Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) has launched an attack on gay rights as part of its election strategy ahead of European elections in May and national...
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A selection 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 here...
The word Polonez (Polonaise) has had a number of connotations over the years. For some, the Polonez is an infamously unreliable brand of car, built in Poland by FSO from...
The European Parliament’s Committee for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) has adopted a resolution on women’s rights in the Western Balkans, proposed by Croatian...
Lithuania’s Constitutional Court has ruled that foreign, same-sex spouses must be granted residence permits by the country’s migration department, despite same-sex...
Homophobic vandals in the Bulgarian city of Varna have defaced a number of billboards promoting tolerance towards the LGBT community. Depicting same-sex couples hugging...
A selection of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which are well worth your time. We start with the Guardian, which claims that a new...
The legalisation of same-sex marriage in the Czech Republic has been postponed again. The amendment of the civil code, which would bring equal opportunities to gay and...
“The model of liberal democracy is coming under increasing pressure in the OECD and the EU,” explains Daniel Schraad-Tischler, senior analyst and co-author of the study...
Romania is set to hold a divisive constitutional referendum on October 7 after the country’s senate voted to approve an amendment that would change the...
The effects of a ruling handed down by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) are beginning to be felt across emerging Europe. In early June, the court ruled that EU...
The Council of Europe’s anti-discrimination commission, European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has published a new report on Croatia welcoming...
It has been almost five years since the Georgian Dream’s (GD) substantial and unexpected victory in the parliamentary elections in Georgia. During these five years, the...