EU enlargement in the Western Balkans is currently blocked by politics. But that does not mean economic criteria should be neglected.
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Tracking the policies and markets shaping emerging Europe and beyond
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...
With Nord Stream 2 running into new regulatory obstacles, Poland could be importing gas from Norway via the Baltic Pipe as early as October next year. Poland took a huge...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised to curb the power of the country’s oligarchs. However, a new anti-oligarch bill might be more about consolidating...
Georgia’s government is refusing to transfer Mikheil Saakashvili, a former president now almost 50 days into a hunger strike, to a civilian hospital. The condition...
Money sent home by migrant workers accounts for more than a quarter of GDP in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Remittances sent home by migrant workers, a key source of income...
Airlines carrying migrants from the Middle East to Belarus could be hit by sanctions approved by the EU on November 15. The European Union has approved a new round of...
Europe will need to choose between Nord Stream 2 and Ukraine’s territorial integrity, suggests Boris Johnson, as Russian troops amass near the country’s...
A political grouping formed less than three months ago looks to have broken Bulgaria’s political deadlock. An anti-corruption party led by two Harvard graduates...
Europe’s economic recovery has been faster than expected, but prospects remain bound to the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic. At nine per cent, Estonia is set to...
Azerbaijan wants to make Nagorno-Karabakh a model of sustainability, based on the use of renewable energy and the development of what it calls “smart...
With the EU increasingly keen to compete with Asia and North America in the semiconductor industry, essential for the production of computers and automobiles, CEE needs...
