A growing number of leaders in emerging Europe have dropped even the pretence of playing by the rules of democracy. They openly attack democratic institutions and are...
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Designed to link the gas fields on the Norwegian shelf in the North Sea to Poland via Denmark, construction of the Baltic Pipe gas conductor is expected to begin this...
Ukraine is home to the cheapest mobile data plans in emerging Europe, with one gigabyte (1GB) of data costing an average of just 0.46 US dollars. Indeed, Ukraine offers...
The Polish government has been heavily criticised by the country’s opposition, some international institutions and much of the Western opinion-forming media for pushing...
While Slovenia continues to have the highest rate of deaths from Covid-19 per capita in the emerging Europe region, the country reported no new cases on May 3, the first...
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...
Just a couple of short months ago, Poland’s presidential election was seemingly routine, with the incumbent Andrzej Duda set to face a mixed bag of opposition candidates...
Mexico ‘86 says the blue T-shirt I am putting on. I am not a huge football fan – I know the World Cup ended about a month ago with Argentina beating West Germany...
Lockdowns are gently being eased across emerging Europe, not least in Lithuania which this week started reopening cafes, bars and restaurants, albeit under very strict...
One of the few certainties to have emerged from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is the simple fact that the most serious health crisis in a generation cannot be...
European Commission launches new infringement procedure against Poland while election row rumbles on
The European Commission has launched new infringement procedures against Poland over what it sees as the continued erosion of the rule of law in the country...
With some notable exceptions, curves are beginning to flatten across emerging Europe, both in terms of the number of people infected with Covid-19 and the number of...
