Ranked 32nd out of 32 countries, Tajikistan’s IT sector barely exists. Recent digital governance initiatives at least suggest ambition. Tajikistan occupies an...
Emerging Europe Staff
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Armenia’s economy is thriving as it loosens ties with Russia and looks towards Brussels. That may be no coincidence. It was, even by the standards of what passes...
Hungary’s exhausted growth model may depend on a change of government to get moving again. For a country that built its modern economic identity on luring foreign...
Europe throws billions at its defence sector. Ukraine’s kitchen-table innovators are already cashing in. Great news for Ukrainian housewives. The European Commission...
With ICT exports at 5.02 per cent of GDP and value added at 8.51 per cent, Serbia has built the Balkans’ most export-oriented tech sector. Serbia has assembled one...
Artificial intelligence was supposed to make work fairer. New data suggest it may do the opposite. When Anne, a data entry clerk, watched an IBM PC arrive on her desk in...
The EU’s new deals with Australia are really about minerals, missiles, and the retreat of American reliability. In September 2021, France recalled its ambassadors...
Founders who delay monetisation think they are being patient. Andrew Wrobel’s new book argues they are being shaped. Ask a founder to pitch their start-up and the...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has turbocharged Poland’s tech sector. Sustaining momentum once the war ends is another matter. Poland, its IT sector at least...
Romania’s two decades of income catch-up are under threat from a fiscal deficit that would give most finance ministers nightmares. In 2025, Romania finally joined...
Turkish Airlines is currently the biggest winner of the US and Israeli war on Iran. The airline disruption caused by the US and Israeli war on Iran is enormous...
The productivity gap that Central Europe can no longer ignore. For three decades, Central and Eastern Europe had a growth model that worked. Low(er) labour costs...