Protests in Belarus since a rigged presidential election last August have been characterised by their creativity. So much so that as well as inspiring works of art, the protests themselves have often resembled performance pieces. In the run up to...
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Central Europe Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said on Wednesday that he will not seek to lead the next government after his centre-right GERB party won the most...
The recent arrest and sentencing of members of the Polish diaspora in Belarus are part of a growing campaign of harassment and persecution orchestrated by the...
Central Europe Bulgarians will head to the polls on April 4 for a parliamentary election amid a surge of coronavirus cases and following months of anti-government...
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s unswerving commitment to bringing about democratic change in Belarus, despite being forced into exile and despite the imprisonment of her...
As Belarus celebrates Freedom Day, the country’s opposition is calling for new protests against the country’s dictator, Alexander Lukashenko. The opposition...
Central Europe Polish parcel locker firm InPost this week agreed a deal to buy French logistics giant Mondial Relay for 565 million euros. The transaction, which will be...
Eastern Europe is home to several authoritarian leaders who run repressive regimes: labeling Alexander Lukashenko as “Europe’s last dictator” is lazy, simplistic, and...
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...
Central Europe Polish oil refiner PKN Orlen has signed a contract with US Exxon Mobile under which it will import around one million tonnes of crude oil within a year...
Despite vocal support for the Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the international community has so far failed to ensure the re-run of a clearly rigged...
A museum in Vilnius, Lithuania, has launched an exhibition featuring the work of five female Belarusian photojournalists covering the protests against the Belarusian...
