Europe
What's happening in Brussels and what the rest of Europe is up to through the eyes of the Mainland Times. In simple terms, how the current events in the EU will affect the lives of EU citizens and expats.
Harvard’s role in Bulgaria’s election; Transylvanian mystics: Elsewhere in emerging Europe
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all...
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Estonian-founded equity trading platform Funderbeam launches new venture index
The global funding and trading platform Funderbeam has unveiled its new Funderbeam Venture Index, which enables investors to track price...
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Democracy in Emerging Europe: Flawed at Best
Central and Eastern Europe does not have a single, full democracy according to the 2017 Democracy Index released early in...
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Emerging Europe’s weirdest Christmas traditions
Every country in Europe has its own strange ways of celebrating particular holidays, and this is no different when it...
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Poland’s new progressive party makes immediate impact in polls
If Poland were to hold parliamentary elections in the coming days, the new progressive party of Robert Biedroń would have reason...
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Gdańsk: Pioneering a model for an ‘open city’
A new report by the Open Data Institute (ODI) has outlined key findings into the language of European ‘smart cities’,...
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Irish couple to receive damages over advice that led to unnecessary abortion
A couple in Ireland are to be awarded damages for being mistakenly told their unborn baby had a fatal foetal...
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Can the retreat of democracy be reversed?
For Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy to succeed, the US must work closely with NATO and the EU to take...
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Estonia’s techies fear the far right: Elsewhere in emerging Europe
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all...
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The new battle of Westerplatte
The Westerplatte, one of the most iconic battlegrounds of World War II, is once again in the news, 80 years...
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