Ukraine has made tangible progress in its commitment to combating money laundering, but needs to introduce tougher legislation on corruption, according to a report by Council of Europe. In the... read more →
The assassination of Oliver Ivanović, the leader of the Serbs of Kosovo, last week marked a major step backwards in the painfully slow road towards stability in the Balkans. Critically,... read more →
George Soros, the 87-year-old billionaire has lately become a hate figure on the right for his perceived plan to “flood the EU with migrants”. A Jewish financier who stands for... read more →
On January 1, Bulgaria, the poorest country in the European Union, took over the rotating presidency of the bloc for the first time, a position it will occupy until the... read more →
Much of the debate surrounding how open Europe should be to migrants circles around fears that an influx of asylum seekers will mean a rise in crime. That assumption seemed... read more →
The European Commission has singled out Moldova and Ukraine as needing to do more to tackle crime and corruption if they want to continue to benefit from visa-free access to... read more →
Google-owned video-streaming platform YouTube yesterday temporarily blocked a video uploaded by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during which he called on voters to boycott the country’s upcoming election. The seven-minute... read more →
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili today led a demonstration against members of Ukraine’s ruling elite and their failure to tackle systematic corruption and reform the country’s institutions. During the protest,... read more →
Russia’s ex-economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev has been found guilty of extortion and sentenced to 8 years in prison by a court in Moscow for demanding a bribe from Igor Sechin,... read more →
Montenegro moved a step closer to EU membership this week when two new chapters in its negotiations to join the bloc were opened in Brussels on Monday. With talks now... read more →
