Several countries in Central and Eastern Europe have stopped issuing visas to Russians. Not for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the rest of...
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China’s dreams of increasing its influence in Central and Eastern Europe through the so-called 16+1 initiative are crumbling. This offers a real opportunity for the...
Bulgaria will on October 2 hold yet another parliamentary election, its fourth in two years. With an economic crisis looming and deep divisions over Bulgaria’s...
For the people of Belarus, August 9 is a bitter anniversary, marking two years since the country’s dictator Alexander Lukashenko was reelected in a sham election...
In a highly controversial report, compiled without input from its Kyiv office, Amnesty International has accused Ukrainian forces of putting civilians in...
In June, the presidency of the European Council and European Parliament finally reached an agreement on a draft directive on minimum wages in the EU. The new law aims to...
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have all maintained close political and economic ties to Russia since their independence from the Soviet...
Countries currently hosting Ukrainian refugees can learn from best practice in long-term refugee projects in the global south, where countries like Uganda are noted as...
Kosovo is not about to invade Serbia, and Serbia is not about to invade Kosovo. But relations between the two countries are certainly at their lowest ebb for some time...
In May 2005, speaking to an enthusiastic crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, then-US President George W. Bush hailed the country as a “beacon of democracy”. Since...
Russia has repeatedly violated its international agreements and is clearly unwilling to change its behaviour. The international community must respond with even stiffer...
The once simple task of counting the number of people living in Romania has this year been fraught with challenges for the country’s beleaguered authorities. The...
A new report highlights Ukraine’s impressive digital transformation but says further reforms, especially in the area of justice, rule of law, the fight...