Central Europe The European Union’s top court on Thursday ruled that Poland’s system for disciplining judges undercut the bloc’s laws, part of an escalating battle over democratic rules that Polish government critics warn could...
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The frustratingly slow process of integration with the European Union has Ukraine looking for alternative partners. In April, at the height of the border standoff...
Ukraine’s Hungarian community has become a weapon for nationalists in both countries, and an obstacle on Ukraine’s path towards NATO membership. In November...
Central Europe Croatia’s tourist industry appears to be recovering after the hammering it took in 2020, with 2.6 million visitors arriving in the country so far...
US President Joe Biden on June 14 made it clear that Ukraine still has some way to go before it can realistically hope for NATO membership. A former Polish president...
The United States has given Russia the green light to complete its controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Ukraine, not for the first time, feels let down by its...
Central Europe Poland said on Thursday that the waiver of US sanctions on the company behind Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was a threat to energy security in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
With police often turning a blind eye to breaches of lockdown restrictions, and a halting vaccine roll-out programme, Ukraine is heading for disaster. President...
