What it is about Belarus that brings out the funny?

We’ve been here before. Let’s hope it doesn’t lead where it often does.

Post-Dayton Bosnia is broken. Can it be fixed?

By gaining full independence this week, Kosovo reached a political milestone. But major hurdles remain.

The feminist rockers have put Putin’s Kremlin firmly under the international microscope

As their ‘hooliganism’ trial ends, Russia’s newly famous feminist rockers stand firm

The converse of immunity, of course, is that the more of it you have, the more impunity you enjoy.

A billionaire and satellite dishes are getting a lot of attention, but increasing repression is hitting less-visible targets, too.

Two World War II heroes, in their 80s, almost ended up murdering a communist-era prosecutor a few years ago.

Who would have thought Hungary, of all the former Warsaw Pact countries, would be inching toward authoritarianism today?

Romania’s new prime minister decides to set his own precedents.

“Three out of five managers of Czech SMEs believe it is impossible to win a public contract without resorting to bribery, a kickback or some other ‘incentive.’ “

“The EU hovers between politics and diplomacy, between states and markets, and between government and governance”

The 6 May elections created a false sense of tranquility in Serbia

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?

The darling of the Orange Revolution has not been able to capitalize on general sympathy to generate broader protest over her imprisonment.

Is someone trying to light the fuse on an explosive situation?

The Uzbek government has apparently finally decided that it doesn’t make economic sense to rip off foreign investors and abscond with their property.

In Bulgaria, accession has been good for the bad guys, too.