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...
Analysis
Investors are spooked by the National Bank of Poland’s deliberate weakening of the Polish złoty, the impact of Covid-19, and an imminent court ruling that could...
Reform of the Ukrainian defence giant Ukroboronprom points towards a promising future for a potentially important, yet under-performing sector of the country’s...
As Belarus celebrates Freedom Day, the country’s opposition is calling for new protests against the country’s dictator, Alexander Lukashenko. The opposition...
Dozens of Armenians remain in Azerbaijani captivity following the recent fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, with Baku refusing to recognise them as prisoners of war. The...
A writer in Poland faces a possible prison sentence for insulting the country’s president. Polish writer and journalist Jakub Żulczyk, who faces up to three years...
A football team from the Ukrainian town of Rivne is set for an IPO: the first in the country for 15 years. Besides providing a boost for the country’s stock...
There has been a worrying fall in the level of trust that Serbian citizens have in the democratic process, and its ability to bring about change. Serbia’s...
Russian metal producer Norilsk Nickel has announced that it will close its metallurgical plant in the city of Monchegorsk as part of the company’s programme to...
Germany faces increasing internal and external pressure to halt Nord Stream 2, but analysts suggest that cancelling the controversial project could unleash an avalanche...
The complicated, unique and – some would say – dysfunctional – structure of the Bosnia and Herzegovina state makes fulfilling the EU’s pre...
Turkey has withdrawn from the Istanbul Convention, which seeks to prevent violence against women, including domestic violence, and bring an end to legal impunity for...