The full report is now available: Montenegro: Nations in Transit 2024 Country Report | Freedom House freedomhouse.org/country/monten…

Secessionist Dodik says his govt will convene special session in Srebrenica on day of UNGA Srebrenica Genocide res. Clear attempt at intimidation of local Bosniak community. Operation EUFOR Althea & Sarajevo ldrs must have robust presence in Srebrenica that day. vijesti.ba/clanak/640011/…

Latest episode of Talk Eastern Europe is out!

In this episode Adam, Alexandra and Nina discuss the latest news developments including the US Congress’s passage of the Ukraine aid bill; political developments in Croatia; the situation in Georgia and the situation of civil society…

An open secret in DC that the town is awash with Serbian regime money. This is what 'pay to play' looks like in practice. Vucic is actively campaigning against the UNGA Srebrenica Genocide resolution, threatening war if Kosovo is admitted to the CoE but, hey, 'great to meet'.

What a joy to attend opening night of the world's very best film festival ❤️🇧🇦😁 Running at NYC's SVA Theatre through Saturday. Come! bhffnyc.org/2024-program

Freedom House's report on media freedoms is a grim look on #Kosovo confirming AGK concerns over Governments'' continuous smear campaigns against journalists and media, and lack of safety when reporting from the tense north of the country freedomhouse.org/country/kosovo…

📣IDM with the support of Hanns Seidel Foundation Albania held today the 2nd meeting of '𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠' with the participation of the authors of the report of Freedom House “𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵”, Mike Smeltzer & Alexandra Karppi.
Mike Smeltzer

Great discussion today on Nations in Transit at IDM Albania’s #MorningBriefing with Mike Smeltzer & Alexandra Karppi and a great audience of #Albania ’s policy stakeholders and decision makers

Check out the latest episode of Talk Eastern Europe, featuring a discussion with the directors of the recent film: 'Photophobia' about life in the Kharkiv metro during the early days of Russia's invasion:
talkeasterneurope.eu/episodes/episo…

Not to mention the USA v Russia thing is super unhelpful and plays right into the Kremlin’s preferred narrative.

We literally did the bare minimum at the last freaking minute. All while Ukrainians are sacrificing everything. Maybe we shouldn’t be clapping ourselves on the back?

I have been conducting research about the 1968 Columbia protests for such a long time, but I honestly do not know what to say right now. Except, perhaps, that student movements have been one of the most progressive, courageous political avantgardes of the past century

Latest episode of Talk Eastern Europe is out!

In this episode of the podcast, Alexandra and Nina share some tips on interesting films from the region and discuss the latest developments related to foreign agent laws in Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. They also remind…

📢IDM is pleased to announce the second meeting of '𝐈𝐃𝐌 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠' with the participation of the authors of the report of Freedom House “𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵”, Mike Smeltzer and Alexandra Karppi.

.Freedom House's latest Nations in Transit report lists Georgia's democracy as the weakest of the non-authoritarian block. These things can always be argued with, but intuitively it feels right.

The battle over the 'Foreign Agent law' this week in Tbilisi really bears watching.

🔜 TOMORROW 🔜

Don’t forget to join us and Freedom House for this discussion with Mike Smeltzer, Alexandra Karppi, Bálint Magyar, Jozsef Peter Martin, Ágnes Urbán and Bálint Madlovics!

⏰ Apr 19, 2pm CET
📍 Budapest / online

Details:
👉 cutt.ly/Hw4gFtB5

Hours after polling stations closed and as results pour in, there's no definitive winner in the Croatian elections. In the meantime, a part of the Croatian electorate is ecstatic about the possibility of HDZ being unable to form a government.

My piece: politico.eu/article/firebr…

Autocratizing hybrid regimes like Hungary are slowly backsliding toward Semi-Consolidated Authoritarian Regime status, says #NationsInTransit .

But what does this mean? And what are the implications for the international community?

Read our full report: freedomhouse.org/report/nations…

🇵🇱 Poland has experienced the second largest score decline in the nearly 30-year history of our #NationsInTransit report, falling by 1.39 points from 2013-2023.

How can the new government reverse course?

FH’s Alexandra Karppi offers insight.

🔗: freedomhouse.org/report/nations…

🔥Urgent action needed! Alongside Vojvođanski Romski Centar, we've urged the Mayor of Novi Sad 🇷🇸 to address the devastating fire in the Romani neighborhood.

Our demand: Provide temporary housing for affected families and uphold the promise to rebuild the entire community.