The UK’s ambassador to Uzebkistan believes that bringing media and government together is crucial to advancing President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s ambitious...
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A new report from the OECD offers a few clues as to how Estonia – and other countries in the region – can manage their falling populations. Estonia’s...
For Albania’s share of employment in high-skilled occupations to reach the Western Balkans average, more than 100,000 people (nine per cent of the workforce) need to...
Authoritarian governments continue to use the Covid-19 pandemic as cover to consolidate political control and restrict human rights. The 2021 Corruption Perceptions...
Slovakia’s immediate priority must be raising a low vaccination rate, while in the medium to long term, an ageing population will be the country’s biggest...
A new census has revealed the full scale of Bulgaria’s population decline. Bulgaria has known for some time that it has one of the most rapidly shrinking...
In Uzbekistan, gender-related forms of discrimination remain widespread. However, the country’s rapidly growing private sector is now working alongside the Uzbek...
The EU’s top court has formally recognised the relationship of same-sex parents and their children under EU law. In a landmark judgement, the Court of Justice of...
Poland has responded to the large numbers of refugees trying to enter country, facilitated by the Alexander Lukashenko regime in Belarus, by taking action against those...
Recognition from the UN Global Compact “is a sign we are on the right track”, says TECHIIA managing partner Oleg Krot. TECHIIA, a holding company that brings...
Falling birth rates are not an existential crisis for Central and Eastern Europe, but an opportunity
Central and Eastern Europe’s demographic decline has until now been presented by nationalist governments as an existential problem. But are policy makers looking at the...
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Tajikistan’s economy has seen more Tajiks than ever before selling up and moving elsewhere: predominantly to Russia. The...
