A recent resolution from the European Parliament and a report by the US State Department have condemned the state of media freedom in Serbia, as well as raising the issues of corruption and the rule of law. MEP Vladimír Bilčík, the European...
Tag - Rule of law
Since the reforming president Maia Sandu assumed office in Moldova in December 2020, the outgoing Socialist party, and its leader Igor N. Dodon, have been attempting to...
Throughout Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the Covid-19 pandemic has compounded existing democratic flaws, including weak checks and balances, persistent...
Central Europe Budvar, the Czech brewer that has been in a long legal dispute with US giant Anheuser-Busch over use of the Budweiser brand, increased output to record...
EU heads of state and government meeting in Brussels have agreed a deal that will see Hungary and Poland lift their veto of the bloc’s multi-year budget and Covid...
Markets are increasingly uneasy at Polish and Hungarian intransigence over a mechanism that will tie EU funding to respect for the rule of law, a row that threatens to...
Ukraine has pursued reform in many sectors over the past 12 months, but recent decisions by the Constitutional Court have called into question the country’s...
The Polish government’s war with both Brussels and a significant part of the Polish population over the rule of law is against the country’s national interests. On...
Media freedom in Europe is on the decline, according to the European Parliament. The European Parliament this week expressed its “deeply concern” about the...
Hungary and Poland find a way to block the EU’s new seven-year budget and Covid-19 recovery fund. The European Union is facing an almost unprecedented crisis after...
Barack Obama was indifferent to Central and Eastern Europe. Will his former vice-president be any different? After a tumultuous four years and an even more bruising...
A landmark agreement will for the first time link EU funds to respect for the rule of law. Hungary has already signalled its displeasure at the deal. European Union...
