Polish and Czech cities lead the way in the first Emerging Europe Business-Friendly City Perception Survey, a major new survey looking at the business environment in the...
Craig Turp-Balazs
Craig Turp-Balazs is head of insight and analysis at Reinvantage.
More than three months after an inconclusive parliamentary election, Moldova has formed a new government in quite extraordinary circumstances. At an emergency session of...
While English football teams Arsenal and Chelsea both complained vehemently last month at being forced to play their Europa League final in the Azerbaijani capital Baku...
The last episode of HBO’s outstanding miniseries Chernobyl aired this week, ending the bone-chilling historical drama. As of today, the show stands as the highest-rated...
When my mother died after a long illness last year I tried to set up a UK bank account in order to make dealing with a number of administrative issues as easy (and as...
Back when I was at high school – long before supply teaching became a profession – the absence of a teacher would require a class to spend a lesson or two in...
Pope Francis has paid tribute to the Romanian diaspora on the first day of a landmark three-day visit to the overwhelmingly Orthodox country. “Through their...
Romania’s highest court, the ICCJ, has upheld a 2018 corruption conviction against Liviu Dragnea, the leader of the country’s ruling party, the PSD, and de facto...
Emerging Europe talks to Marco Mantovanelli, the World Bank's country manager for Kosovo, about the challenges facing the continent's youngest, and one of its fastest...
For many of the countries of emerging Europe, 2019 offers double cause for celebration: 30 years since the end of communism in 1989 and 15 years since EU membership in...
Some parts of emerging Europe are struggling with the phenomenon of over-tourism. Local, or even national government intervention may be unavoidable if we are to ensure...
The World Bank’s CEO Kristalina Georgieva (pictured above) and two incumbent prime ministers, Alexis Tsipras of Greece and Zoran Zaev of North Macedonia, have been named...