Non-committal for weeks, Germany acted swiftly following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to announce that it was pulling the plug on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. German...
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Russia has formalised its occupation of parts of eastern Ukraine by recognising the independence of two entities created by the Kremlin in 2014. Russia moved closer to...
To understand modern Ukraine it’s worth learning about its past. Red Famine, Anne Applebaum’s magnificent book about the Holodomor, is as good a place as any...
Central Europe Czech passenger car production fell by 11.4 per cent year-on-year to 92,657 vehicles in January, posting its lowest result for that month since 2010 as...
In 1994, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan signed away their nuclear arsenals in exchange for security and sovereignty guarantees that increasingly appear to mean very...
Following a successful trial over the winter, any Norilsk resident will soon be able to monitor the city’s air quality. An emission monitoring system in Russia’s...
Moscow would love nothing more than to seriously damage the Ukrainian economy without having to fire a single shot. As I write, Russia is either beginning to withdraw...
At the Barcelona Olympics of 1992, Lithuania’s basketball team put their newly-independent country on the map. When it comes to sport, the bulk of world’s attention is...
For many people, Ukraine is the country of Chernobyl, corruption and war. That’s because their understanding of the country is out of date. One of the few positive...
The mining giant’s annual report also highlights success in reducing its environmental impact. Norilsk Nickel (Norickel), the world’s largest producer of palladium and...
The Minsk agreements have for seven years failed to prevent fighting in eastern Ukraine. The idea, floated by Emmanuel Macron, that they could now form the basis of a...
Ukraine has again been talking up Diia City, a special economic framework for IT companies which it believes will cement its status as a tech powerhouse. In a defiant...
