Anti-corruption activist and environmental campaigner Zuzana Čaputová has been sworn in as Slovakia’s first female president. “I’m not here to rule, I’m here to...
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Two years ago a new Hungarian law which severely limited the activity of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) made international headlines. Since then, reduced funding...
Exactly one year ago the Hungarian Academy of Sciences received an email from the country’s ministry for innovation and technology regarding a new law that would...
Despite an economic slowdown in the euro area, the Serbian economy delivered its highest growth rate in a decade in 2018. The strong GDP growth rate of 4.3 per cent in...
Albanian President Ilir Meta (pictured above) has called off local elections set for June 30, while the government, led by prime minister Edi Rama, has accused him of...
The Servant of the People Party, led by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, has presented its lead candidates for Ukraine’s snap parliamentary elections on...
While English football teams Arsenal and Chelsea both complained vehemently last month at being forced to play their Europa League final in the Azerbaijani capital Baku...
The highly anticipated European elections have brought mixed results for populist parties in Central and Eastern Europe. Romania’s ruling Social Democrats suffered a...
Compared to other Central European countries, Czechs are not used to joining street protests in great numbers. So the fact that ten of thousands of people took part in...
At least 120,000 people gathered in the Czech capital Prague on June 4 to demand the resignation of the prime minister, Andrej Babiš. It was the largest demonstration in...
June 4 is an important day for Poland and Europe. Thirty years ago today the process of the peaceful fall of communism began in Poland when the first partially free...
The European Commission has confirmed that Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is in a conflict of interest over EU funds paid to his company Agrofert. Opposition party...