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One Year, Three Elections
Bulgarians will elect both the president and the parliament in less than two weeks. Incumbent President Rumen Radev’s chances of re-election remain f…
4 years, 5 months ago
Putin's Blackmail
Non-EU countries especially vulnerable to Gazprom’s policies of cutting gas supply to Europe. Moldova, under severe strain to make it through a cold …
4 years, 5 months ago
Morawiecki in Strasbourg
Latest on the Council of Europe as Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki presents Poland’s position on the controversial rule of law ruling by its…
4 years, 5 months ago
Problems Passing on the Torch
In Czechia SPOLU beats Andrej Babis’s ANO with a slight majority of the votes, but President Miloš Zeman will likely grant the right to form a govern…
4 years, 5 months ago
Babiš's Box
Cross-border investigation of one of the biggest leaks of financial documents, the Pandora Papers, has exposed the tax haven secrecy and tax avoidanc…
4 years, 5 months ago
Humanitarian Crisis Persists on Poland's Border with Belarus
Conference in Budapest gathers a global alliance of notable conservatives while opinion polls in the V4 indicate a positive outlook for Visegrad coop…
4 years, 6 months ago
Political Spotlight on Pope’s Visit while Czech President in Hospital
Polish political scene hits a plateau as opinion polls indicate a stalemate in terms of support for the government versus the opposition. Bulgaria he…
4 years, 6 months ago
Poland Introduces State of Emergency, and the Controversial Media Law Vetoed
CEE returns to school with some of the slowest vaccine rollouts among EU countries. Elections In Poland are postponed this year due to a declared sta…
4 years, 6 months ago
Russian gas and migration crisis – hybrid war hits Central Europe
Yesterday Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky met in Washington, the first visit of Ukraine’s president’s to DC in 4 years. Ukraine’s concerns over Nord…
4 years, 7 months ago
CEE Weekly Outlook – 23-29 August 2021
In this week's episode, we summarise the highlights and the downfalls of Central and Eastern European politics from the past week. Topics include: Cr…
4 years, 7 months ago