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...
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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...
An unexpectedly decisive European Parliament election victory gave Poland’s right-wing ruling party a major boost ahead of the more significant autumn...
Slovakia’s ruling party Smer has asked its leader Robert Fico (pictured above) to step down. The call follows the poor performance of the party in last...
Ukrainian MPs have rejected a resolution that would have given parliament’s consent to the resignation of the country’s prime minister Volodymyr Groysman. Of the...
In its latest assessment report looking at the implementation of reforms in the Western Balkans, the European Commission has recommended that the European Union should...
The Movement of New Forces party led by former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has announced that it will run in Ukraine’s snap parliamentary election on July 21...
Corruption remains at the centre of attention when it comes to the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe. While some countries have become synonymous with...
The newly-installed Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has issued a decree reinstating the citizenship of former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, who...
Marking the first Air Cargo Day, Budapest airport has signed an agreement with China’s Henan Civil Aviation Development Investment and Co, in order to strengthen the...
Romania’s highest court, the ICCJ, has upheld a 2018 corruption conviction against Liviu Dragnea, the leader of the country’s ruling party, the PSD, and de facto...
Results from across the emerging Europe region suggest that with the notable exception of Hungary, where Fidesz won by a landslide, broadly pro-European parties have...
Since the fall of communism, despite notable economic successes (think of the Peugeot-Citroen plant in Trnava, Slovakia or the presence of Carrefour supermarkets)...