Throughout the communist period, besides the countries now referred to as emerging Europe, there used to be another state – the German Democratic Republic, more widely...
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Facebook is the lifeblood of modern Armenian politics, particularly so since Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took office in 2018. As is his wont, the prime minister...
On January 28, Sadyr Japarov was sworn in as the sixth president of the Kyrgyz Republic. What can we expect from the controversial former MP? Kyrgyzstan has a unique...
Several countries in emerging Europe, all in close proximity to Russia, maintain a system of mandatory military service for young men. They argue that conscription is...
Latvia is the only country in emerging Europe with a perfect score in the World Bank’s latest Women, Business and the Law 2021 report. Countries are inching toward...
Moldova’s top court strikes a blow to President Maia Sandu’s hopes of dissolving parliament and calling a parliamentary election, deepening the political...
Authorities in Georgia have arrested an opposition leader, just a day after the country formed a new government, led by Irakli Garibashvili (pictured). Georgian police...
Romania’s government has given in – at least for now – to the demands of the country’s miners, who are again threatening civil unrest, this time urged...
Save the Children is the latest human rights group to join calls for concerted action to assist refugees and migrants in the Western Balkans. Refugees and migrants...
Hungary faces a large fine unless it complies with a ruling from the European Court of Justice over the funding of NGOs. The European Union has taken an key step towards...
Georgia’s prime minister resigns, while a court rules that an opposition leader be placed in pre-trial detention. Georgia’s prime minister resigned on...
Just days after a carefully staged-managed All-Belarusian People’s Assembly, convened as a show of support for the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus has...
