Everyone loves Christmas, everyone loves awards. Awards at Christmas therefore are just about perfect. Emerging Europe this week named the winners of its 2024 awards...
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In appointing a far-right former footballer to the country’s presidency, the ruling Georgian Dream party has scored yet another own goal. Georgia has history with former...
Growing street protests, heightened interest from Western partners, and the president’s implicit support, could push Georgia toward a challenging yet transformative new...
The isolationism of many political parties—in power in Moldova, or in opposition in Georgia—is a larger vulnerability than the malign interference of Russia. As October...
Catch up quickly with the stories from Central and Eastern Europe that matter, this week led by news of Ukraine’s struggle to keep the lights on. Russia’s...
Georgia’s freedom fighters have one last chance to fight authoritarianism—but they need ECHR support
With an appeal to Georgia’s Constitutional Court to strike down an anti-European law likely to be in vain, civil society should turn to the European Court of Human...
Salome Zourabichvili’s presidency has been characterised by a clear vision for Georgia’s future—one that is firmly rooted in European values and democratic governance. ...
Catch up quickly with the stories from Central and Eastern Europe that matter, this week led by news of the Russian Navy reportedly withdrawing its last remaining patrol...
Catch up quickly with the stories from Central and Eastern Europe that matter, this week led by news of major Ukraine peace summit taking place in Switzerland next week...
Catch up quickly with the stories from Central and Eastern Europe that matter, this week led by news Volodymyr Zelensky urging Western leaders to pressure Russia into...
Emerging Europe’s editor Craig Turp-Balazs reports from Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, where a controversial law targeting NGOs and independent media threatens...
Georgia’s struggle with the “foreign agents” bill highlights broader issues of democratic backsliding and geopolitical tug of war. The law is seen as a...
