Croatia, which welcomed more than 18.5 million tourists in 2017, is facing an unprecedented shortage of workers in the tourism industry. The country’s tourism...
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has extended a 116 million euros loan to Poland’s Grupa Azoty, a leading producer of chemicals on the Polish...
A court in Prague has annulled a ban on bikes in the centre of the Czech capital. The ban, introduced by Prague’s District 1 council on May 1st, restricts cyclists...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has backed Ukraine’s revised plans for an anti-corruption court, fulfilling one condition for unlocking the next 2 billion US...
Moldova’s government has announced plans to extend the Bălți, Ungheni-Business and Chisinau-Business free enterprise zones (FEZ), as well as improving the legal...
Ireland is obliged to refuse to extradite a Polish national sought by a European arrest warrant if it concludes that the lack of independence of Polish courts would...
Slovenia looks set for a new election after the country’s president, Borut Pahor, told parliament that he would not nominate a candidate for prime minister as no...
The people of Zagreb stand to benefit from a large investment in the modernisation of their electricity and heating supply under a joint effort by the European Bank for...
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Erste Bank Podgorica have signed the first InnovFin SME Guarantee Facility agreement in Montenegro, to support innovative small...
The Czech labour market is attracting increasingly more foreign graduates. The booming economy — the Czech National Bank expects a 3.9 per cent growth rate in 2018, and...
British Telecommunications (BT Group) and Expedia’s UK branch will both be temporarily moving their offices to Vilnius this September as part of the city’s...
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) wants the new Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab to offer favourable treatment to European migrants during Brexit deal talks with...