It’s time to dust off the Danube‑Black Sea Canal and make it the continent’s greenest freight superhighway. The Danube‑Black Sea Canal is arguably Europe’s best‑kept...
Marek Grzegorczyk
Marek Grzegorczyk is an analyst at Reinvantage.
CEE’s rapid embrace of RegTech offers a glimpse of a future where regulation is not a hindrance to progress but a catalyst for innovation and economic resilience. In an...
While remittances, hydropower schemes, and fields have long defined Tajikistan’s economy, the writing on the wall is clear—reinvention is needed. Bold investments in...
The European Accessibility Act will reshape how banks and fintechs design their services—whether they’re ready or not. In an office in Vilnius, a team of fintech...
Stronger regional cooperation could help weaker educational systems leapfrog developmental stages. Czechia’s best practices, Estonia’s technological innovations, and...
As the local start-up scene matures, Kazakh investors look to Europe’s tech hubs. Kazakhstan’s venture capitalists are getting restless. A decade ago, Astana and Almaty...
Poland has spent decades championing coal despite Europe’s increasingly urgent battle against climate change. Now, in a twist of atomic ambition, Warsaw wants to power...
Poland’s game exports exceeded 1.2 billion euros in 2023. Czechia’s film and TV production pumped over 600 million euros into the economy. The creative sector in the...
To achieve high-income status, middle-income countries in Europe and Central Asia must prioritise reforms that will foster the infusion of capital, knowledge, and...
In Ukraine’s darkest hours, a constellation of tiny satellites has provided a crucial lifeline. Yet the very technology that lifts the fog of war also casts a troubling...
Europe has turned 12 billion euros of start-up funding into a half-trillion-euros tech jackpot. When the European Union pours money into start-ups, it doesn’t just fund...
While Silicon Valley had its PayPal Mafia, Estonia came to pride itself on a Skype Mafia—an influential circle of ex-Skypers whose successes have defined the modern...