Around the Bloc

Baku Threatens to Shell Karabakh Capital

Unverified reports speak of drone strikes, hundreds of ‘neutralized’ troops.

5 April 2016

Around the Bloc

Dutch Referendum to Set Course for EU-Ukraine Ties

Rejection will give a boost to growing euroskeptic, isolationist movements across Europe, analysts say.

5 April 2016

Around the Bloc

Moscow Pushes Back in Wake of ‘Panama Papers’ Leak

Putin spokesman accuses CIA, State Department of organizing massive leak of company documents.

5 April 2016

Around the Bloc

Turkmenistan Shows Off New Chinese Missile System

Development could be a sign of shifting balance of power in Central Asia.

4 April 2016

Around the Bloc

Putin Caught Up in Panama Papers Leak

Russian president is among dozens of world leaders, top officials, and celebrities mentioned in ‘biggest financial leak in history.’

4 April 2016

Around the Bloc

Poles Protest Against Abortion Ban

Government backs Church proposal to tighten restrictions on terminating pregnancy, already among the strictest in Europe.

4 April 2016

Multimedia

A Healthy Future?

A team of photographers will soon set off to find out if Soviet-era sanatoriums can survive the modern age.

By Allison Tretina

4 April 2016

Around the Bloc

New Clashes Break Out in Karabakh

Three Azerbaijani soldiers reported dead as fighting resumes after a day of relative calm.

4 April 2016

People

As Predictable as Predictable Can Be

After the Karadzic verdict, the ethnic leaders and their media took their constituents through the well-trodden motions of mutual hostility. And? And that’s largely it.

By Tihomir Loza

1 April 2016

Society

Last Party in Bicske

Life is never easy in a migrant center; for refugees in Hungarian camps, it may soon get harder still. By Raluca Besliu

29 March 2016

Society

Life with Fico

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico won parliamentary elections this past weekend, though he will have a tougher time than expected forming a stable coalition. How did he win again? From Respekt.

By Martin M. Simecka

7 March 2016

Society

Patience and Hope in Adasevci

New arrivals from Syria and other war-torn lands may find that life in Western Europe is far from being the oasis of security they seek.

By Raluca Besliu

29 February 2016

Multimedia

Video: Return of the Boyars

Villagers in Romania fear that the restitution law might turn them into “serfs on the new boyar’s” land, as were their ancestors under Austro-Hungarian rule.

By Ciprian Hord

25 February 2016

COLUMNS

Middle Europa

Slovakia: Dancing With the Devil

Grim forebodings over the arrival of ultra-rightists in the Slovak parliament.

By MARTIN EHL

9 March 2016

BALKAN EYE

Farmers Versus Truckers 

The Greco-Bulgarian border issue is a metaphor for Europe.

By BOYKO VASSILEV

1 March 2016

MIDDLE EUROPA

Why Was Orban Really in Moscow? 

Orban’s cozying up to Putin may prove not to be advantageous for Hungary, an amateur in power politics.By MARTIN EHL

24 February 2016

Middle Europa

EU Hypocrisy + Refugees = Balkanization? 

As the refugee crisis drags on, the Balkans are being crushed between authoritarian Turkey and dithering Europe.By MARTIN EHL

11 February 2016

Balkan Eye

Of Judges and Slaves 

Or, why a quibble over history topped all other news in Bulgaria.By BOYKO VASSILEV

9 February 2016

Middle Europa

Where Are the Opposition Leaders? 

Central Europe appears to be in the clutches of illiberal rulers. Charismatic opposition figures with backbone are in short supply.

By MARTIN EHL

27 January 2016

Balkan Eye

Lightning Strikes at Christmas 

Amid the deepening Russo-Turkish feud, incidents that at another time might look trivial are undermining Bulgaria’s institutions.By BOYKO VASSILEV

8 January 2016