Pandora Papers revelations that Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš put 22 million US dollars into shell companies to buy 16 properties in southern France, including a chateau, appear to have cost him a new term in office. When the findings of the...
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Central Europe Poland’s top court on Thursday ruled that the country’s constitution overrides some European Union laws, escalating a conflict over democratic standards...
More than a few political leaders from Central and Eastern Europe have been embarrassed by the Pandora Papers leak. On October 3 the International Consortium of...
Defying international human rights law, Poland carried out unlawful pushbacks of refugees on its border with Belarus, Amnesty has claimed. Its tough stance, however...
Central Europe Romania’s government will face a no-confidence vote in parliament after junior partner USR-Plus resigned from the government on Tuesday. The party’s...
Angela Merkel’s retirement from frontline politics presents a huge opportunity for a charismatic, pragmatic and consensus-focused leader from Central and Eastern...
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš survived a confidence vote in parliament last week, but now faces a potentially more hostile foe in the form of an EU investigation...
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 The CEO of Hungarian airline Wizz Air criticised European governments on Wednesday for barring flights over Belarus in response to the forced landing of a...
Ahead of a parliamentary election in October, Czech PM Andrej Babiš is facing possible charges of fraud. Czech police have once again recommended that the...
Revelations that Russian intelligence was behind a 2014 blast in Czechia could see nuclear energy giant Rosatom lose out on a lucrative deal to upgrade the Dukovany...
Schoolchildren in Hungary and Czechia will be heading back to class, and shops will be reopening. But some feel the relaxation in Covid-19 restrictions is too early. Two...
