The decisions made by the new Bundestag will determine whether Europe moves toward stronger unity and security, or risks deeper divisions and vulnerability. Germany’s...
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Germany has a new government, and its ambitious plans the deeper integration of the European Union are likely to cause sleepless nights for autocrats eroding democracy...
As a new, potentially China-sceptic government takes office in Germany, Beijing continues to lose friends in Central and Eastern Europe. Slovakia has joined Czechia...
Angela Merkel’s Germany was one of the first countries to recognise Kosovo’s independence, but failed to convince Serbia, and others, to do likewise. After...
After delays, sanctions, and much geopolitical squabbling, the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline connecting Russia and Germany has been completed. What options do Ukraine and...
Central Europe Jarosław Kaczyński, Poland’s deputy prime minister and leader of the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS), this week said that there would be no...
Angela Merkel’s retirement from frontline politics presents a huge opportunity for a charismatic, pragmatic and consensus-focused leader from Central and Eastern...
After two delays, the much anticipated Biden-Zelensky looks set to finally happen on September 1. What will they be talking about? Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...
The Crimea Platform – held by Ukraine on the 30th anniversary of the country’s independence – demonstrated that the world has not forgotten about...
Germany, the largest trading partner for most countries in Central and Eastern Europe and home to millions of people from the region, will hold parliamentary elections...
A number of countries are beginning to realise that Belarus does not mean White Russia. In several European language families, principally Germanic, Baltic and Uralic...
Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv was the first woman to open the Bayreuth Festival. She is now set to become the first female conductor of an Italian opera house. Oksana...
