The high turnout in May’s European elections was driven by a surge in participation by young people, according to a Eurobarometer survey commissioned by the...
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Bulgarian Kristalina Georgieva has been confirmed as the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Her five-year term in the post will begin on...
Neckermann Poland, a subsidiary of Thomas Cook, the UK travel operator which went bust on September 23, has ceased operations. In a statement, Neckermann said that...
The former CEO of Danske Bank in Estonia, Aivar Rehe, has been found dead, Estonian police have confirmed. He appears to have committed suicide. The body of Mr Rehe was...
Nikola Angelkova, Bulgaria’s minister of tourism, said on September 24 that the collapse of the UK’s largest tour operator, Thomas Cook, could have...
Slovenia’s national airline, Adria Airways, has suspended operations, but has claimed that the move is temporary. All of Adria’s flights scheduled for...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a loan tranche of 46 million US dollars to Moldova, saying the country has made progress on its reform agenda and...
North Macedonia will strengthen public finance sustainability, improve market competition, and lower the regulatory burden on businesses to improve integration with...
Montenegro has scrapped plans to add a 254 MW unit at the Pljevlja coal-fired power plant, the country’s government has announced. Ljubo Knezevic, energy advisor...
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...
A court in Bucharest ruled on September 20 that Traian Basescu, president of Romania from 2004-14 and currently a member of the European Parliament, was an informant of...
Estonian-American start-up Snackable AI, which has created an artificial intelligence-based audio content search engine, has raised 1.27 million euros in seed...