Central Europe

While the war in Ukraine rages on, a battle is emerging over the direction of the European Union. Brussels is showing no signs of backing down with Poland and Hungary over the issue of rule of [...]

According to the UN, since the beginning of Russia’s war in Ukraine from 24 February to 27 April 2022, 2,968,716 Ukrainians crossed the border to Poland. The majority of Polish people enormously [...]

What is the state of democracy in Hungary after last week's election? Maja Soomägi travelled with the Danish organization Silba to observe the election on Sunday 3 April.

Three young voices from Hungary on the country's national election and controversial 8th national referendum on Hungary’s child protection law on April 3.

Katherine Leung interviews Polish native Aina Kiser about her street art photography, for our latest exhibit Eastern Walls.

As the spectre of war looms over Europe once again, the European Union is busy battling with its own issues. The European Court of Justice has rejected the Polish and Hungarian challenge to the [...]

At a recent visit to Moscow, Viktor Orbán appeared more eager to seek help from Putin than deliver it to his country’s allies in NATO and the EU, writes Nicholas Morgan.

Poland's conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) has been ruling the country for the past decade. Looking ahead at the 2023 election it seems like PiS is taking aim at a third consecutive win, [...]

The crisis on the EU's eastern border has undermined Poland's human rights record and is a missed opportunity to show the full potential of inter-EU cooperation, writes Agnieszka Widlaszewska.

Ville Haapanen on the recent parliamentary election in Czechia and the future of now-ousted Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.