Since the establishment of its One Belt One Road Initiative (BRI), China has sought to boost its influence in Central and Eastern Europe in order to gain both a...
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A boost to industry or a threat to energy security? On January 8, the Russian president Vladimir Putin met with his Turkish, Bulgarian and Serbian counterparts in...
It’s been nearly two years since a UN member state (Barbados, in February 2018) last recognised Kosovo as an independent country. In that time, 13 countries which...
The Czech Republic continues to dominate emerging Europe when it comes to offering visa-free access to third countries. According to the latest edition of the Henley...
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...
When historians come to write the definitive cultural history of the 2010s, it could well be that the selfie will play a leading role. Very much an invention of that...
The Russian news agency Sputnik has closed its office in Estonia after all 35 of its employees resigned following what the agency claims was pressure from the Estonian...
As Serbia announces major new spending increases, opposition plans boycott of parliamentary election
Facing a parliamentary election in the spring, Serbia’s ruling Progressive party is hoping that new spending plans – which include higher pensions, increases...
As dawn broke on New Year’s Day, Bulgaria began taking delivery of Russian natural gas via the TurkStream pipeline. The country’s energy minister, Tememoujka...
We started the year with a bang, proclaiming Romania, then led by prime minister Viorica Dancila, unready to take on the presidency of the Council of the European Union...
MPs in Montenegro have passed a controversial law on religion that could see the country’s biggest church stripped of property and other assets, fueling a row with...
Estonia has once again been ranked as the highest performing country in emerging Europe when it comes to freedom, the latest Human Freedom Index (HFI) ranking of the US...
