Devastating wildfires have engulfed large swaths of land across the Balkan peninsula, with most countries in the region affected. While multiple Balkan states have...
Analysis
Enough of the silliness. Neither Poland nor Hungary will ever leave the European Union. Nor, as we have explained on numerous occasions, can they be kicked out. It’s...
Could hosting a banned Iranian dissident group compromise Albania’s security? Some 30 kilometres west from Albania’s capital Tirana, nestled between a...
It’s now more than a year since Beijing officially opened a new transportation corridor that connects China with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, but it remains far from...
The work of former EBRD chief Sir Suma Chakrabarti and groundbreaking scientist Katalin Karikó is recognised as part of Emerging Europe’s latest awards programme...
Originally dubbed Mini-Schengen, a Western Balkans economic collaboration initiative now known as Open Balkans will offer free movement across Serbia, Albania, and North...
As traditional waste destinations such as China close their doors to EU rubbish, the bloc’s richer member states are looking to those in the east. The result – a huge...
At the last minute, Montenegro last month successfully paid the first instalment of a one billion US dollars loan owed to Exim Bank of China, a loan that threatened to...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Environmental groups fear that new Romanian legislation threatens Europe’s largest population of bears. When news emerged in May that a Liechtenstein prince had been...
Poor enforcement of environmental legislation, combined with climate change, has put the Dnipro river on the brink of an ecological disaster. Every summer, the “beaches”...
Covid-19 vaccination rates in many parts of Central and Eastern Europe remain low. Not only does this make those countries vulnerable to new waves of the pandemic, it...
