Vladimir Putin won a third presidential term by appealing to the working class, the people who’ve benefited least from his rule. Can he hold their support?

2011 was a grim year for press freedom in TOL’s coverage area, according to a new report

Why is unemployment so high in the western Balkans, and what can be done?

The euro zone crisis has entered a dangerous new phase, some say

A polymathic group offers five scenarios for the future of Bosnia

From Skopje to Sarajevo, young people are alienated and increasingly frustrated

An acclaimed Bosnian writer details the alarming state of post-war education in his homeland

A Russian journalist offers a chilling portrait of the KGB officer turned pol

Kiev is courting solar investment – could it get burned?

When it comes to corruption, polling suggests that Georgians feel their country has cleaned up its act since the Rose Revolution

In a new report, the International Crisis Group offers an incrementalist approach to Kosovo’s “frozen conflict”

In a new report, The World Bank lauds the Georgian president’s fight against graft and public misconduct

Looking back on the former Soviet Union’s bumpy road since 1991 offers cause for concern in the Arab world today, but also for optimism

Was Self-Determination’s border protest in Kosovo last weekend a success?

Kosovo’s opposition Self-Determination movement is planning a massive protest this weekend that would be the most stunning example yet of its rise from the radical fringes to legitimate political insurgency …

Bosnian leaders have finally broken a 14-month political impasse, but the spirit of compromise has hardly swept Sarajevo

Can the ECB’s new bank recapitalization scheme forestall eurozone contagion in Central and Eastern Europe?

In her controversial directorial debut, Angelina Jolie examines the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict through the eyes of those who lived it

As the eurozone crisis escalates, post-communist Europe is cooling on the euro. Should we be alarmed? Or even surprised?