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...
Tag - Economy & Politics
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...
The complicated, unique and – some would say – dysfunctional – structure of the Bosnia and Herzegovina state makes fulfilling the EU’s pre...
With police often turning a blind eye to breaches of lockdown restrictions, and a halting vaccine roll-out programme, Ukraine is heading for disaster. President...
Support for Bulgaria’s ruling party has been hit by months of anti-government protests, but it is likely to win a parliamentary election on April 4. Forming a...
