Democracy and pluralism are under assault around the world, with authoritarianism and illiberal populism remaining key challenges to overcome in Europe and Eurasia, the...
Tag - Poland
Higher education has traditionally been both strong and popular across emerging Europe. In 2005, for example, there were 1.95 million students in Poland, around 500,000...
After 2019’s pivotal elections for the Polish parliament, the Sejm, in which the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) kept its hold on power, albeit slightly...
The Witcher has quickly filled in the space HBO’s Game of Thrones left behind: the first season of the medieval-inspired fantasy series premiered on December 20...
Pressure is mounting on EU leaders to agree on the bloc’s next seven-year budget, a framework crucial for most economies in emerging Europe. A special summit on February...
Since a series of cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) hit Italy at the beginning of this week, governments across emerging Europe have been racing to prepare with a...
Emerging Europe continues to show mixed results in terms of political and economic freedom and the rule of law across the region’s 23 countries. According to the latest...
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...
Across Western Europe, night trains – apparently killed off just a few years ago by low-cost airlines – are making a comeback, as a more environmentally-friendly...
Britain is to close its borders to unskilled workers and those who can’t speak English as part of a fundamental overhaul of immigration laws that will end the era of...
That many countries in emerging Europe are now dealing with the phenomenon termed brain drain is no secret. The movement of skilled workers from one country to another ...
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, thousands of small towns and cities across Europe were transformed by industrialisation. While most developed ad hoc, with...
The decision last week of Polish state-run utilities Energa and Enea to freeze financing for their joint project to build a new 1GW coal-fired power unit at Ostrołęka...