New Eastern Europe

New Eastern Europe is a unique bimonthly news magazine focused on the happenings in Central and Eastern Europe. Our editorial team operates out of Krakow, Poland. This initiative is a collaborative effort between the City of Gdansk, the European Solidarity Center, and the Jan Nowak-Jezioranski College of Eastern Europe. The aim of New Eastern Europe is to foster discussions, deepen understanding, and promote dialogue on the challenges facing countries that were once part of the Soviet Union or influenced by it. Unlike a traditional academic journal, we adopt a journalistic style, featuring commentary and analysis from a range of contributors including journalists, experts, analysts, writers, historians, and both Eastern and Western political figures.

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The Russo-Ukrainian War after four months of Trump: what is next?

1 week ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

Many people associated the arrival of President Donald Trump in the White House with expectations of a quick end to the Russian-Ukrainian war. This brought Ukrainians hope for the restoration of peace and a normal life, and European and American politicians and businessmen hope for the restoration of the status quo destroyed by Russian aggression. However, Trump’s first 100 days have not only failed to meet these expectations but have also brought many surprises for which the world was unprepared.
Russian war on the environment: the Danube delta, Romania and Ukraine

2 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

Arriving from Odesa, Tetiana Balatska could not resist the charm of Vylkove, one of the “gates” to the Danube delta and a town of 5,000 inhabitants that looks like the end of the world. Opposite, on the other side of the river, Romania and its trees emerge, inaccessible. Further east, the marshes rise towards the Black Sea. Only a renovated road, now divided up by military checkpoints, allows access in two hours from the river port of Izmail.
Anna Romandash Archives - New Eastern Europe

2 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Anna Romandash

Text resize: A A Change contrast Russian war on the environment: the Danube delta, Romania and Ukraine The environmental impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can be seen in many areas. This is clear with regards to the country’s coastline, where damage is now being countered by dedicated efforts at conservation and rewilding. Terms of Use | Cookie policy | Copyryight 2025 Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego 31-153 Kraków Agencja digital: hauerpower studio krakow....
I grew up hearing Ukraine’s village songs. Now we are helping young people bring them back.

2 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

As a boy of six or seven years old in the 1970s, I loved to stroll along my granny’s clay-paved street in the bucolic central Ukrainian village of Helmiaziv. In the evenings, I could hear voices singing local “village songs”, where a matriarch or younger woman would finish a verse with a distinctive long sound after the other singers fell silent. This was the practice of the tiahty lenchyka. Back then, I never imagined that this beautiful tradition might one day disappear.
Bulgaria’s Eurozone games

2 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

On May 9, 2025, Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev proposed the initiation of a referendum on the date of Bulgaria’s joining the Eurozone. His initiative caused a political storm and public hysteria, but, most of all, shone a light on the extent of capture of Bulgarian institutions, including parliament. Polls carried out earlier this year by Myara showed that 51.7 per cent of Bulgarians oppose Bulgaria’s Eurozone entry in principle while 39 per cent support it in principle.
Beating the blockade: why western sanctions failed to cripple Russia

2 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

Following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, western nations imposed sweeping sanctions with the primary aim of hurting the Russian economy. These included bank restrictions, export bans, technological embargoes, and a ceiling on Russian oil prices. However, more than three years later, Russia’s economy is not only intact, but growing at a faster rate than many western economies. This surprising resistance raises serious concerns about the effectiveness of sanctions as a tool of economic warfare.
Pope Francis and his complicated legacy in Ukraine

3 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

On April 26th, hundreds of thousands of Catholics gathered in Rome to pay their respects to Pope Francis. He was the head of the Catholic Church from March 2013 to April 2025. During his tenure, Pope Francis advocated for social justice, climate change and the rights of marginalized groups. He was a progressive in the Catholic Church, where he looked to be more inclusive of various communities around the world.
Why Russia’s military moves in 2025 show it is not ready to stop

3 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

Russia’s behaviour on the battlefield demonstrates its unwillingness to seek peaceful compromises. Instead, it wants to pursue a strategy of prolonging the war to secure more territorial gains. This aligns with Putin’s previous statements. In particular, he made it clear in October 2022 and June 2024 that his minimum objective was to fully incorporate the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Luhansk, and Donetsk oblasts.
Russia is stealing Ukrainian grain. It wants to do so without any restrictions

3 weeks ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

In one of the rounds of negotiations between the US and Russia at the end of March, Russian representatives raised the issue of the “Black Sea Initiative”. This was enacted and implemented in 2022 with the support of Turkey and the UN to allow for the safe export of grain from Ukrainian Black Sea ports. However, after a year, the Russian government withdrew from the agreement.
“Russia has lost sensitivity to death. Death validates it now”

1 month ago | neweasterneurope.eu | Daniel Gleichgewicht

Three years ago, Ukrainian forces retook Kherson in what was then hailed as a major turning point in the war. At the time, Professor Andrey Makarevich, a political scientist at the University of Tartu and long-time observer of Russia’s authoritarian evolution, told me that Vladimir Putin would not survive a second Kherson. But that second Kherson never came.