The political tension between Kosovo and Serbia is creating a perfect environment wherein Turkey and Russia can lure the two countries into their respective spheres of...
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Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) has launched an attack on gay rights as part of its election strategy ahead of European elections in May and national...
The Romanian government’s attempts to prevent the country’s former anti-corruption chief Laura Codruța Kövesi from becoming the first head of the European Union’s newly...
Bosnia has the world's most complicated system of government: a gerrymandered mess overseen by an unelected mandarin. While it pleases almost nobody, the system has...
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has outlined a number of initiatives to tackle military aggression from the Russian Federation in the Donbass region and the Black...
Is Vladimir Putin seeking to annex neighbouring Belarus and reunite former territories of the Soviet Union under Moscow’s control? Is Belarusian leader Aleksander...
When authoritarian ‘illiberal’ democracies developed themselves in Belarus (after 1994) and Russia (after 2000) it was considered a systemic mistake that...
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has proposed the introduction of a new anti-corruption law after the the country’s Constitutional Court annulled the president’s...
The UK is losing increasingly large numbers of European migrant workers, particularly from emerging Europe. Uncertainty regarding Brexit has meant that many migrant...
Poland’s conservative ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) has announced a generous new social benefit package in an effort to shore up sliding support ahead of elections...
The Viennese are known for their pessimism. However, even by Viennese standards, 2019 began with a lot of worries about the outlook for CEE. This is surprising...
Thousands of demonstrators assembled in Belgrade on February 23 to rally against president Aleksandar Vučić and the Serbian government. This was the 12th consecutive...
Moldova’s Socialist Party took the most seats in the country’s parliamentary elections, held on February 24, but failed to secure a majority needed to form a government...