The European Commission has recommended that formal EU membership negotiations should begin with Ukraine and Moldova in a move its president, Ursula von der Leyen ...

For more than a year, NovaPay has been working not only in Ukraine but also in Lithuania and Moldova. During this time, we single-handedly formed teams of specialised ...

Bojan Lazarevski is a political scientist in international and intercultural studies based in North Macedonia. Bojan is also a writing fellow with Young Voices Europe and an activist and researcher.

The Republic of Moldova has reached a historic milestone, ranking seventh globally in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2025—its first time ever in the top 10. This remarkable ...

In October, Moldovans will vote in both a presidential election and a referendum on EU accession. Russia is doing all it can to influence the outcome. A chaotic scene ...

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Hungary is leading European engagement with Turkic nations, with its motives rooted in a nationalist narrative that benefits Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. In mid-November 2022, the leaders of ...

Ukraine’s Orthodox Church split from its Russian counterpart in 2018. We explain why. In October 2018, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church officially split from its Russian counterpart, after more than 300 ...

The first significant Russian strategic defeat as a direct consequence of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine is the loss of its Mediterranean outpost. Vladimir Putin’s obsession with Ukraine has led ...

Azerbaijan’s economy and population are increasingly concentrated in the Greater Baku Area. As inequality remains the highest in the region and opportunities dwindle in rural areas, Azerbaijan must ...

Despite relatively positive economic indicators, Azerbaijan faces several challenges in its diversification efforts, with the country’s heavy reliance on the oil and gas sector making it vulnerable to ...

Tea Kljajić is an activist and author from Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is a frequent policy commentator, a writing fellow with Young Voices Europe, and a volunteer with Students for Liberty.