There can be no way of overstating the effect on Ukraine’s political affairs of the U.S. sanctions imposed on oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky – it is nothing short of a political earthquake.

Slovakia's prime minister has apologised after joking in a radio interview that he offered to hand over a Ukrainian region to Russia in exchange for its COVID-19 vaccine.

By Vitaly Portnikov Officials at Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry keep saying they are working on organising a telephone conversation between President Volodymyr Zelensky and the new U.S. president.

European Council President Charles Michel's visit to Tbilisi took an unusual turn as he was given the role of mediator to try and diffuse Georgia's most serious political crisis in years. 

Negotiations are under way between the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and opposition figures. The subject is snap elections demanded by the opposition.

A dubious court verdict, tense street demonstrations, punitive actions against pro-Russian interests – could Ukraine be headed for another bout of instability and unrest?

Georgia is in its deepest political crisis in many years after the country’s prime minister unexpectedly quit, exposing rifts in the ruling Georgian Dream party.