War between Russia and Ukraine no longer looks imminent. We speak to locals in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv – who despite some reports to the contrary –...
Tag - Economy & Politics
Turkmenistan’s president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, has become a figure of fun across the world thanks to his idiosyncratic, often surreal public appearances...
Romania’s Covid-19 vaccination drive, which began well, is in danger of grinding to a complete halt as supply of jabs begins to exceed demand. When Romania opened...
Editor-in-chief of the hugely influential newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza for more than 30 years, Adam Michnik has not just reported Poland’s recent history, he has...
Georgia’s political crisis appears to be reaching a peaceful conclusion, although the country’s largest opposition group has yet to sign up an EU-brokered...
New research suggests that migration patterns in at least some countries of the Western Balkans are more circular than previously believed. While the Western Balkans as...
Revelations that Russian intelligence was behind a 2014 blast in Czechia could see nuclear energy giant Rosatom lose out on a lucrative deal to upgrade the Dukovany...
The first session of the Warsaw Stock Exchange was held on April 16, 1991. With the second-largest initial public offering (IPO) in Europe and a record number of...
Moldova took a step closer towards a snap election on April 15 when the country’s Constitutional Court ruled that President Maia Sandu is free to dissolve...
There was never any real doubt as to whether or not Kyrgyz voters would approve a new constitution, proposed by the country’s president Sadyr Japarov, in a...
The likelihood of a deal between Kosovo and Serbia would appear to be as remote as ever following an online session of the UN Security Council, during which Russia...
Redrawing borders in the Western Balkans usually means war, which makes a recent comment by Slovenia’s president somewhat troublesome. A diplomatic row has broken...
