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Workers at some of the largest companies in Belarus once again came out on strike on the morning of August 14, joining the many thousands of protesters who are now...
As the Covid-19 pandemic enters its sixth month in emerging Europe, warnings of economic consequences for the world and the region grow louder. According to the European...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Romania’s Banca Transilvania, shareholders in Moldova’s Victoriabank, have said that they are...
There were more protests in Belarus on August 12, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets of towns and cities across the country to demand the resignation...
The message from Belarus is clear: the threat of sanctions against dictator Alexander Lukashenko and leading officials in his regime who rigged Sunday’s presidential...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touched down in Prague on August 11 to kick off a tour of Central Europe. Mr Pompeo’s arrival comes at a turbulent time for both the US...
Where other cities in Romania have progressed enormously in recent years – most notably Cluj in Transylvania, and Oradea in the western Banat region – the country’s...
State repression in Belarus against peaceful protesters calling for a recount of a rigged presidential election is already taking a severe toll on the country’s...
A project to build a ring road around Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, has reached its financial close with a financing package of 585 million US dollars (496...
On the day that Russia said a locally developed vaccine for Covid-19 had been given regulatory approval after less than two months of testing on humans, the European...
Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya (pictured above) was forced to leave the country on August 10, as part of deal with authorities to free her campaign...