghana for several weeks. Lured by the prospect of work visas for Canada, they allegedly fell into the hands of a criminal network. RFI spoke to one of…

France has called Algeria’s adoption of a law declaring French colonisation a “state crime” a “hostile act", warning that it undermines efforts to restore dialogue amid an ongoing diplomatic crisis between the two countries.

Human rights groups and governments around the world have condemned the conviction of Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, who was found guilty on all three charges in his national security trial this week. RFI spoke to his son Sebastien Lai, who called on France and other democracies to…

Once relegated to secondary status in the modern art world, handicrafts are making a comeback. In Morocco, a new generation of artists are reworking inherited techniques using recycled and natural materials, giving old practices new meaning.