April 26 marks the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. We take a look at what the various media depictions of the event get right, what they get wrong, and why...
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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 –...
The roll-out of 5G across Central and Eastern Europe is currently patchy amid security concerns and the economic fallout of Covid-19. Governments need to up their game...
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...
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...
Emerging Europe is well on the way to becoming a global IT powerhouse, and education is the key driving factor. The emerging Europe IT sector may not yet be of the size...
Russia shows no sign of pulling of its armed forces away from Ukraine’s borders, but while most analysts believe that its manoeuvring is no more than sabre...
A worrying rise in consumer demand for caviar and sturgeon meat is fueling an illegal trade that threatens one of the lower Danube’s most endangered species. The...
Was revenue from smuggling used to finance the swift rise of a Ukrainian football team from obscurity to the country’s highest tier? A fresh corruption scandal has...
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...
Russian troop movements and threatening rhetoric from the Kremlin have raised fears of a possible escalation of the seven-year conflict in the east of Ukraine. Exchanges...
History in Central and Eastern Europe is rarely simple. The legacy of Cossack leader Bohdan Khmelnitskiy – a hero to some, traitor to others – is just one...
Montenegro’s parliament is currently the most representative of all those in Central and Eastern Europe, according to Emerging Europe’s analysis of the...