Bi-lateral trade between Belarus and the EU reached almost 16 billion euros in the first 11 months of 2018, an increase of 20 per cent on the previous year. Exports from...
Emerging Europe Insight
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The mayor of Gdańsk Paweł Adamowicz has passed away in hospital following a brutal stabbing attack on the evening of January 13. Mr Adamowicz was speaking in front of...
The Bulgarian resort of Sunny Beach (Slanchev Bryag) has been named as offering the best value for money break for UK holidaymakers for a second year running, an annual...
MPs in Macedonia voted on January 11 to constitutional changes to rename the country North Macedonia, the final step towards normalising relations with neighbouring...
A selection of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which are well worth your time. The notion of an east-west split in the EU is...
Global economic growth is projected to soften from a downwardly revised three per cent in 2018 to 2.9 percent in 2019 amid rising downside risks, the World Bank says in...
Mikhail Vidyakin, head of the strategy and reform department at the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), has said that overregulation is preventing the country’s...
The Bulgarian government has approved a plan to start talks with the United States on buying eight new F-16 fighter jets to replace its ageing Soviet-made MiG-29s and...
Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz told a press conference on January 9 that he is convinced Romania’s presidency of the Council of the European Union will...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending 22.3 million euros to Garanti Bank Romania to support businesses in the country. Of the loan, five million euros will be...
The Romanian Competition Council has sanctioned Orange Romania with a fine of 64.9 million lei (around 14 million euros) for abusing its dominant market position during...
Latvia’s president, Raimonds Vējonis, has nominated Krišjānis Kariņš, the leader of the small New Unity party, to form a government. Mr Kariņš is the third nominee...