Kalesnikava – along with another opposition figure, Maksim Znak – was last month sentenced to 11 years in prison. Jailed Belarusian opposition figure Maria...
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Increasing the participation of women in the workforce would go a considerable way toward solving CEE’s labour shortage, and boost profitability, claims a new...
Relations between Kosovo and Serbia are at their lowest ebb for years, with the border between the two countries blocked by Serbs unhappy over new licence plate rules. ...
Slovenia currently holds the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the EU. How is its turn at the helm shaping up so far? Slovenia officially took over the six...
October marks one year since protests against the results of a disputed election in Kyrgyzstan led to the overthrow of the country’s government and promises of a...
After delays, sanctions, and much geopolitical squabbling, the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline connecting Russia and Germany has been completed. What options do Ukraine and...
Millions of Ukrainian pensioners are living below the poverty line – and with prices for food products and utilities constantly rising, their situation may yet get...
After almost three decades, Turkey and Armenia might finally be about to restore diplomatic relations. Russia is likely to be the biggest loser if they do. At the end of...
In an exclusive interview with Emerging Europe, the leader of the Belarusian opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya says that the country’s political prisoners need to...
Caretaker governments do not have to be weak governments: The Netherlands has demonstrated this well over the past few months. Maybe Bulgaria’s struggling...
More than 18 months after a massive expose in the international media, Ukraine’s dubious call centres – including one located in the heart of Kyiv –...
Controversial Czech economist and commentator Tomáš Sedláček recently proposed that Czechia should be renamed Bohemia. Many Czechs are far from happy with the suggestion...
The two former Soviet republics of Armenia and Moldova have a lot in common: since independence, both have been involved in armed conflict, and both have regularly seen...