NATO’s next boss, set to be chosen this summer, will need to be just as popular in Brussels as current secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg. One candidate –...
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You can read all of our coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including explainers and articles offering context and background information here...
There may not be a way to fast-track Ukraine’s EU membership, but its formal application is a firm statement of intent. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on...
Ahead of the EU’s Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels, which will take place without representatives of the Minsk regime, Alexander Lukashenko takes...
An underwhelming summit has left the Western Balkans further from EU membership than ever. An ’emergency’ EU-Western Balkans summit, convened by Slovenia...
Georgia’s local elections – scheduled for October 2 – are this year about far more than mayors and local councils. The stakes in Georgia’s upcoming...
What was behind the Georgian government’s decision last month to turn down an EU loan? Georgia’s government has pointed to a high level of economic growth...
The Crimea Platform – held by Ukraine on the 30th anniversary of the country’s independence – demonstrated that the world has not forgotten about...
As the West beefs up sanctions against Belarus, Georgia has begun cooperating with its repressive State Security Committee – still known as the KGB...
Central Europe The European Commission has warned Poland it could face fines if it fails to comply with two decisions by the European Court of Justice over judicial...
Another day, another “non-paper” in the Western Balkans. Hardly had the dust settled on a diplomatic spat between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia over...
Georgia’s political crisis appears to be reaching a peaceful conclusion, although the country’s largest opposition group has yet to sign up an EU-brokered...