A plethora of applications to join the EU, filed last week in the emotion of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have been welcomed in Brussels. Candidate status for the...
Craig Turp-Balazs
Craig Turp-Balazs is head of insight and analysis at Reinvantage.
A timely new book questions human authenticity, meritocracy, fairness, and the norms and regulations which will be required to guide our future course. I was recently...
A new edition of a major Emerging Europe report reveals the most competitive IT sectors in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Estonia has overtaken Poland to...
Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia are showing welcome solidarity with Ukrainians seeking refuge from Russia’s invasion of their home country. Almost...
‘I passed many villages. Everywhere I heard crying: We have no bread! We are dying! Tell England that we are swelling from hunger.’ The story of Gareth...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is an attack on democracy and the rule of law. Ukrainians deserve our support, our solidarity, and must not be left isolated. In a different...
A new report from the OECD offers a few clues as to how Estonia – and other countries in the region – can manage their falling populations. Estonia’s...
Non-committal for weeks, Germany acted swiftly following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to announce that it was pulling the plug on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. German...
To understand modern Ukraine it’s worth learning about its past. Red Famine, Anne Applebaum’s magnificent book about the Holodomor, is as good a place as any...
Talent in abundance and cost-effectiveness have long made the countries of Southeast Europe great places to locate a start-up, but many entrepreneurs were put off by the...
Moscow would love nothing more than to seriously damage the Ukrainian economy without having to fire a single shot. As I write, Russia is either beginning to withdraw...
For Albania’s share of employment in high-skilled occupations to reach the Western Balkans average, more than 100,000 people (nine per cent of the workforce) need to...