The Albanian capital is undergoing (and suffering) extremely rapid urban transformation, involving major players in contemporary architecture. Against all reason, prices have skyrocketed, while most ...

The ongoing saga relating to corruption in Bulgaria has taken a new turn with the resignation of President Rumen Radev. The long-term critic of the political establishment has now decided to enter ...

Wider shifts in the global order are challenging the foreign policy trajectories of Balkan states. While expectations have existed of a clear integration into western structures, the current reality ...

One of the key strategic questions of the current war amounts to is this war winnable? Experts are increasingly saying that Russia cannot win. However, can Ukraine win?

Europe has the strength to counter a weakened Russia - if it can unite and act decisively. The greater obstacle is America’s self-perceived decline, as it undermines alliances and ignores ...

Minsk’s recent decision to release high-profile prisoners has been underpinned by US moves to relax sanctions concerning the export of potash. While this may well appear like a genuine thaw in ...

At Armenia’s southernmost edge, just a few kilometres away from the Iranian border, Meghri’s railway station has been silent for over 30 years. In Soviet times, the small town was a crucial ...

On a Saturday night in Treuenbrietzen, a small town of fewer than 8,000 people roughly an hour southwest of Berlin, the sound of bass shakes the fieldstone and Gothic brick masonry of St Mary’s Church ...

After the final partition of Poland in 1795, Prussia emerged not only as a territorial winner but also a multi-lingual state: Polish speakers constituted nearly half of its population and more than ...

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has forced Germany into a reckoning that would have seemed implausible just a few years ago. Warnings that Moscow could attack another European country before ...