Section: Transitions Online (EU)
Ukraine Picks Foreign Economic Chiefs, Balkans Dissect Cancelled South Stream Project
Plus, Mongolia relaunches a big coal mining tender, and a report claims Russia could start filtering the Internet at levels never before seen. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Battle for the Siberian Harvest
The region’s farmers are called heroes for weathering terrible conditions but likely feel more like martyrs. From openDemocracy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Bulgarian Pols Point Fingers on South Stream, OSCE Brokers New Ukraine Cease-Fire
Plus, Kyrgyzstan weighs ‘foreign agents’ law for NGOs, and Serbia seeks a group behind anti-Roma fliers. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
All but One Faith Persecuted in Crimea
The de facto regime targets leaders and monitors members of various religious groups. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Poland’s Tusk Takes Over Top EU Post, Moldova’s Pro-West Alliance Likely to Retain Power
Plus, the pope urges Turkey to open doors to Armenia, and a new Russian convoy enters eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Rosneft Shrugs Off Oil-Price Slide, Azerbaijani Dissident Ailing in Prison
Plus, EU’s Albania justice mission faces corruption probe, and Orban tacks back toward Europe. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Say It Loud, I’m Belarusian and Proud
Among young people in Belarus, speaking the national language instead of Russian is coming into vogue. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Moldova’s Elections as Tug-of-War
Russia and the EU are working to help voters make up their minds as they head to the polls this weekend. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Buckwheat Panic Grips Russia, Czech Leader Urges ‘Finlandization’ of Ukraine
Plus, ‘Western values’ blamed for infertility in Kazakhstan, and a Russian journalist fights deportation from Poland. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Kazakhstan Bans Child Jihadi Video, Russia Cracks Down on Capital Flight
Plus, Yerevan and Baku trade more barbs over helicopter shootdown and Uzbekistan lays claim to a sliver of Afghan territory. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
