Whereas the UK’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, has been able to use his own illness and the birth of his sixth or seventh child (nobody appears to know the exact...
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There is a lot to like about the Tbilisi metro. For a start, the colourful card used to access to the system (and Tbilisi’s buses) is enormously pleasing on the...
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...
Just a couple of short months ago, Poland’s presidential election was seemingly routine, with the incumbent Andrzej Duda set to face a mixed bag of opposition candidates...
There is no exciting way to start this story. Let’s just face the quarantine truth. Millions of people like me around the world are bored to their core. Yes, my shelves...
Mexico ‘86 says the blue T-shirt I am putting on. I am not a huge football fan – I know the World Cup ended about a month ago with Argentina beating West Germany...
Ştefan Kovács is one of the greatest soccer coaches who ever lived. Unfortunately, few of today’s young Romanian football fans have ever heard of him. Winner of...
The Western Balkans still haven’t forgotten their bloody and violent conflicts of the 1990s. Reconciliation, understanding, trust, and overcoming past trauma still seem...
The European Commission has announced 3.3 billion euros of European Union financial support, mobilised jointly with the European Investment Bank, for the Western Balkans...
Lockdowns are gently being eased across emerging Europe, not least in Lithuania which this week started reopening cafes, bars and restaurants, albeit under very strict...
One of the few certainties to have emerged from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is the simple fact that the most serious health crisis in a generation cannot be...
The European Public Prosecutor Laura Codruţa Kövesi has been named as Emerging Europe’s Public Figure of the Year. Currently the head of the European Public Prosecutor’s...