Recent events suggest that Russia’s political regime, forced to tackle certain traumatic reforms, has begun to lose focus. As discussed in a previous report, the social...
Opinion
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The case of activist Lyudmyla Kozlovska, president of the Polish-based human rights NGO Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF), who was expelled from the EU by the Polish...
On September 17, leaders from Central and Eastern Europe gathered in Bucharest to take part at the third Three Seas Initiative (TSI) summit. Jointly led by Poland and...
The Romanian economy is currently enjoying a period of grace. According to the latest information provided by the country’s statistics office, GDP advanced in the first...
Not that long ago, we had the pleasure of analysing not only the progress the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have made toward liberalism [1] with the...
This may have been independent Ukraine’s last calm summer for a while. There will soon be a reckoning with what succeeded and what did not after the revolution of 2013...
The Lithuanian economy has emerged stronger, more competitive and has been able to achieve more balanced growth during the most recent global upswing. However, as the...
The autumn local elections will be an important test of popularity for Poland’s government and opposition parties. Although it is riding high in the polls, they could be...
After a few years of setbacks, European separatists are re-organized, re-energized, and marching across Europe’s fabric of nations. The far-right Sweden Democrats posted...
This was supposed to have been a decisive year for the Western Balkans region on its journey towards EU accession. The strategy paper launched by the European Commission...
The excellent performance of the Polish economy continued during the first half of 2018. The government is proud of the GDP growth of five per cent, accompanied by...
This year’s elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina are unlikely to bring about a fundamental change in the country’s politics, but for the first time they may...