Fears of a new migration crisis and a heightened risk of terrorism have prompted a chain reaction of border closures between Schengen area countries in emerging Europe...
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Months of tension between Georgia’s ruling party and the country’s president Salome Zourabichvili came to a head in an impeachment vote on October 18. While...
Reducing average wait times at borders in the Western Balkans by three hours could add up to three per cent to GDP in each of the region’s six economies over the...
Undoing almost a decade of democratic backsliding will be a challenge, but Poland’s likely new government is ready to give it a shot. Investors meanwhile appear...
Increasingly, the Western Balkans are ready for the EU. But is the EU ready for the Western Balkans?
The reforms required of EU candidate states to guarantee accession are only half of the equation to a sustainably enlarged bloc. With the possible addition of as many as...
How ready is Ukraine for winter? When should the country expect new blackouts? What new means of defence do the authorities have against shelling? Why are deliveries of...
Most of emerging Europe’s EU members have fallen behind the rest of the bloc when it comes to the implementation of digital public services. To what extent are...
While generations X and Y sought to emigrate and find a job outside Romania, the current generations are willing to build at home. The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic...
It’s time for the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo to come to their senses and accept certain realities that neither can change. They are stuck and should recognise that...
If and when Georgia starts accession negotiations with the EU, it will have to carry out substantial reforms, which will require a complex understanding of how best to...
For decades, Armenia and Azerbaijan have signed ceasefires, agreeing to end their conflict. But time and time again, these agreements have been violated, and it has only...
Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti is still wallowing in his obsession with Serbia and seems to never understand that Kosovo’s independence, security, and well-being do...