All NATO chiefs so far have come exclusively from Western Europe. It is time for a secretary general from the East. In March, a month after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, NATO members decided to extend the term of...
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Central Europe Polish President Andrzej Duda has imposed a state of emergency in parts of two regions bordering Belarus amid an influx of migrants from the former Soviet...
Estonia’s incumbent president, Kersti Kaljulaid, is well liked and popular with ordinary voters. Unfortunately for Kaljulaid, it is Estonia’s MPs who will...
Central Europe Croatia’s tourist industry appears to be recovering after the hammering it took in 2020, with 2.6 million visitors arriving in the country so far...
Central Europe In a preview of the priorities of Slovenia’s upcoming presidency of the Council of the EU, which begins on July 1, Prime Minister Janez Janša on Wednesday...
Estonia’s successful e-residency programme is now more accessible to entrepreneurs across the world, thanks to the launch of new collection points in four cities...
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...
The toxic, far-right Conservative People’s party (EKRE) no longer forms part of Estonia’s government. Repairing the damage it has done to the country’s reputation...
A corruption scandal involving his Centre party has forced the Estonian prime minister, Jüri Ratas, to resign. The biggest losers, however, could be the far-right EKRE...
Emerging Europe’s digital leader Estonia, in cooperation with Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg and Poland, has teamed up with the African Union (AU) to organise a...
The United States has agreed to pledge up to one billion euros to the Three Seas Initiative (3SI), Keith Krach, the US administration’s Undersecretary for Economic...
You write too much about Estonia, and it’s always complementary – a genuine ‘complaint’ from a reader of Emerging Europe. Well, throwing convention and my usual...
