Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s unswerving commitment to bringing about democratic change in Belarus, despite being forced into exile and despite the imprisonment of her...
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The decision to hold a snap parliamentary election in June has calmed nerves in Armenia, for now. The announcement on March 18 by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan...
Brexit and Covid-19 have been setbacks to UK-Bulgaria economic relations. But there is also a great deal of opportunity for firms in both countries. Brexit and Covid-19...
There is no Covid-19 lockdown in Romania. The terraces of cafes and restaurants are full, shops are open, parks teem with parents and children, and the country’s...
Emerging Europe journalist Jo Harper’s new book Our Man in Warsaw: How the West Misread Poland is, he writes, as much about Britain as it is Poland. My book, Our...
Slovakia’s prime minister is set to trade jobs with the country’s finance minister in order to end a month-long political crisis. Slovakia’s prime...
Poland’s former prime minister Donald Tusk might be positioning himself for a presidential run in 2025. Former prime minister and ex-EU chief, Donald Tusk...
Investors are spooked by the National Bank of Poland’s deliberate weakening of the Polish złoty, the impact of Covid-19, and an imminent court ruling that could...
As Belarus celebrates Freedom Day, the country’s opposition is calling for new protests against the country’s dictator, Alexander Lukashenko. The opposition...
Dozens of Armenians remain in Azerbaijani captivity following the recent fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, with Baku refusing to recognise them as prisoners of war. The...
A writer in Poland faces a possible prison sentence for insulting the country’s president. Polish writer and journalist Jakub Żulczyk, who faces up to three years...
There has been a worrying fall in the level of trust that Serbian citizens have in the democratic process, and its ability to bring about change. Serbia’s...
