EU Council President Charles Michel this week offered membership hopefuls plenty of sweet talk, but little substance. The bakery at the Park Hotel in the Slovenian...
Tag - Economy & Politics
Few people outside of Russia take former president and PM Dmitry Medvedev seriously, but his recent comments suggesting Moscow might annex parts of Georgia would have...
The Three Seas Initiative currently lacks the political backing that would see it given the leadership and financial support it needs to gain any real momentum, but...
For more than three decades, George Soros’s Open Society Foundations network has provided billions of euros of crucial funding to civil society organisations across...
Human trafficking is big business and the illegitimate leader of Belarus has more reason than ever to vie for a piece of the action unless he is stopped in his tracks...
Hungary’s economy will perform better in the second half of 2023—it could hardly do any worse—but not enough to avoid a full-year recession. As athletes from...
Once nicknamed the ‘Tatra Tiger’, Slovakia faces high inflation, slowing growth, and political uncertainty. Nonetheless, its prolific auto industry will be vital to the...
Loose words from a senior NATO official suggesting that Ukraine might give up some of its territory in exchange for membership of the alliance have provoked anger in...
Poland will hold a parliamentary election, and a series of referenda, on October 15. Expect three months of fierce campaigning. It was unlikely to have been a...
Azerbaijan’s economy and population are increasingly concentrated in the Greater Baku Area. As inequality remains the highest in the region and opportunities dwindle in...
Since a fraudulent presidential election and subsequent crackdown on dissent in August 2020, Belarus has become a pariah state. But while its dictator Alexander...
Soft connectivity challenges, not hard infrastructure needs, are the greatest challenge to sustainable trade between Europe and Central Asia. Trade volumes between the...
