Section: Transitions Online (EU)
Estonia Enjoys Most Internet Freedom, Uzbekistan Among Those With the Least
Freedom House Internet freedom report shows that internet freedom continues to decline, while digital activism grows throughout the world. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Influential EU Trade Committee Greenlights Controversial Trade Deal With Uzbekistan
Human right activists strongly oppose the draft legislation, seen as condoning the use of forced labor for harvesting cotton. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Mongolia, IMF Close to Agreeing Loan Deal
Government willing to accept external aid to rescue an export-driven economy that has been battered by low commodity prices and a backlog of old debt. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
U.S. Seeks ‘Humanitarian Parole’ for Uzbekistan Prisoner
Washington is appealing for amnesty for man whom rights groups call one of the Central Asian nation’s longest-serving political prisoners. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
From the Shores of Azov … to the Halls of Power?
A militarized corps that openly flaunts fascist symbols tries to transform itself into the leader of the ‘new right’ in Ukraine’s fractious political arena. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Teenage Suicides and Social Media in Russia
The arrest of a man for inciting suicide on VKontakte comes a day after the last hours of two Russian teens documented on social media. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Retired Ukrainian Turns Apartment Building into Modern-Day Versailles
Passionate about Baroque, the author of the makeover wanted to “make something beautiful and unusual.” …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Moldova Elects Moscow-Leaning President
Socialist Igor Dodon’s victory is marred by the logistics of voting abroad, where a shortage of ballots prevented many from casting their votes in the election runoff. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Authorities Say Foiled Terrorist Plot
FSB detains Central Asian suspects allegedly planning to replicate the 2015 Paris attacks. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia Bans LinkedIn
The professional social network is the first casualty of a Russian law on personal data storage. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
