Researchers at the Eastern European Construction Forecasting Association (EECFA), who each winter put together a detailed outlook of the construction industry in much of...
Craig Turp-Balazs
Craig Turp-Balazs is the editor of Emerging Europe.
Slow progress in raising living standards, and widening inequality have contributed to political polarisation and erosion of social cohesion in many advanced and...
Georgia’s trade deficit rose slightly in 2017, to 5.25 billion US dollars, an increase of just over 70 million US dollars on 2016. Overall, Georgia’s exports rose by an...
The Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has set out the four priorities for the Balkan country’s presidency of the European Council.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis appointed Viorica Dancila, an obscure member of the European parliament who once claimed that Iran and Pakistan were EU members, as the...
Bulgaria’s Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov has suggested that the Balkan country is ready to join the eurozone, and that it will take its first steps along the road...
At its first meeting of 2018, the board of the Romanian National Bank (BNR) voted on January 8 to raise its interest rate 0.25 per cent to 2 per cent. It is the first...
A year since the President of Belarus Aleksander Lukashenko signed a decree allowing visitors from 80 countries to visit the country visa-free for five days, the...
Romania ended 2017 without seeing any major new infrastructure projects completed. Despite the various promises of Razvan Cuc, Minister of Transport from January to...
Plans to create one of Europe’s largest ski areas in the mountains above the Bulgarian town of Bansko moved closer to reality on December 28 when the country’s...
Only seven Emerging European countries can boast better than average fixed broadband internet download speeds, latest figures from Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index claim...
The European Commission begins sanction proceedings against Poland for its attacks on the rule of law, Hungary declares to fight Poland’s corner and all of a sudden...
