Authoritarian governments continue to use the Covid-19 pandemic as cover to consolidate political control and restrict human rights. The 2021 Corruption Perceptions...
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Central Europe The European Commission has sent Poland formal notice to pay some 70 million euros in fines for failing to reverse an illegal disciplinary regime for...
Economic growth in Eastern Europe in the near term is projected to be particularly weak, as the region braces for a new surge in Covid-19 cases. Following a strong...
Covid-19 has seen more innovation in digital healthcare than ever before. But are governments and insurers prepared from a regulatory perspective? Since the Covid-19...
Europe’s emerging regions need to look to each other to ensure that their innovative health start-ups get all the support they need. One of the few certainties to have...
Central Europe The European Union’s highest court on Thursday advised that a mechanism linking financial disbursements to respect for the rule of law is compatible with...
In order to cope with the green and digital transformation, the EU member states of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) must focus on innovation. Despite solid growth...
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...
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Tajikistan’s economy has seen more Tajiks than ever before selling up and moving elsewhere: predominantly to Russia. The...
Central Europe Slovakia has imposed a strict lockdown, including a curfew, as it is struggling to curb one of the world’s worst Covid-19 outbreaks. The government...
Portugal endured Europe’s longest ever dictatorship, and yet has one of the continent’s highest Covid-19 vaccination rates. It suggests that an authoritarian...
Waterfalls has delivered continuous education to over one million doctors, physicians, pharmacists, technicians, and specialists from 197 countries throughout the Covid...
Covid-19 hit tourism in the Western Balkans hard, but Gazmend Haxhia, boss of Landways International, one of the region’s leading tourism companies, is confident that...