Section: Transitions Online (EU)
Iohannis Romps in Romania; Those Armed Armenians Are No ‘Flashmob’
Plus, Ukraine’s president orders an end to state funding for rebel areas, and it’s back to the future for Kazakhstan’s leader. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Hungary PM Dismisses U.S. Memo on Corruption, Russia’s Arctic Waters a Nuclear Time Bomb
Plus, Lithuania wraps up its probe into the 1991 crackdown and Moldova attacks corruption in preschools. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Fears of ‘Full-Scale’ Fighting in Ukraine, Azerbaijan Downs Armenian Helicopter
Plus, Russia goes to court to shutter a human rights group and Bosnian farmers try to keep out cheaper EU milk. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
More Russian Arms Said Headed for Donetsk, Lithuanians Accused of Spying for Belarus
Plus, CNN will stop broadcasting in Russia and the Kosovo bogeyman spoils the Albanian leader’s historic visit to Serbia. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Fighting Flares in Ukraine, Romanians Rally over Voting Problems
Plus, the Azerbaijani opposition holds a new anti-Aliev demonstration, and Poland’s Sikorski survives a no-confidence vote. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Latvian Foreign Minister Comes Out, Putin Says Politics Behind Oil Price Drop
Plus, Belarus expels a rights activist over traffic violations and a right-wing Polish politician says his case proves the ubiquity of police brutality. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Doctors March Against Harsh Reform; EU Opens EULEX Probe
Plus, SOCAR’s purchase of Greek company comes under scrutiny, and an aged Romanian accused of murdering dissidents says he was only following orders. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukrainian Cease-fire Under Threat, Resignations Rock Georgian Government
Plus, a Bosnian court strikes down the ‘two schools under one roof’ policy, and Washington ups the ante in its high-stakes influence game with Budapest. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Kyiv May End Cease-Fire, Russian Bug Infects CIS Economies
Plus, oil majors compete for Croatian oil and gas tenders; Latvia’s controversial Ask.fm teen site relocates to Ireland …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Cradle Will Fall
In Russia, parents of babies with developmental disabilities face pressure from both society and the medical establishment to abandon their children at birth. …read more Source: Transitions Online...