Women are hard to find in the new Romanian government: just one of the 21 cabinet ministers in Florin Cîțu’s executive is female. Erstwhile finance chief...
Craig Turp-Balazs
Craig Turp-Balazs is head of insight and analysis at Reinvantage.
Something smells fishy in Brussels, and it’s not just the cod, mackerel and herring that are ostensibly holding up Brexit trade talks. Could the real blockage be a...
Despite again tweaking Hungary’s electoral system to favour his Fidesz party, a united opposition means that Viktor Orbán will face the biggest threat to his...
Almost 40 years since it was published, there is no more faithful description of communist-era Central and Eastern Europe than Malcolm Bradbury’s brilliant Rates...
The shift to online learning caused by Covid-19 has been a boon for edtech start-ups such as Poland’s Brainly, which has just closed a major new funding round that...
Georgia’s mountains define the Caucasus country and offer a spectacular array of natural wealth. A number of international organisations are now working to ensure...
While it’s still not certain when emerging Europe’s ski season will begin – a consequence of Covid-19 restrictions – the region’s fans of...
Both Azerbaijani and Armenian forces committed war crimes during recent fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, Amnesty International has said, after verifying videos showing the...
It’s not the relative success of a radical populist party that threatens democracy in Romania, but the rejection of its existing political class. Fewer than a...
Minsk on December 6 was a familiar sight for anyone who has been following events in Belarus since a rigged presidential election was held in August. Widespread...
Exit polls point to narrow victory for former ruling party, but it is unlikely to win enough seats to form a government. The Social Democratic party (PSD) has won a...
A phenomenal year for a phenomenal cyclist ends with the sport’s most prestigious award. Slovenia’s Primož Roglič (pictured above) has been named as cyclist...