The Movement of Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OL’aNO), a centre-right populist party led by Igor Matovič, a millionaire and former news business owner...
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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...
Few cities in emerging Europe have changed as much over the past three decades as the Albanian capital Tirana. At first, the transformation was chaotic: hundreds of...
The global environmental organisation Greenpeace has recognised Lithuania’s Utenos trikotažas as the first – and so far the only – textile company in...
Belgrade is a city famed for its nightlife and laissez-faire approach to partying. Now, the Serbian capital is also a home to a nascent but thriving drag scene. It’s...
The Witcher has quickly filled in the space HBO’s Game of Thrones left behind: the first season of the medieval-inspired fantasy series premiered on December 20...
Kosovo has offered to partially lift a 100 per cent import tax on goods from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina from March 15, and fully lift them on April 1, the...
It was one of the biggest media deals ever seen in emerging Europe, but it may now become the subject of a US Treasury investigation. Last October, Central European...
In recent years, the European Union has seen its future be capsized by internal and external pressures, through the rise of populist movements, the US push for...
Slovak voters head to the polls on February 29 to elect 150 MPs to the National Council, the country’s parliament, under a proportional election system that will have...
Pressure is mounting on EU leaders to agree on the bloc’s next seven-year budget, a framework crucial for most economies in emerging Europe. A special summit on February...
Bulgaria’s finance ministry has announced plans to launch the first regulatory technology (regtech) sandbox in the Balkans. Vladislav Goranov, the country’s...