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
The byline Emerging Europe Staff is used to denote articles to which several members of the Emerging Europe editorial team may have contributed. It may also occasionally be used to protect the identity of staff reporting from conflict zones or discussing contentious issues.
Kristalina Georgieva, the Bulgarian chief executive of the World Bank, has been selected as Europe’s choice to lead the International Monetary Fund. Dr Georgieva...
Central and Eastern European EU members face a possible reduction in investment over 2021-27, claims a new report from the ratings agency Scope, which adds that...
Warsaw and New York based Cogito Capital has reached the first closing of its Cogito Fund I with 55 million euros in commitments. The fund is focused on late- and growth...
Kraków-based Brainly, the world’s largest peer-to-peer learning community for students, parents and teachers, has announced a new funding round of 30 million US dollars...
Polish flag carrier LOT has announced plans to launch direct flights from its new hub in Budapest, Hungary, to Seoul in South Korea. The route will be operated...
The Czech Republic had by far the lowest unemployment rate in the European Union in June, at just 1.9 per cent. Next was Germany with a rate of 3.1 per cent. According...
Bulgarian mobile services provider Allterco said on July 29 that is has finalised the sale of five of its telecommunications subsidiaries to Norway’s LINK Mobility...
Romania’s Constitutional Court ruled on July 29 that controversial changes to the country’s criminal code were unconstitutional. The court’s ruling...
Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, announced on July 29 the launch of a state-of-the-art cyber defence centre in Bucharest...
A murder suspect in the southern Romanian town of Caracal has admitted to killing two teenage girls in a case that has sparked nationwide outrage over the way it has...
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...