This year brought us a new normal. Covid-19 and shelter-in-place mandates have prompted remote environments and more virtual activity across the workplace. As a result...
Opinion
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The number of people in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) who have accessed at least one online service has risen by 15 per cent points since the start of the Covid-19...
For most, elections mean listening to or watching an election campaign, selecting the candidate on election day and waiting for the results in the evening. When thinking...
Georgia has come a long way since the fall of Eduard Shevardnadze in 2003 and the chaos caused by a war with Russia in 2008, pursuing ever-closer economic, social and...
The recent agreement between Kosovo and Serbia, brokered by the US, to normalise economic relations between the two countries fell short of the needed reconciliation...
The long-standing authoritarian leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, is experiencing the most turbulent period of his presidency. After stealing another election...
In July, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated the EU-US privacy shield, which allowed companies to sign up to higher privacy standards before...
The release of second quarter economic figures around the world in recent weeks has confirmed the onset of significant recessions in the major economies of Europe and...
Current events in Belarus could be leading to an outcome similar to that of the 2018 Velvet Revolution in Armenia rather than the 2013-14 Revolution of Dignity in...
Stories about coronavirus-related corruption are springing up like mushrooms. In effort to stem the spread of the virus, many countries declared a national emergency...
The creation of Solidarity is one of the most important events in the history of Poland and the world at the end of the 20th century. It became a moment that changed the...
Much is being said and written about the so-called ‘platform economy’, with many reports and studies highlighting that the majority of jobs will be freelance...
