1 Apr 2020
1 Apr 2020
Balkans
Kosovo can no longer ignore the ghosts of past violence
17 Mar 2020
Influence, Russia & Eastern Europe, Security, Society
Russia’s Constitutional Court approves Putin’s power grab
16 Mar 2020
Central Asia, Influence, Security, Society
Kyrgyzstan called to explain women’s protest arrests
Dutch prosecutor accuses Russia of sabotaging MH17 probe
The trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian charged with multiple counts of murder has begun in The Hague over…
9 Mar 2020
Erdogan demands EU cash in migrant dispute
7 Mar 2020
EU refuses to open Greek border to migrants
Tensions rise on Greek-Turkish border amid migrant influx
The Greek coastguard has fired shots at a migrant boat on the Aegean Sea amid rising tensions with Turkey. Video…
29 Feb 2020
Turkey opens borders to EU for migrants
27 Feb 2020
Turkish fighters deepen Libyan crisis
US agency halts Kosovo aid over Serbia dispute
A US government aid agency operating in Kosovo is suspending its US$50-million programme to help boost growth until the tariff…
1 Mar 2020
Montenegro president accuses Serbia of sparking religious protests
25 Feb 2020
Serbia receives Russian air-defence equipment
Sweden’s 16-year-old environmental activist Greta Thunberg has met Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio and joined fellow teenagers at a Los Angeles…
Uzbek president moves to end forced cotton labour
Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has signed a decree ending the state-order system for cotton cultivation in a move to end…
2 Mar 2020
Rights group calls for UN action on Uzbekistan
24 Feb 2020
Independent Uzbek told to move out by landowner
Pompeo woos Belarus with cheap oil offer
The US State Department, which is struggling to cope with the oil price crash this week, says US firms could…
12 Mar 2020
Russian parliament lifts time limit on Putin’s presidency
10 Mar 2020
Russia backs up economy amid oil price crash
Brexit exposes a system unfit for purpose
Several times in the last 30 years the UK has had governments completely unfit for power, visibly exhausted and devoid…
30 Sep 2019
Kurz poised to form another Austrian govt
4 Jul 2019