The public and private sectors need to come together to ensure that the countries of the region continue to diversify their economies. Last year, the Covid-19 crisis hit...
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Tracking the policies and markets shaping emerging Europe and beyond
Kyrgyzstan’s new constitution will provide more power to the country’s president, and falls short of international standards, says Human Rights Watch. A...
Is Bulgaria really interested in helping the European Union fight against the theft and misappropriation of EU funds? Its nominations for the office of EU chief...
Freedom in the World 2021, published by US-based research and advocacy group Freedom House, finds that fewer than a fifth of the world’s people now live in fully free...
The shaky conviction of a far-right activist in Ukraine has led to accusations that the country is targeting nationalists. Far more likely is that the country’s...
Despite vocal support for the Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the international community has so far failed to ensure the re-run of a clearly rigged...
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...
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...