Almost three months since the majority of the countries of emerging Europe imposed strict lockdown restrictions in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus, life is...
Tag - Elections
Poland has finally set a date for its presidential election, June 28. The announcement of the date – made by Elżbieta Witek, the speaker of the Sejm, the Polish...
Foreign investors in Hungary will have to apply for a special permit in order to acquire more than 10 per cent of local companies deemed strategically important. In a...
Poland’s 2020 presidential election has so far been nothing short of a roller coaster. Here’s a quick recap: Just four days before the election was due to take...
Poland’s governing coalition parties have agreed to postpone Sunday’s presidential election because of the coronavirus outbreak. The nationalist Law and Justice...
The Polish government has been heavily criticised by the country’s opposition, some international institutions and much of the Western opinion-forming media for pushing...
European Commission launches new infringement procedure against Poland while election row rumbles on
The European Commission has launched new infringement procedures against Poland over what it sees as the continued erosion of the rule of law in the country...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Czechs can now exercise alone without face masks. They can visit DIY, hardware and building supply stores, as well as buy a new bicycle or get their old ones repaired...
North Macedonia became a full member of NATO on March 27, after presenting its “instrument of accession” and seeing its flag raised at NATO headquarters alongside those...
A pattern is beginning to emerge across the central, southern and eastern parts of Europe, where those countries – such as Albania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary and...
The resignation of the so-called president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia has highlighted increasing divisions within the troubled region, officially part...
Since mid-November, opposition protests have been taking place in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi. They were sparked by the Georgian parliament’s failure to amend the...