Schengen membership was only ever part of the solution to solving infrastructure problems in Romania and Bulgaria. Romania in particular needs more motorways. Even the...
Craig Turp-Balazs
Craig Turp-Balazs is head of insight and analysis at Reinvantage.
NATO’s next boss, set to be chosen this summer, will need to be just as popular in Brussels as current secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg. One candidate –...
‘If Putin wanted peace, he would take his soldiers home, and the war would be over. But apparently, he wants to continue the war after a short break.’ Easter...
A 30 per cent annual contraction in GDP is rarely good news, but for Ukraine it represents an important victory. Hardly had Russia launched its full-scale invasion of...
From what a warming region means for Russia’s war on Ukraine to Romania and Bulgaria’s ambitions to join the Schengen area, here are five stories to follow...
Two cities in emerging Europe will be European Capitals of Culture in 2023: Veszprém in Hungary and Timișoara in Romania. The first of the pair to kick off its cultural...
Sometime in 2023, Ukraine will defeat Russia. Here’s our guide to what else we can look forward to in the region next year. Economy & Politics Croatia will on...
From Ukraine’s bravery and resilience in the face of Russia’s brutal aggression to tension on the Kosovo border and in Nagorno-Karabakh, this is our review...
The worst-case scenario for the European Union’s first Mars rover mission has been averted. However, this is the third time that the mission has been delayed. What does...
The UN Security Council has called for an end to an Azeri blockade of the only road linking Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. The sole road connecting the disputed region...
ESG reporting is longer a ‘nice to have’. Consumer demands have made it a must, while EU rules will soon make it an obligation. How will firms in Central and Eastern...
Bosnia and Herzegovina this week became a formal EU candidate, while Kosovo filed an application for EU membership. Neither country will be an EU member anytime soon...