Sergiu Cioclea, the head of Moldova’s national bank from 2016 until his resignation in November 2018, has been credited with restoring trust in the country’s banking...
Andrew Wrobel
Andrew Wrobel is the head of content strategy and publishing at Emerging Europe. Trained as a journalist and a filmmaker, he has worked for press and broadcast media for over 15 years, covering business and economy. He has authored and contributed to a number of international business, investment and trade-related publications and reports. He specialises in nation branding (PhD candidate). He's a frequent moderator, panellist and commentator. Twitter: @andrew__wrobel
“Good afternoon, I have an appointment with Cezary for 2:30pm,” I say as I arrive at a barber shop in central Warsaw. “Hi,” I hear back instead of a more formal “good...
It’s about 6am on December 30. It’s dark and freezing with quite a lot of snow around. I am at Tbilisi bus station waiting for a bus to Telavi in Georgia’s wine region...
I love driving. It gives me the freedom of heading to where I feel like going. And sometimes it helps me get lost and discover places I wouldn’t experience...
‘The universe has been generous’, I thought as I arrived at a bus stop on Pushkin Street in Tbilisi and saw an empty marshrutka about to leave with just one person...
After four years of turmoil, Ukraine may finally be turning a corner. The country’s volatile economy is stabilising, and President Petro Poroshenko has pushed through a...
Good morning, sir. This is a wake-up call to remind you that your group are meeting at 07:30 in the lobby, a receptionist at the Marriott, where I am staying, tells me...
Where are you flying, sir? a Lufthansa flight attendant asks me when I enquire about connecting flight information aboard an aircraft originating from Heathrow...
Latvia’s Minister of Finance Dana Reizniece-Ozala, who, following a general election in October, is about to complete her term in office, speaks to Andrew Wrobel...
You know I have been to Bratislava so many times and I have never been on the National Uprising Bridge before, I say to the taxi driver as we cross the Danube. You mean...
Bydgoszcz, Poland’s eighth largest city with a population of 360,000 and with a strong manufacturing footprint, now has the highest share of IT specialists employed in...
Virginijus Sinkevičius, Lithuania’s minister of the economy, speaks to Andrew Wrobel about economic opportunities, as well as the challenges that the country is facing...
