Just days after a carefully staged-managed All-Belarusian People’s Assembly, convened as a show of support for the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus has...
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While happy to exploit the tourism potential of the Ottoman heritage in their biggest cities, countries in the Balkans are less keen to preserve mosques in areas...
A landmark legal case which was brought this week before the European Court of Justice has highlighted the plight of same-sex parents across Central and Eastern Europe...
Poland’s independent media companies instituted a blackout on February 10 in protest at a new tax on advertising revenue. Private media companies in Poland...
The EU’s central and eastern member states are increasingly looking elsewhere for Covid-19 vaccines. Hungary has become the first European Union member to approve...
Corruption is undermining health care systems and contributing to democratic backsliding amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Transparency International. Persistent...
Another day, another fire at a Romanian hospital: five people were killed early on January 29 in a blaze at an intensive care unit at an infectious diseases hospital in...
A new wave of protests sweeps Poland as the country’s strict new abortion laws come into effect. Human rights groups have condemned new laws in Poland which...
Never before in European history have so many people enjoyed such long and healthy lives. This, however, creates as many challenges as opportunities, especially in those...
The shrinking of the Aral Sea has been called “one of the planet’s worst ever environmental disasters”. Is there any hope for its recovery? And is the...
Slovenia currently leads emerging Europe in the race to vaccinate its population against Covid-19, while other countries in the region have yet to even begin the process...
For most of emerging Europe, LGBTIQ rights and social inclusion remain contentious issues with no clear path forward. Poland and Hungary especially have seen a sharp...