Economies in emerging Europe – and further afield – will now have a further option to finance important and much needed investment in infrastructure. The...
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If the European Union wants to match its words about bringing democracy and the rule of law to Belarus with action, then the country must be represented at its Eastern...
NATO foreign ministers have given their sternest warning yet that any Russian invasion of Ukraine could trigger serious consequences, although the alliance’s boss...
Falling birth rates are not an existential crisis for Central and Eastern Europe, but an opportunity
Central and Eastern Europe’s demographic decline has until now been presented by nationalist governments as an existential problem. But are policy makers looking at the...
Bulgaria’s long political crisis, which began with anti-corruption protests in 2020, finally seems to be nearing its end. At the third time of asking, Bulgarians on...
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Tajikistan’s economy has seen more Tajiks than ever before selling up and moving elsewhere: predominantly to Russia. The...
The World Bank has announced plans to replace its flagship Doing Business report, discontinued in September, with a more accurate gauge of the business environment. Some...
Belgium’s Court of Appeal has ruled that two Moldovan oligarchs relied on evidence “now known to be inaccurate and materially misstated” in a series of court cases and...
As the crisis on the Belarus-Poland border eases - to a certain extent - human rights groups call for more solidarity with migrants.
EU enlargement in the Western Balkans is currently blocked by politics. But that does not mean economic criteria should be neglected.
President Klaus Iohannis vowed to consign Romania’s Social Democrats to history. On November 22 he gave them his blessing to lead the country again.
For Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy to succeed, the US must work closely with NATO and the EU to take concrete measures to stop the erosion of democracies from...
