Relations between Serbia and Kosovo late last year reached their lowest ebb in more than a decade, but there were signs this week that the pair might be ready to...
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Ukraine’s economic and political integration into the EU will strengthen the Union. We must not wait until the war is over to begin the process. Ukrainians have always...
Hopes of adopting the euro in 2024 are beginning to fade in Bulgaria as the country lurches from one election to another. Wash, rinse, repeat. Bulgaria will hold yet...
The European Union finds itself at an historical turning point. In fact, we may well have entered the era of ‘European permacrisis’ – a permanent state of crisis and...
Europe’s working age population is shrinking, but some areas are worse off than others. Many of the worst affected regions are in Central and Eastern Europe...
Hungary is leading European engagement with Turkic nations, with its motives rooted in a nationalist narrative that benefits Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. ...
Schengen membership was only ever part of the solution to solving infrastructure problems in Romania and Bulgaria. Romania in particular needs more motorways. Even the...
The first major economic forecast of the year – from the World Bank – is out. For most of the countries in the emerging Europe region, it doesn’t make...
The acquittal of a former Czech prime minister of corruption charges may boost his presidential hopes, but has likely come too late. In 2021, Pandora Papers revelations...
A 30 per cent annual contraction in GDP is rarely good news, but for Ukraine it represents an important victory. Hardly had Russia launched its full-scale invasion of...
From what a warming region means for Russia’s war on Ukraine to Romania and Bulgaria’s ambitions to join the Schengen area, here are five stories to follow...
Armed conflict between Kosovo and Serbia has been avoided. For now, that’s as much as anyone can hope for. In the end, Prishtina offered the tiniest of olive...
