While ten years ago there were only two significant Africa-based violent extremist groups – Nigeria-based Boko Haram and Somalia-based al-Shabab – a new report by HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies shows that today there are at least ten active extremist groups operating on the continent. Despite the number of …

Court decision to fine Poland is reverberating throughout Central and Eastern Europe, where far-right leaders are converging ahead of their respective election campaigns. The Court of Justice of the European Union, CJEU, on Wednesday issued a million-euros daily fine to Poland, the largest in the block’s history, for not dismantling …

While the November 14 presidential election looks like a shoo-in for the incumbent Radev, the general election on the same day looks harder to call Bulgaria is closing an unprecedented year: by the end of 2021, its citizens will have voted in no less than four elections: inconclusive general elections …