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– German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Berlin on the 5th of July. This meeting occurred in the midst of rather tense relations between the two leaders, [...]

The war in Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea by Russia have been defining events for the current state of international politics in Europe. As tensions in the region and among global powers [...]

In Croatian history, football and politics have always been strictly intertwined. The Russian World Cup has not lacked scandals or prominent figures profiting (or not) from their positions. [...]

However small in terms of geography and population, Estonia is a beautiful country with many different sides to it. Introducing  our new snapshot feature, this series of photos were taken between [...]

In recent years China’s political influence in Central Asia has been growing steadily. With Russian preeminence in the region being somewhat challenged, China has showed its willingness to [...]

Reaching consensus on how to deal with national minorities is something that most countries struggle with. Faced with the pressing societal issues of integration, Estonia and Latvia are not [...]

At the fringes of Western Europe lies the Balkan peninsula, a region that has seen much violence throughout the centuries. During the middle ages and the early modern period, the kingdoms of this [...]

EU-Russia relations appear to have reached an all time low. A consistent problem that only seems to increase tensions is the fact that Western media neither pay attention to, nor seek to [...]

Theorists and filmgoers alike need to move on from Tarkovsky and the Dream Cinema and accept Zvyagintsev as a true master of Social Realism. While the former was a Soviet master of creating the [...]

While politicians help forward plans for a united Ukrainian Orthodox church, a recent survey shows that the population is not overwhelmingly enthusiastic about the idea. However, if successful, [...]