Three topics: Belarus, Russia, and Covid-19 dominated the EU’s Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels. But only two made it to the joint declaration released at...
Craig Turp-Balazs
Craig Turp-Balazs is the editor of Emerging Europe.
The EU’s top court has formally recognised the relationship of same-sex parents and their children under EU law. In a landmark judgement, the Court of Justice of...
End of an era as Bucharest says goodbye to InterContinental, and Budapest’s Gellért closes its doors
Bucharest’s iconic InterContinental hotel is changing its name, but will remain a landmark of the Romanian capital. In Budapest meanwhile, the historic Gellért...
A marketplace matching investors with technology start-ups, SeedBlink is poised to play a key role in the development of Europe’s tech ecosystem. Launched in January...
Leading Uzbek firms, such as home appliance giant Artel, are making international best practice ESG standards a key part of their business strategies. When Uzbek home...
Economies in emerging Europe – and further afield – will now have a further option to finance important and much needed investment in infrastructure. The...
If the European Union wants to match its words about bringing democracy and the rule of law to Belarus with action, then the country must be represented at its Eastern...
Falling birth rates are not an existential crisis for Central and Eastern Europe, but an opportunity
Central and Eastern Europe’s demographic decline has until now been presented by nationalist governments as an existential problem. But are policy makers looking at the...
In order to cope with the green and digital transformation, the EU member states of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) must focus on innovation. Despite solid growth...
The World Bank has announced plans to replace its flagship Doing Business report, discontinued in September, with a more accurate gauge of the business environment. Some...
As the crisis on the Belarus-Poland border eases - to a certain extent - human rights groups call for more solidarity with migrants.
President Klaus Iohannis vowed to consign Romania’s Social Democrats to history. On November 22 he gave them his blessing to lead the country again.
