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...
Tag - Russia
Central Europe The European Commission has sent Poland formal notice to pay some 70 million euros in fines for failing to reverse an illegal disciplinary regime for...
Another week of diplomacy over Ukraine sees US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visit Kyiv, but peace is ultimately a...
Walk around Sevastopol, Simferopol or any other town or city in Russian-occupied Crimea and you will likely notice the complete absence of any global brands. What you...
As Russia says it has ‘run out of patience’ with NATO, Ukraine is hit by a ‘massive’ cyberattack. Ukraine was hit by a “massive”...
Central Europe State-owned PKN Orlen, Poland’s largest oil refiner and petrol retailer, this week agreed to sell a number of assets belonging to fellow Polish refiner...
The Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) has been given a boost by its role in putting down protests in Kazakhstan. A state of emergency and curfew...
Czechia will quit coal by 2033, and wants to boost its nuclear energy capacity. Environmental groups say the plan is not bold enough and risks missing the...
When a plane carrying CSTO forces arrived in Kazakhstan late on January 5, it was the first time that the alliance had deployed forces to intervene in a conflict in a...
Protests against high LPG prices throughout Kazakhstan have become increasingly political, prompting a violent government crackdown. Russian forces – under the...
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...
While the world as a whole wants to see an end to the Covid-19 pandemic, here are five things specific to Central and Eastern Europe, from change in Belarus to more...
Central Europe Donald Tusk, the leader of Poland’s main opposition party, called on Tuesday for the creation of a parliamentary commission to investigate surveillance...