Budapest’s residents have been protesting against the Hungarian government’s plans to build a Chinese-funded university in the city. Is Hungary’s prime...
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Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš survived a confidence vote in parliament last week, but now faces a potentially more hostile foe in the form of an EU investigation...
Covid-19 has brought home the necessity of speeding up the process of digitalisation of government and public services. But the transformation must be carried out with...
Veteran UK journalist John Sweeney has called a television appearance – clearly made under duress – by abducted Belarus journalist Roman Protasevich...
Georgian politics looks set for its biggest shake up in a decade after former prime minister Giorgi Gakharia announces the launch of a new party, one that has already...
A snap parliamentary election in Bulgaria, set to be held in July, is likely to be as inconclusive as April’s ballot. Unless the country’s largest parties...
Wanted for questioning by the FBI over his links to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, dealings with Azerbaijan may in fact be the Achilles heel of the UK’s...
It’s not quite Oscar Wilde, but an ongoing Twitter spat throws a fascinating light onto the concerns of Poland’s business and political elites. Who has the biggest car...
Ahead of a parliamentary election in October, Czech PM Andrej Babiš is facing possible charges of fraud. Czech police have once again recommended that the...
Kazakhstan is making a name for itself as a reliable investment destination that upholds the rule of law for both foreign and domestic investors. Furthermore, there is...
An agreement between the Polish government and the country’s coal miners is “very unlikely” to get the green light in Brussels, says the environmental...
Polish writer Jakub Żulczyk could face up to three years in prison for calling the country’s president Andrzej Duda a “moron” in a Facebook post. But...
As Russia opens a new front in its ongoing hybrid war with the West, Belarus’ national airline is caught in the crosshairs. The European Union told its airlines this...