Following a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling last week which said that Hungary was illegally holding asylum seekers in camps on its border with Serbia, the country...
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Details of a Chinese-backed railway link between Budapest and Belgrade, one of the biggest international infrastructure projects in the emerging Europe region for many...
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...
Whereas the UK’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, has been able to use his own illness and the birth of his sixth or seventh child (nobody appears to know the exact...
The 2020 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), shows that the coming decade will be decisive for the future of journalism, with the...
One of the first acts of Hungary’s government following last week’s power grab that saw Prime Minister Viktor Orbán handed wide and far-reaching powers with...
A pattern is beginning to emerge across the central, southern and eastern parts of Europe, where those countries – such as Albania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary and...
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...
As western democracies scramble to contain the coronavirus crisis, authoritarian and populist leaders see the pandemic as a political opportunity. In Russia, Vladimir...
The Hungarian parliament adopted controversial legislation late on March 30 granting Viktor Orbán, the country’s authoritarian prime minister, sweeping emergency powers...
After the fall of communism Hungary was enthusiastic to join the European integration project in order to ensure that it did not fall back into the Russian sphere of...
Democracy and pluralism are under assault around the world, with authoritarianism and illiberal populism remaining key challenges to overcome in Europe and Eurasia, the...
Pressure is mounting on EU leaders to agree on the bloc’s next seven-year budget, a framework crucial for most economies in emerging Europe. A special summit on February...