JEAN-MICHEL DE WAELE (University of Brussels), ANTHONY PERSONA (University of Brussels)
Introduction to the special issue: The Left in Central and Eastern Europe, Trajectory of a Decline from the Post-Communist Transition

BEKIM BALIQI (University of Prishtina), 
From a Social Movement to a Left-Wing Party: The Study of Vetëvendosje in Kosovo

 BARTOSZ M. RYDLIŃSKI (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw), 
Communist Heritage as the Welfare State Point of Reference – Poland’s Case Study 

 JORDAN JORGJI (Fan S. Noli University), 
What Constitutes the Left in Albania? Defining Communist Successor and Other Left-Wing Parties 

 ANTONY TODOROV (New Bulgarian University), 
Conditions for the (Re)Construction of Progressive Left in Bulgaria 

TOMÁŠ CIRHAN, MATTIA COLLINI (Charles University), 
The Crisis of the Left in the Czech Republic, a Party-Elite Perspective (KSČM and SOCDEM) 

MICHEL PEROTTINO (Charles University), 
At the Roots of the Current Transformation of the Czech Communist Party

ROBERT-GABRIEL ȚICĂLĂU (University of Bucharest),
An Analysis of Discourses and Media Statements on the 2024 Parliamentary Elections in Belarus: Strengthening the Hegemonic Authoritarian Façade

 SILVIA-DIANA SCHECHTER (University of Bucharest),  
The Gamification of Political Participation in the Free Palestine Movement

 JOCHEN FRANZKE (University of Potsdam), PETR JÜPTNER (Charles University), ŠTĚPÁN HOFMAN (Ministry of Industry and Trade), JAKUB ČAPEK (Charles University in Prague), 
Local Elections Without Competition, Plurality and Parties? Case Studies of the Czech Republic and Brandenburg

***, Chronology of the Romanian Political Life, October 1, 2024 – March 31, 2025 

Review Essay: Competing Narratives in Hungarian-Romanian Interstate Relations

(TAMÁS SZABÓ, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania)

Radu Carp, Punctul de Cotitură. Ruptură, Continuitate și Transformarea Democrațiilor [The Turning Point. Rupture, continuity and transformation of democracies], Târgoviște, Cetatea de Scaun, 2024 (ȘTEFAN-DANIEL ȚUȚUIANU, University of Bucharest)  

Alexandru COHAL, Dorin DOBRINCU, George ȚURCĂNAȘU (editors), Regionalizarea: către un model de bună guvernanță a României [Regionalization: towards a good governance model for Romania], Iași, Polirom, 2023 (CRISTINA STĂNUȘ, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu)