22 Jan 2022
Balkans, Energy, Industry, Society
22 Jan 2022
Balkans, Energy, Industry, Society
Serbia scraps US2.4bn lithium mine project amid heavy protests as election looms
20 Jan 2022
European Institutions, European Union, Industry, Russia & Eastern Europe
United Nations report says Belarus made ‘deliberately false’ bomb threat to seize journalist
18 Jan 2022
Central Asia, Industry, Influence, Security
Kazakhstan president consolidates grip after violence
Hungary’s populist prime minister Orban faces tight electoral contest on April 3
The Hungarian general election has been set for April 3 with semi-autocratic populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban facing his biggest…
8 Jan 2022
OSCE questions fairness of Hungary’s spring election as Orban struggles with plausible challenger
26 Dec 2021
Bosnians condemn incendiary Hungarian PM Orban comments on Muslim community
Turkey and Armenia hold first talks to establish diplomatic ties and reopen border
Turkey and Armenia have opened talks in Russia to normalise bilateral ties in the expectation of establishing diplomatic relations and…
31 Dec 2021
Armenia lifts ban on Turkey’s imports in bid to ease icy bilateral relationship
18 Dec 2021
Turkey’s financial markets flounder as Erdogan’s policies baffle employers
Serbia government backs down on controversial lithium mine after heavy protests
Serbia has suspended two laws apparently designed to help mining multinational Rio Tinto open a lithium mine in the west…
26 Nov 2021
International envoy to Bosnia fears war as Dodik demands separate Serb state
5 Oct 2021
Bosnian Serb protesters in Banja Luka accuse president of corruption
China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative is often seen as an attempt by Beijing to extend its influence around the…
Kazakhstan president vows to kill ‘terrorist’ protesters while calling in Russian help
Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev says his security forces will “shoot to kill without warning” and labelled protesters as foreign-backed “terrorists”. …
8 Jan 2022
Ethnic Kazakhs in Afghanistan struggle to resettle in their increasingly unstable homeland
7 Dec 2021
Kazakhstan marks 30 years of independence by cementing partnership with Europe
EU imposes sanctions on Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries
The European Union has imposed sanctions on Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group that it accuses of committing violence and human rights…
4 Dec 2021
Ukraine orders more of Turkey’s effective drones to deter Russia attack
29 Nov 2021
Belarus to host military drills with Russia on Ukraine border
Turkey now masters the skies with devastating military drones
Turkey’s allies have been crushing their enemies on battlefields where they previously faced defeat until they were assisted by Turkish…
25 Oct 2019
Brexit exposes a system unfit for purpose
30 Sep 2019