Russia’s election fools nobody, which is rather the point. It also hands Putin a stick with which to beat a Ukraine that cannot vote...
Analysis
Reform politicians often cite Singapore as a low-tax, small-state model. Many of the city-state’s policies would suit a Green much better...
For Generation Z, spending less, not more, has become the ultimate flex. The second-hand trade is booming; the luxury trade, rather less so...
Two-fifths of the world’s land is degrading. The COP charged with halting it sits in Mongolia this month, starved of money and of...
The taxi trade rarely answers ride-hailing with a better cab. Where it can, it answers with the statute book, and calls it fair competition...
Firms that document every role and keep the notes current gain resilience. Nobody, up to and including the chief, should be irreplaceable...
Türkiye might not want to join the EU at the moment, but it would certainly like a lot more out of its current relationship with Brussels...
Bulgaria’s fourth-largest city will be a fabulous host of next year’s 71st Eurovision Song Contest. The many naysayers need to get a grip...
Post-Brexit, millions of young Europeans want an English-taught degree. Central and Eastern Europe’s universities have an opportunity...
Building infrastructure is a game for giants. Keeping it running, especially the clean-energy grid, is where nimble start-ups now break in...
Investment funds launch all the time with much fanfare and almost no money behind them. A few pull it off, the rest simply run out of road...
Each of the six Western Balkan economies has found its own tech and innovation niche, and together they add up to far more than the parts...
Immigrants increasingly back the parties that would have kept them out. The latest arrivals, it seems, are keenest to pull up the ladder...