News from Central and Eastern Europe

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In this episode of the VoiCEE podcast, @JoshuaCoe
speaks with journalist Isabelle de Pommereau about her article for @TransitionsMag.

She met Ukrainian women learning to clear the unexploded ordnance littered across the country amid the ongoing war

https://t.co/9m6szJSBV8

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In this episode of the VoiCEE podcast, @JoshuaCoe speaks with @panyiszabolcs of @VSquare_Project and @direkt36 about his investigation into how Hungary reportedly surveilled EU anti-fraud officials probing the company of Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law
https://t.co/zm70xopiKi

[News from Central and Eastern Europe @NewsFromCEE]

In this episode of the VoiCEE podcast, @JoshuaCoe speaks with @panyiszabolcs of @VSquare_Project and @direkt36 about his investigation into how Hungary reportedly surveilled EU anti-fraud officials probing the company of Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law
https://t.co/zm70xopiKi

[News from Central and Eastern Europe @NewsFromCEE]

In this episode of the VoiCEE podcast, we discuss what the return of Donald Trump means for Ukraine and Poland.

Our new host @JoshuaCoe speaks with Anastasiia Herasymchuk of @ukraine_world and @danieltilles1 from @notesfrompoland
https://t.co/NeyZp9ZELc

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In the latest episode of The VoiCEE podcast, @AlicjaPtak4 discusses her new report on how proposed EU emissions regulations could threaten Poland's booming lithium-ion battery industry, which is the largest in Europe and second globally, behind only China
https://t.co/RlbKzx3qEu

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In a new episode of The VoiCEE podcast, @Rept_Democracy discusses their latest “Trends Report”, analysing how multiple challenges will impact Europe and the region in 2024
https://t.co/L8IzYd5X94

[News from Central and Eastern Europe @NewsFromCEE]

In a new episode of The VoiCEE podcast, @Rept_Democracy discusses their latest “Trends Report”, analysing how multiple challenges will impact Europe and the region in 2024
https://t.co/L8IzYd5X94

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In the new episode of The VoiCEE podcast @TransitionsMag editor-in-chief @JeremyDruker interviews @okundra of @RESPEKT_CZ about his reporting on Belarus and whether Central European countries should be doing more to help those facing repression there https://t.co/tZ5u8mazAe

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In a new episode of The VoiCEE podcast, @kafkadesk examines the roots of nationwide discontent in the Czech Republic and ANO's high popularity.

They discuss the successes and failures of the government and the prospects for the parliamentary elections

https://t.co/suTdadz1DK

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In a new episode, @areichardt and the @NewEastEurope team talk about the European Commission’s recent recommendation to grant EU membership candidate status to Georgia, and what it means for the country and the CEE region

https://t.co/ze9V3QGY90

[Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 @notesfrompoland]

In our new podcast, @StanleySBill and @aga_wadolowska discuss Poland's recent elections and what they mean for the country and broader region, including support for Ukraine and relations with the EU https://t.co/WYBB4UHbVQ

[News from Central and Eastern Europe @NewsFromCEE]

What do Poland’s elections mean for the country and the region?

In a new episode of The VoiCEE podcast, @aga_wadolowska looks for answers with @StanleySBill, professor of Polish Studies at the University of Cambridge.

Listen here ⬇ https://t.co/HMUGuaim53

[Balkan Insight @BalkanInsight]

📡 Using new #spyware technology as well as bugs and wiretaps, authorities in various Central and South-East European countries continue to monitor reporters and their sources, #journalists who have been under surveillance told @BIRN_Network.

Read more 👇
https://t.co/b6wBNC6NQ2

[Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 @notesfrompoland]

Media organisations and journalists linked to the current ruling PiS party claim that free speech will be "under threat like never before" if the opposition forms a new government.

State TV has set up a "special hotline in defence of media pluralism" https://t.co/BgvZMWfNV1

[Reporting Democracy @Rept_Democracy]

��️ In this edition of TWiCE 🎙️ we talk to our #Budapest correspondent, @einotai, who discusses a busy 2⃣ weeks for #Hungary in the international arena as Orban gets a new ally in #Slovakia, but his #Turkish one lets him down again.

Tune in! 🎧

https://t.co/C0OJRLHGAq

[Reporting Democracy @Rept_Democracy]

The #Czech Chamber of Commerce sounded the alarm 🔔

In a recent study, the business lobby group said the country was facing a moment of economic reckoning and was bound to fall into the so-called “middle-income trap” if nothing was done.

Read more 👉https://t.co/wxeIqiu74s

[Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 @notesfrompoland]

We answer 12 questions about Poland's new government, including:

1. How will it be formed?
2. Will it be stable?
3. How will it tackle rule of law and abortion?
4. Can it unlock EU funds?
5. Will it face presidential vetoes?

Read our full analysis here⬇️
https://t.co/oLK33waftV

[Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 @notesfrompoland]

The results of Poland's elections have been announced

As indicated in the exit poll, PiS came top but will lose its parliamentary majority. The opposition - KO, Third Way and The Left - would be able to form a government

Distribution of seats and our full report to follow soon