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  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    European economy
    Ukraine war derails eastern Europe’s growth prospects

    Think-tank says energy embargo would push most of region into recession

  • Monday, 14 March, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A brewing economic storm in eastern Europe

    Action is needed to help those at the front line of the Ukrainian crisis

  • Friday, 4 March, 2022
    Central bank intervention
    Eastern Europe central banks step in as currencies slide

    Interventions and interest rate rises tackle currency weakness sparked by invasion of Ukraine

  • Friday, 25 February, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Nato alarmed by Belarus role in Ukraine assault

    France and Baltic states cite risks of Putin ally hosting nuclear weapons and Russian forces

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Ukraine neighbours embrace Nato help but Hungary expresses doubts

    Most countries in the region back alliance’s plans as Budapest talks of ‘limited options’ to support Kyiv

  • Monday, 3 January, 2022
    News in-depthBaltics
    Baltics’ record trade with Belarus contrasts sharply with sanctions stance

    Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania try to balance economic opportunities with geopolitical rhetoric

  • Wednesday, 15 December, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Vaccine hesitancy is taking a toll in Europe’s east

    Governments have been reluctant to confront anti-jab lobbies

  • Tuesday, 16 November, 2021
    Bulgaria
    Centrist election winner pledges to make Bulgaria a ‘success story’

    Mandate for coalition as parties take aim at corruption and Covid and energy crises

  • Friday, 5 November, 2021
    News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
    Rising Covid infections in Europe spark fears of new wave

    WHO says pace of transmission across continent and Central Asia is a ‘grave concern’

  • Friday, 22 October, 2021
    News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
    From Baltic to Balkans, Covid crisis engulfs central and eastern Europe

    Infection and death rates are the world’s highest and vaccination take-up is low, forcing renewed restrictions

  • Tuesday, 5 October, 2021
    News in-depthCzech Republic
    French château purchase raises pressure on Czech prime minister Babis

    Billionaire leader faces tight election race and may have to strike deal with far right

  • Sunday, 15 August, 2021
    Lithuania
    Lithuania’s president vows to be ‘decisive’ in spats with China and Belarus

    Gitanas Nauseda says country will defend values of democracy and can deal with ‘complicated neighbours’

  • Thursday, 12 August, 2021
    Poland
    Poland’s divisive media law passed by parliament

    Ruling Law and Justice party sidesteps attempt to delay vote on bill strongly criticised by Washington

  • Monday, 9 August, 2021
    Belarus
    West tightens Belarus sanctions as Latvia prepares to build border fence

    Defiant Lukashenko says UK can ‘choke’ on its efforts to put pressure on Minsk

  • Sunday, 8 August, 2021
    Latvia warns of risk of ‘incident’ between Nato and Russia

    Belarus ‘border crisis’ and military exercise could cause ‘misunderstanding’, says foreign minister

  • Friday, 6 August, 2021
    News in-depthBelarus
    Activist and athlete show human face of Belarus crackdown

    Vitaly Shishov found dead days after Olympian Krystsina Tsimanouskaya claimed asylum

  • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
    Belarus
    Belarus opposition leader urges west to toughen sanctions

    Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to lobby for UK support in battle against President Lukashenko

  • Tuesday, 13 July, 2021
    Bulgaria
    Pop star’s anti-elite party wins Bulgarian election

    Slavi Trifonov seems to want to convert his anti-campaign into an anti-politics governing platform as well

  • Monday, 12 July, 2021
    Moldova
    Pro-EU party wins landslide Moldova election

    Anti-corruption-fighting platform of former World Bank economist trumps pro-Russia bloc

  • Monday, 12 July, 2021
    Bulgaria
    Bulgaria poll heralds paralysis as protest parties fall short of majority

    Singer Slavi Trifonov faces tricky task of forming government after Boyko Borisov ousted

  • Saturday, 26 June, 2021
    FT CollectionsEuro 2020 football championship
    Western Europe’s footballing superiority is about more than money

    Iron Curtain that once divided the communist east from the west persists in football

  • Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
    Slovakia
    Slovakia court orders retrial over journalist’s murder

    President says ruling an ‘important step’ in restoring public confidence in judiciary

  • Friday, 30 April, 2021
    News in-depthRussian politics
    Diplomatic expulsions diminish Russia’s reach in eastern Europe

    Moscow’s relations with former Soviet satellites unravelling as tit-for-tat continues

  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    Czech Republic
    Czech Republic orders Russia to scale back Prague embassy

    Diplomatic row over 2014 blasts at ammunition depot worsens with more expulsions

  • Sunday, 11 April, 2021
    InterviewPoland
    Polish minister says ‘suicidal’ to vote down EU recovery fund

    Failure to ratify could delay disbursement of billions of euros across the bloc

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