Director Agnieszka Holland’s latest film, The Green Border, is not to the liking of Poland’s ruling party. This week I have been in contact with the Emerging...
Analysis
Slovakia has had three governments in as many years and will soon have another, with elections just over three weeks away. But this time, the country’s democracy and...
Five years after Armenia’s pro-European colour revolution, disappointment with Russia as an economic and security partner is higher than ever. Nonetheless, European...
From immigration to free laptops for schoolchildren, ahead of an election in October, Poland’s government is happy to talk about anything except the country’s stuttering...
Immigration from Asia is making Romania’s capital increasingly multicultural and might offer a solution to the country’s demographic crisis. So far, immigration has not...
A lack of awareness about a specific location can be a real obstacle to investment, and for the firms already located there, to international growth. Trade missions can...
A pro-Russian junior partner in Serbia’s government has proposed the country join BRICS—amid that organisation’s enlargement—instead of the European Union. As of now...
Kyrgyzstan’s government hopes an entirely new city on Lake Issyk-Kul will increase foreign investment, boost tourism and offer skilled Kyrgyz well paid jobs. With...
Children across Ukraine are showing signs of widespread learning loss, including a deterioration in learning outcomes of the Ukrainian language, reading and mathematics...
Three and a half years after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Azerbaijan’s land borders remain closed. The personal and economic costs are mounting. On August...
EU Council President Charles Michel this week offered membership hopefuls plenty of sweet talk, but little substance. The bakery at the Park Hotel in the Slovenian...
Hungary excepted, Central and Eastern Europe is eager to end its reliance on Russia for nuclear fuel and technology. Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy...
