Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Emerging Europe Staff
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Thousands of people have protested in the Georgian capital Tbilisi after the country’s parliament rejected a constitutional amendment to introduce a fully...
Romania’s economic growth decelerated to three per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2019, compared to four per cent in the same period of last year, the...
The European Parliament has expressed its deep concern over a Polish draft law that could put teachers who provide sex education in prison. In a motion adopted by 471...
Dutch-based logistics company Raben Group has opened its first branch in Bulgaria, in the capital Sofia, aiming to pursue further development opportunities in the...
This week saw the first Poles travel visa-free to the United States, following the country’s admission to the US Visa Waiver Programme. Poland was granted...
Moldova’s socialist president, Igor Dodon, has formally nominated a close advisor, Ion Chicu (pictured above), to form the country’s next government. Mr...
Emerging Europe’s largest low-cost airline, Wizz Air, has reported a profit of 371.5 million euros for the first half of 2019, a year-on-year increase of 87.1 per...
Czech energy group CEZ has appealed the Bulgarian competition regulator’s decision to block its 335 million-euro deal to sell its local assets to financial and...
Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vučić, said on November 12 that talks with Kosovo could only resume once tariffs on Serb goods imposed by the former Kosovan...
The Moldovan government, led by prime minister Maia Sandu, lost a vote of no-confidence in the country’s parliament on November 12, just five months after taking...
The final 22 kilometre stretch of a new 87 kilometre section of the Serbian E80 motorway was inaugurated by the president of Serbia, Aleksander Vučić, and the prime...
