About to enter its fourth year of conflict, Kyiv sees out 2024 in the face of territorial advances and the military superiority of Russia. Trump’s victory brings the possibility of a negotiated end closer, but Zelenskiy distrusts the Kremlin
The city suffered 33 days of occupation in the early days of the invasion and was exposed to the cruelty of Russian troops
The government has created a Ministry of National Unity that hopes to attract residents abroad and ease the demographic crisis to address the reconstruction of the country
The labor shortage in some sectors is driving legislative changes and training programs for the recruitment of female workers
Military personnel and civilians who have experienced the hell of the front line are wary of any peace agreement with Russia
Backing for a negotiated solution to the conflict is gaining ground with 52% of citizen support, according to the latest polls
Two strikes on the city killed 21 people and left 50 injured in early December
Teams from various ministries and the army are working on innovative developments that can produce battlefield material on a large scale
Kyiv seeks to increase anti-aircraft defenses at strategic points such as electrical substations before the arrival of winter
The announcement by Olaf Scholz’s government, which comes into force on Monday, is a blow to free movement in the EU, which has seen previous threats such as the refugee crisis in 2015 and the Covid pandemic
The Polish prime minister warns that Europe is at ‘the most critical moment since the end of the Second World War’ and must commit more to defense and protecting Ukraine
The country’s president leads the ultraconservatives in blocking the reforms adopted by the new coalition
Hungary’s prime minister says that Brussels is ‘blackmailing’ his country and calls for the release of all funds frozen because of concerns about the rule of law under the far-right leader
After seven years in Brussels, the new prime minister returns to the Polish Government with the mission of dismantling the illiberal system built by the national-populist Law and Justice party
The liberal parties hold a majority in the newly-elected parliament. Incumbent Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has been given the task of forming a new government, but any attempt at extending his time in power seems doomed
Justyna Wydrzynska laments that, though liberal parties campaigned for reproductive rights, one of them now wants to leave them out of the government coalition agreement being negotiated
The ultra-conservative Law and Justice, which has governed the country for eight years, won slightly over 35%, making it the single party with the most votes. But the party and its leader Jarosław Kaczyński lost their majority
The war in Ukraine and threats from Belarus have reinforced Poland’s defense policy, which the ultra-conservative government has applied to migration. However, the inhabitants of the town of Białowieża say they are not afraid
The Law and Justice party has toughened its rhetoric against its western neighbor, while Berlin has sought to ignore the provocations
The nationalist and anti-Ukrainian rhetoric of the veteran politician is creating concern in the West, where there are fears that he could become the next Viktor Orbán within the EU and NATO
The ultra-conservative government says the director ‘hates her country’ for her portrayal of the humanitarian crisis on the Belarusian border in the film ‘Green Border,’ which has enjoyed box-office success
Populist and far-right parties are capitalizing on the discontent and fatigue of their citizens in the middle of electoral periods in Slovakia and Poland
The European Commission’s proposal for the distribution of refugees fuels the ultra-conservative Law and Justice party’s Eurosceptic discourse and calls to defend Polish sovereignty
In 10 years, Luisana Pérez went from landing in Miami as a Venezuelan immigrant to a senior position in the Joe Biden administration
The ‘Gazeta Wyborcza’ reporter, a dual Polish-Belarusian national, was condemned by a court for inciting hatred and ‘calling for sanctions’ in his coverage of the 2020 protests
Poland is leading an initiative to limit the economic impact on the EU’s eastern bloc of the go-ahead for the import of duty-free agricultural products from Kyiv
Germany is the exception and has displayed unusual transparency by releasing weekly lists of the weapons it is sending to Kyiv