Last week, anti-government demonstrations in Albania and Serbia slightly decreased from the week prior. In Moldova, the constitutional crisis resulted in the resignation of the Democratic Party government in favour of the new coalition cabinet. In Russia, public outcry over Ivan Golunov’s case led to authorities deciding to clear the journalist of all charges. In…
Last week, anti-government protests in Europe increased, in particular in Serbia where tensions between the ruling party and anti-government protesters have heightened. A limited number of demonstrations were also held surrounding the Ukrainian presidential elections. Anti-government demonstrations in the Balkans, Southeastern Europe, and Eastern Europe increased last week, after several prior weeks of decline. In…
Last week, demonstration events in Europe continued to decline for the second week after numbers had risen sharply in early 2019. Violent attacks on civilians and the number of reported fatalities in Europe rose slightly last week, however, though remain below yearly averages. Conflict levels in the eastern Donbass region in Ukraine declined slightly last…
Demonstration events in Europe, which had risen sharply since early 2019, declined last week due to a reduction in KPRF protest events in Russia. Violent attacks on civilians and the number of reported fatalities in Europe again declined last week, after dropping late February and rising again during the first weeks of March. Conflict levels…
2 April 2019: Data for more than 23,500 political violence and protest events across Eastern Europe are now available from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). Spanning 15 countries, the dataset encompasses Eastern and Southeastern Europe, the Balkans, Ukraine, and Russia. Coverage extends from January 2018 to the present, with weekly real-time…
Over 700 political violence and protest events spread across Romania, Moldova, and Belarus have been recorded in 2018 and since. Most of these events have been protests, and most have occurred without violence or intervention. While the highest number of protest events overall were recorded in Romania, the highest level of violence and intervention against…