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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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...
The European Commission revealed on September 19 that China remains the EU’s main source country for goods infringing intellectual property rights, but North...
Poland’s ambassador to the UK, Arkady Rzegocki, has written to more than 800,000 Poles living in the country advising them to “seriously consider the possibility of...
Turkish car parts maker Feka Automotive has started the construction of a 15 million-euro factory in Cuprija, central Serbia. Feka Automotive plans to hire 110 workers...
Outgoing president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, has reiterated his strong support for Albania and North Macedonia to begin European Union accession talks...
Moldova’s economy expanded by 5.8 per cent year-on-year in real terms in the second quarter of 2019, with wholesale and retail the main growth drivers, the...
Banks could lose up to 280 billion US dollars in payments revenue by 2025, as an increasing number of start-ups, such as Estonia’s TransferWise, make sending money...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending financial package worth 160 million euros to UniCredit Bank Serbia to address key challenges...
Albanian and Western Balkans tech start-ups have once again been invited to take part in the UK-Albania Tech Hub, now in its third year. The hub aims to facilitate...
The European Union will deploy an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Kosovo to observe the early parliamentary elections, scheduled for October 6. The European Union...