Despite Russia’s brutal invasion, Ukraine’s economy forges ahead. There may be stalemate on the battlefield, but on the economic front, Ukraine is advancing...
Craig Turp-Balazs
Craig Turp-Balazs is the editor of Emerging Europe.
A new book documents the quiet reinvention of Ukrainian women amid Russia’s invasion. When war erupts, public attention typically fixates on frontline battles...
In 1989, Romanians paid with their lives to escape dictatorship. Now they risk sleepwalking into isolation. For six months, Romania has lived in a state of suspended...
In a dramatic pivot from decades of economic isolation, Uzbekistan has placed 1.68 billion US dollars worth of state assets into foreign hands. Uzbekistan this week took...
Despite global trade tensions and manufacturing slowdown in Germany, Central and Eastern European economies demonstrate remarkable resilience with growth projections...
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...
