Hungary

The resignation of the president in a plagiarism scandal was a departure from routine corruption and a cowed media.

Changes to education across Central Europe show once again how parties vie to shape young minds.

A strange combination of violence and political will might finally be forcing progress on a perennial issue.

Plus, fallout from Russian TV’s ambush of U.S. ambassador and Albanian libel charges attract international attention.

While portraying itself as the party of “decommunization,” Fidesz can't decide if it wants to fully open the communist-era secret police archives. 

Plus, despite shootings, a leading diplomat is optimistic about the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict, and Kyrgyz pols hire their own security squads.

Plus, Kazan police chief sacked over prisoner death and Romanian power prices set to rise.

Plus, Belarusian consumers get a welcome break and robots invade South Ossetia.

Plus, whispers of Russian-Georgian reconciliation and a presidential brother on the lam.

Plus, EU hands Budapest deficit ultimatum, and domestic violence up in Kosovo.