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...
Craig Turp-Balazs
Craig Turp-Balazs is head of insight and analysis at Reinvantage.
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...
Poland leads Central Europe in the European Union’s latest growth forecasts, confirming its economy’s resilience despite recurring Covid-19 waves and disruptions...
The Minsk agreements have for seven years failed to prevent fighting in eastern Ukraine. The idea, floated by Emmanuel Macron, that they could now form the basis of a...
Continually reinterpreting Armenian culture is critical to the nation surviving and thriving, says Justin Mayfield, the driving force behind Ghedtair Composite. The...
Moldova’s finest Zdob și Zdub will never have a better chance of winning Eurovision. Will Trenuleţul – an absolute belter celebrating the train that links...
Wolfgang Wendt, IBM general manager CEE, tells Emerging Europe that there is a lot of skill and talent in the region, and that the firm wants to provide them with a...
Whisper it, but in parts of Central and Eastern Europe train services are improving, according to self-confessed train-geek Andy Brabin, currently travelling every...
Given that ski passes in Western Europe are now too expensive for many pockets, we’ve come up with five far cheaper alternatives in the east of the continent. The...
The OECD, an influential club for wealthy countries, may soon be welcoming three new members from emerging Europe into its ranks. Three countries from Central and...
A visit to the former of the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena is a journey into a world of kitsch, bad taste, and absurdity. One of the first...