Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well...
Analysis
The Russian news agency Sputnik has closed its office in Estonia after all 35 of its employees resigned following what the agency claims...
Complaining about hours spent in traffic has become a ritual as much a part of a Romanian Christmas and New Year as the eating of sarmale...
The Central and Eastern European region remains “particularly vulnerable” to the influence of authoritarian regimes such as Russia, China...
As Serbia announces major new spending increases, opposition plans boycott of parliamentary election
Facing a parliamentary election in the spring, Serbia’s ruling Progressive party is hoping that new spending plans – which...
Ukraine’s war-torn Donbas region is unlikely to find a road to peace in 2020 unless the country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky...
Emerging Europe crunched the numbers to find out which of the 23 capitals of the region offers its citizens the highest quality of living...
If Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, was hoping to make a dent in Georgia’s booming tourist industry when he introduced a ban...
We started the year with a bang, proclaiming Romania, then led by prime minister Viorica Dancila, unready to take on the presidency of the...
Recent claims made by Russia’s president Vladimir Putin about the causes of World War II threaten “what Europe means”...
Croatia set to assume EU’s rotating presidency at a difficult time for both the country and the bloc
The first week of 2020 is set to be a busy one for Croatia. On January 1, the country assumes the rotating presidency of the Council of the...
The Armenian economy enters 2020 in a strong position, with the financial system stable, upgraded credit ratings, an increase in foreign...
Nearly three months on from a snap general election Kosovo’s main political parties have reached a deadlock in their efforts to form...