![](/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/region-europe.jpg)
Latest Articles about Europe's East
![](/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/President_of_Belarus.jpg)
Belarus and the Dilemmas of the Eastern Partnership
On May 7 the Eastern Partnership Program (EPP) will be inaugurated at the EU summit in Prague. Belarus has been invited to take part, a decision that has not only angered some EU leaders, but also poses legal and economic dilemmas for all concerned. However,... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/tymoshenko.jpg)
IMF to Resume Assisting Ukraine
The IMF's mission visited Ukraine April 8-17 and was satisfied with the results of its talks with the government. It will recommend that the IMF board resumes financial assistance to Ukraine in May. This means that Ukraine must avoid a critical depletion of its foreign... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/Moldova_protests.jpg)
Molodova’s Political Crisis Deepens
The security situation in Chisinau has stabilized in the wake of the April 7-8 violent riots, devastation of the parliament and presidency buildings, and post-factum police crackdown. While order has been restored, the political crisis is deepening as the opposition rejects the outcome of the... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/Protests_against_construction_of_power_station_in_belarus.jpg)
Protests Planned Against Belarus Nuclear Plant
Plans are underway for the annual Chernobyl Path March in Minsk on April 26, but this year they will be accompanied by similar demonstrations in the contaminated zone and in Astravets, the location chosen earlier this year for the construction of a new nuclear power... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/VolodymyrLytvyn.jpg)
Political Instability in Ukraine Raises Fears of Intervention by Security Forces
On April 13 Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn said on ICTV, "There is a potential threat of a forced takeover of power (in Ukraine)." A possible cancellation of elections could be part of an "attempt to maintain oneself in power by undertaking any risky action" Lytvyn... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/Vladimir_Veronin_01.jpg)
Moldova’s Body Politic in Gridlock After Elections and Riots
The political crisis seems narrowly confined to downtown Chisinau with its state institutions, political party headquarters, and those colleges and lyceums that supply protest demonstrators from time to time. Beyond Chisinau's center, however, the countryside, "the profound Moldova," remains apathetic and seemingly uninterested. There, opinion... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/Moldovan_students_riot.jpg)
Moldovan Authorities Caught Unprepared by Violent Riots
Moldova faces a prolonged political crisis following the April 7 violent devastation of the parliament and presidential buildings by a young mob, after the opposition's loss of the April 5 parliamentary elections (EDM, April 7, 9). The election observation mission, representing the major European institutions,... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/Yushchenko.jpg)
Ukraine Planning Early Presidential Elections
Ukraine's parliament has scheduled the next presidential election for October 25, 2009, three months earlier than expected. President Viktor Yushchenko went further, signaling his readiness to step down sooner if an early parliamentary election were held simultaneously. He sided with the opposition Party of Regions... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/GGazprom_logo.jpg)
Gazprom Turns the Crisis Into an Opportunity -and a New Crisis
Russia's economy has achieved a modicum of stability after the meltdown that had spread with devastating force from the stock exchange to the financial sector and to industry. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in his report (rather resembling an instruction session) to the State Duma praised... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/romania_flag_moldova_protest.jpg)
Moldova Tense After Post-Election Violence in Chisinau
Opposition protests against the outcome of Moldova's parliamentary elections triggered the seizure and ransacking of the presidency and parliament buildings by young rioting crowds on April 7 (EDM, April 7). Some 2,530 observers from local NGOs and 620 international observers monitored the elections. The International... MORE