Russia’s disinformation campaign wants to convince Ukrainians that Poland is preparing to annex its western territories. It’s nonsense, but dangerous, and...
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The arrest of MEP Eva Kaili over Qatar-linked bribery charges goes to show that kickbacks and shakedowns are just as brazenly entertained in Brussels as elsewhere in...
In the turbulent times we find ourselves, monetary policy alone cannot cope with containing inflation without bringing considerable costs in a form of recession and...
Bosnia and Herzegovina this week became a formal EU candidate, while Kosovo filed an application for EU membership. Neither country will be an EU member anytime soon...
Spooked by the real possibility of losing out on billions of euros of EU funds, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán backed down and approved a crucial new aid package...
Public support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has declined slightly since the start of the war, but the majority continue to support it. As the Russian invasion...
An electricity cable on the floor of the Black Sea might soon bring cheap, renewable energy from Azerbaijan to the heart of Europe, as the EU’s Global Gateway begins to...
Bulgaria’s and Romania’s failure to become members of the Schengen border-free travel zone will embolden anti-EU populists in both countries. Austria on...
Georgia’s economic prospects look sound, but more reforms are needed to boost growth and competitiveness. Georgia’s sound economic management and good business...
Human Rights Watch found that the Hungarian government repurposed data it had collected from people who signed up for the Covid-19 vaccine, applied for tax benefits, or...
Efforts to disadvantage foreign investors or to force them out of strategic sectors are a loss for all sides, warns a new report. Extensive German and Austrian foreign...
Emerging Europe’s Andrew Wrobel visits Kazakhstan on presidential election day and discovers a country that continues to value stability over competition. Sunday...
The European Commission this week said that it will no longer monitor or report on Romania under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, given that all benchmarks...