Russia is currently bailing out Belarus to the tune of 2-3 billion US dollars a year, but will it insist on taking over a chunk of Belarus’s largest state-owned...
Tag - Economy & Politics
Albanians no longer need residence permits to live and work in Kosovo. Analysts say the move brings Kosovo closer to joining the so-called Western Balkans Mini-Schengen...
A quick Covid-19 recovery, low unemployment and fast increasing wages are driving inflation in Central Europe. Is it time for national banks to step in? Central European...
NATO’s withdrawal from Afghanistan has left the states of Central Asia exposed to renewed Taliban offensives. The past few weeks have been grim for Afghanistan...
A new law in Poland sets a 30-year deadline for the recovery of property seized by Nazi Germany and subsequently nationalised by Poland’s communist-era government...
Slovenia takes over the EU presidency at a crucial time, with the bloc facing significant problems including Covid-19 and a stalled enlargement process that risks...
Hungary’s recent law banning all content aimed at minors which references the LGBT+ community is just the latest in a series that goes against the fundamental laws and...
Armenia’s embattled prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, managed to overcome the fallout of a disastrous defeat in last year’s war with Azerbaijan to win a landslide victory...
Belgrade’s city government is pushing forward with its policy of renaming Yugoslav-era streets. With other capitals in the former Yugoslavia having done so in the...
Russia’s economy has long relied on workers from Central Asia, but Covid-19 restrictions have halted seasonal migration, while millions of labourers already in...
Queues have been banned in parts of Turkmenistan as they “discredit” the country’s president. Officially, the country is Covid-19 free, reporting not a...
A resolution condemning the Srebrenica genocide, passed last week by Montenegro’s parliament, is testing the country’s already rocky relationship with its...
