Tbilisi’s decision to move ahead with the purchase of new metro cars from a Russian supplier and the perceived openness of Georgian officials to resuming direct flights...
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A meeting of the EU-Moldova Association Council reaffirmed the EU’s commitment to supporting Moldova, even if actual membership will have to wait. As far as the...
A Kazakh businessman has opened ‘Yurts of Invincibility’ in four Ukrainian cities to offer heat, internet, food, and tea to civilians and show Kazakhstan’s solidarity...
There can be no half measures when it comes to isolating Russia. Companies continuing to do business with Russia cannot claim that they are meeting their ESG targets...
Even as it attempts to keep the lights on amid Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure, Ukraine is already starting to think about the long term future of energy...
As Baku revives talk of territorial expansion, protests across Iran continue, and Azeris blockade the only road connecting the breakaway republic of Nagorno-Karabakh to...
The latest member of both the eurozone and the Schengen area, further reform could see Croatia close the income gap with the EU27 average in just a decade and a half...
If Westerners know anything about Uzbekistan, it is the country’s historical Silk Road cities. But 21st century Uzbekistan is dynamic and ever-changing...
Russia’s war on Ukraine has brought home the importance of investment in Central and Eastern Europe’s railways. A new hub in Poland could be key to making those...
It’s a gloomy picture for much of Eastern Europe and Central Asia – and parts of the EU – in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index. Ukraine...
Most countries in emerging Europe have probably already digested most of the economic shock caused by the Ukraine war. Despite the war in Ukraine, the economies of...
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...
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...