The opposition in Belarus has called for a general strike, after tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the capital Minsk for the biggest rally in the...
Craig Turp-Balazs
Craig Turp-Balazs is the editor of Emerging Europe.
Workers at some of the largest companies in Belarus once again came out on strike on the morning of August 14, joining the many thousands of protesters who are now...
There were more protests in Belarus on August 12, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets of towns and cities across the country to demand the resignation...
Where other cities in Romania have progressed enormously in recent years – most notably Cluj in Transylvania, and Oradea in the western Banat region – the country’s...
State repression in Belarus against peaceful protesters calling for a recount of a rigged presidential election is already taking a severe toll on the country’s...
Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya (pictured above) was forced to leave the country on August 10, as part of deal with authorities to free her campaign...
Belarus is in limbo and set for a wave of nationwide protests following a presidential election which the country’s opposition claims was heavily rigged. The...
Alexander Lukashenko’s goose looks to be well and truly cooked. For the former chicken farmer who has run Belarus with a mixture of tough love and outright repression...
Poland appears to have finally committed to removing coal from its energy mix, although not in the immediate future, and details of how the country will go about phasing...
Emerging Europe talks to Mikołaj Gurdała, innovation manager at EIT Health Innostars, a part of EIT Health focused on Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, a community...
Mother Teresa’s life and the history of Albania – especially its people’s relationship with Roman Catholicism – are intertwined, with the humanitarian icon...
The European Union is alive and well. Earlier this month, Croatia and Bulgaria got the green light from European Union finance ministers to join the European Central...
