Ukraine’s Orthodox Church split from its Russian counterpart in 2018. We explain why. In October 2018, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church officially split from its...
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Health Tech Venture Lab has announced the finalists of its 2021 accelerator, which feature two groundbreaking start-ups from Central and Eastern Europe. Two healthtech...
Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) can lead to greener, more responsible investment. But standards remain irregular: creating common denominators will...
There are fewer democracies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia than at any point in the past 26 years, according to a new report from human rights watchdog...
Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia have a long way to go before they can claim to have closed the gender gap, according to a new report from the World Economic...
Oskar Żyndul is the organiser of a campaign determined to shake up what he feels is the often lazy – and heavily contested – linkage of Poles to Catholicism...
War between Russia and Ukraine no longer looks imminent. We speak to locals in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv – who despite some reports to the contrary –...
Romania’s Covid-19 vaccination drive, which began well, is in danger of grinding to a complete halt as supply of jabs begins to exceed demand. When Romania opened...
While in Western Europe, gig economy workers are finally being recognised as formal employees, Ukraine is trying to implement legislation that will make their status...
New research suggests that migration patterns in at least some countries of the Western Balkans are more circular than previously believed. While the Western Balkans as...
Community-level support for Roma across emerging Europe needs to be matched with the political will to ensure that the region’s most discriminated people are no...
The European Court of Human Rights has backed Czechia’s compulsory vaccination campaign in a landmark ruling that could have wide implications in the fight against...