Central Europe

Nikol Tomar talks to Anna Jaskólska, a Polish national who works at an abortion clinic in Vienna. For the last three decades, thousands of Polish women have been travelling to Vienna to get a [...]

In recent years, Viktor Orbán has turned himself into China's chief advocate in the EU. Recently it has become more difficult to strike a political balance that can satisfy friends both at home [...]

Hélène Bienvenu on how the situation for Polish women seeking an abortion has become increasingly difficult due to restricted rights and the COVID-19 pandemic.

André Kapsas writes about a political party that now finds itself slowly drained of its blood by an alliance with populists. What will happen to the Czech Republic's Social Democratic party ahead [...]

Despite being legal in Hungary, hundreds of Hungarian women cross the Austrian border to get an abortion every year.

Who will win this year's Eurovision Song Contest?

Elodie Phillips digs through the archives of past Eurovision winners in an entertaining review of this bizarre and beautiful non-political political competition.

At the end of April, tension rose over a series of mysterious explosions in the village of Vrbětice seven years ago as Czech authorities revealed that they believe the Russian secret service to [...]

Should celebrities who spread fake news and conspiracy theories about the Coronavirus be held accountable? Opinion piece by Nikol Tomar.

Owen Howells on whether a recently leaked Slovenian paper will cause trouble on the European continent.