CEOs in Central and Eastern Europe are focussing on short-term growth, PwC’s latest survey finds. CEOs in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are showing renewed...
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Two unicorns and a growing tech sector suggest the country means business. Gaps remain. Croatia has produced something rare in the Balkans: two genuine unicorns...
Albania has built a mature business process outsourcing (BPO) sector that challenges the traditional offshore model. For over two decades, Albanian firms have provided...
Boosting business productivity and addressing fiscal pressures would unlock stronger and more resilient growth in Bulgaria. Bulgaria has been closing the income gap with...
The dominance of AI and defence investments point to a maturing, more focused regional ecosystem. Baltic start-up funding rose in 2025, with total venture capital...
Two megadeals—ElevenLabs and ICEYE—accounted for a significant share, jointly raising over 300 million. Excluding these two transactions, the Polish VC market still grew...
Russian emigration turbocharged the country’s tech scene. The trick now is keeping it going. Armenia stumbled into geopolitical fortune. When Moscow launched its...
Brussels is financing infrastructure in the Western Balkans. EU membership is another matter. On the outskirts of Tirana, diggers are preparing the ground for what will...
Why most industrial AI experiments fail—and how to fix them. Nearly nine in ten organisations worldwide now deploy artificial intelligence in at least one business...
Women remain underrepresented at all levels of the corporate ladder, particularly in senior leadership roles. A recent lawsuit, in which a former president at Insight...
Estonia has claimed its third consecutive victory in the Reinvantage IT Competitiveness Index, scoring 65.45 points from a possible 100 and reinforcing its position as a...
A new World Bank report reveals that Eastern Europe and Central Asia is trading 45 per cent below potential. The reshoring bonanza was supposed to be Central and Eastern...