Despite global trade tensions and manufacturing slowdown in Germany, Central and Eastern European economies demonstrate remarkable resilience with growth projections...
Craig Turp-Balazs
Craig Turp-Balazs is the editor of Emerging Europe.
As Brussels loosens the purse strings, defence tech start-ups across emerging Europe eye a windfall. With Russia’s artillery thundering less than 1,000 kilometres...
While tourists still flock to Croatia and Slovenia’s picturesque coastlines, a less visible invasion is underway. Data centres—the factories of the digital age—are...
Ministers clink glasses every time a multinational lands in Central and Eastern Europe. But it’s time the region stopped chasing headlines and started backing the...
Demographic decline—an increasing problem across much of CEE and the Baltics—need not signal permanent retreat. Rather, it offers the perfect moment for reinvention...
While remittances, hydropower schemes, and fields have long defined Tajikistan’s economy, the writing on the wall is clear—reinvention is needed. Bold investments in...
In warehouses and tech parks from Kyiv to Kraków, entrepreneurs once building apps and software are now designing drones and cyber defences. Russia’s invasion forced a...
As Croatia’s beach resorts prepare for another bumper summer, businesses behind the scenes are scrambling—not for tourists, but for workers. The country’s demographic...
While traditional European financial centres grapple with economic headwinds and regulatory complexities, Lithuania continues to punch above its weight, reinforcing its...
Central and Eastern Europe’s waste crisis can no longer be ignored or buried. But some forward-thinking municipalities have already proven that modern waste-to-energy...
A majority of CEOs in CEE now recognise the importance of innovation and reinvention, saying that their businesses will not be viable in 10 years’ time under their...
Vacationing in Dictatorships: International Tourism in Socialist Romania and Franco’s Spain, by Adelina Ștefan. Dictatorships are not generally renowned for their...
