Baltic States
Latvian oligarch Aivars Lembergs jailed for five years for financial crimes
Corrupt political kingpin finally goes to jail for bribery and money laundering after court battle lasting 12 years.
Emerging Europe strong on women’s economic opportunities but dragged down by low pensions
Different retirement ages for men and women lead to lower pensions for women despite reforms in 2019-2020, says World Bank report.
BALTIC BLOG: Estonia's Centre party looks set to maintain kingmaker role
Populist liberal leader Juri Ratas will try to plot a comeback from behind the scenes, analysts believe.
Abuse and hate speech against LGBTI people rises across Europe and Central Asia
Crackdown on democracy and civil society during pandemic accompanied by increase in hate speech by politicians finds ILGA-Europe report.
Ukraine and Lithuania imported record amounts of power from Belarus, but move to break ties with its power grid
Ukraine imported a record amount of electricity from Belarus in 2020, as other neighbouring EU countries cut their ties with the Belarusian power grid.