Catch up quickly with the stories from Central and Eastern Europe that matter, this week led by news of Ukraine’s struggle to keep the lights on. Russia’s...
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Catch up quickly with the stories from Central and Eastern Europe that matter, this week led by news of Russia closing in on the Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk...
Georgia’s government appears unaware, or unperturbed, by the threat its so-called ‘foreign agents’ bill poses to the country’s investment climate, and its EU prospects. ...
Two years after Serdar Berdymukhammedov replaced his father as president of Turkmenistan, hope that the younger man would reform one of the world’s most closed societies...
Belarusians vote for a new parliament on February 25. There will be very little choice on the ballot papers. Sentenced in 2022 to three years in prison for “slandering”...
A presidential resignation and a damning new report on the state of media freedom have left Hungary’s prime minister reeling. It’s not been a good few days...
A month before Poland votes in an already divisive election, a major human rights group suggests that the country’s government is carrying out a ‘ruthless...
Emerging Europe is rich in minerals but mining and processing them comes at an environmental and social cost. Countries must promote sustainable mining practices to grow...
You can read all of our coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including explainers and articles offering context and background information here...
The latest edition of the Human Rights Watch World Report outlines some stark differences between emerging Europe’s EU and non-EU members. Emerging Europe’s...
Human Rights Watch found that the Hungarian government repurposed data it had collected from people who signed up for the Covid-19 vaccine, applied for tax benefits, or...
As Ukraine prepares a push to retake the southern city of Kherson in its first major counteroffensive of the war, more evidence emerges of the horrors of life under...
