While Ukraine and Moldova have both been granted EU candidate status less than four months after applying for membership – a process that usually takes 18 months –...
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Several explosions have rocked Moldova’s Transnistria region, a place where little happens without the input of Moscow. Things are going bang in Moldova’s...
Maia Sandu’s unswerving commitment to democracy and the rule of law in Moldova make her the natural choice for this year’s Emerging Europe Public Figure of the Year...
A plethora of applications to join the EU, filed last week in the emotion of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have been welcomed in Brussels. Candidate status for the...
Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia are showing welcome solidarity with Ukrainians seeking refuge from Russia’s invasion of their home country. Almost...
It’s been a long time since there was so much goodwill towards Moldova from its international partners. Just over a year has passed since former World Bank economist...
From a veritable election marathon in Bulgaria to hope for change in Moldova, from threats of Russian aggression in Ukraine to vaccine hesitancy in Bulgaria and Romania...
Central Europe Bulgaria’s parliament this week formally voted to elect Kiril Petkov (pictured above) as the country’s next prime minister, ending a months-long...
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...
Russia’s promise not to use its Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as a means of political leverage looks increasingly meaningless amidst current developments in Moldova...
Central Europe Poland’s top court on Thursday ruled that the country’s constitution overrides some European Union laws, escalating a conflict over democratic standards...
Central Europe Two United Nations agencies requested access on Tuesday to asylum-seekers stranded at Belarus’s border with Poland and Lithuania, after four migrants were...
The two former Soviet republics of Armenia and Moldova have a lot in common: since independence, both have been involved in armed conflict, and both have regularly seen...