Europe is pouring money into the wrong end of its power grid. Distribution grids are what stand between households and cheaper energy bills...
Analysis
The trouble with treating FDI inflows as a national report card is that it’s often overly difficult to know what is, and what is not, FDI. ...
The Last Word: Those working on Central and Eastern Europe’s narrative should stop selling what they do, and start selling what they see...
Replacing GDP targets with wellbeing sounds appealing. Those (very) few countries that have tried it are retreating from the idea, however...
The EBRD’s annual gathering in Riga next month shows that there is a great deal of life left in what critics often dismiss as talking shops...
Across the Baltics and the Balkans, shrinking countries are betting everything on one major city. Entire regions risk being left in limbo...
Malta has handed every citizen a free ChatGPT Plus account. Other countries will be more than interested in the results of the experiment. ...
The Last Word: A brand does not need to become a therapist, a guru or a life coach. In fact, brands should resist the temptation to do so...
The EU’s Spring Economic Forecast shows a slowdown in growth as the energy shock drives up inflation and puts new strain on finances...
Compliance carbon pricing is broadly working, and revenues are rising. However, the voluntary market that companies relied on is in trouble...
No, one more lane will not make any difference: widening roads remains a fool’s errand. Cities that price driving honestly get fewer cars. ...
Governments in rich countries are pushing up the cost of hiring despite possible alternatives for raising revenue not being in short supply...
The Last Word: AI’s next battle is not the model, but the organisation. From ‘What can the model do?’ to ‘What can the organisation absorb...