An English translation of Olga Tokarczuk’s Polish novel Flights, which combines tales about travel with explorations of the human body, was named as the winner of...
Emerging Europe
The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors has endorsed the 2019-22 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Georgia, which aims to support sustainable and...
Ford confirmed on May 22 that it will invest up to 200 million euros in its Craiova assembly plant in Romania. As many as 1500 new jobs will be created, as the...
Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev was found not guilty by a court in Skopje on May 21 of soliciting a 200,000 euros bribe. The prosecution had claimed that Mr Zaev...
Wello, an app based on artificial intelligence (AI) which aims to help obese children live healthier lifestyles has received financing of 1 million euros, of which...
Globalworth Real Estate Investment, one of the largest real estate investment companies in central and eastern Europe, launched a new issue of corporate bonds on the...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is teaming up with Sun Exchange – a marketplace that finances solar power with cryptocurrency – to help one of Moldova’s...
Emerging Europe takes a closer look at this year’s EBRD Transition Report, and hears from the bank’s chief economist, Sergei Guriev.
Bulgaria has the lowest gross minimum wage (261 euros) of all 20 EU and EEA countries which impose a minimum wage. Bulgaria is followed by Lithuania (400 euros) and...
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has made Biomashinostroene, a leading Bulgarian manufacturer and exporter of steel equipment for the food...
Senior officials and representatives from the Western Balkans have committed to improving gender equality by endorsing a communiqué on improving access to economic...
Three countries in emerging Europe – Romania, Slovakia and Estonia – are currently running the highest inflation rates in the European Union (EU). Eurostat...
