Slovenia last week became the first country in the EU and emerging Europe to declare the end of the coronavirus epidemic. The decision was taken on May 14 after the...
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Tracking the policies and markets shaping emerging Europe and beyond
People in Belarus are voting with their feet and staying at home in order to mitigate the further spread of Covid-19. The country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, has...
Details of a Chinese-backed railway link between Budapest and Belgrade, one of the biggest international infrastructure projects in the emerging Europe region for many...
In times of crisis, people often understandably turn to governments for help. And yet while there is an important and crucial role for governments to play during a...
Ukraine’s adoption, on May 13, of a law to safeguard its clean-up of the banking sector, unlocked a large IMF loan. It was about time: investors had fled the country en...
The European Commission has revealed a package of guidelines and recommendations to help member states gradually lift travel restrictions and allow tourism businesses to...
Ukraine’s government hopes to sign a memorandum with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a new loan package worth five billion US dollars by the end of May...
The lobbying industry is alive and well in emerging Europe despite numerous regulatory issues, concentrated around industries subject to heavy scrutiny (and high...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has made a third ruling in favour of Azeri investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova (pictured above). The Azerbaijani...
On Saturday, Russia marked Victory Day with an air force parade broadcast by major TV networks, fireworks and many events across the country. Although Russia has the...
Poland’s presidential vote this week became the latest election to fall victim to Covid-19, although until late on Wednesday night it looked as though the poll...
Amid the global outbreak of the new coronavirus, several undemocratic countries have been trying to take advantage of the crisis and depict themselves as accountable...
The EU-Western Balkans Summit proceeded as scheduled on May 6, despite the coronavirus pandemic. A sign of the social distancing times, EU representatives and country...