A major new report suggests that as they seek to move away from the ‘extended workbench’ model, the states of Central and Eastern Europe could learn from the experiences...
Analysis
Increasing the dynamism of Tajikistan’s private sector could encourage the country’s young people to stay and contribute to its economy at home instead of moving abroad...
Without significant improvements in gender equality, the countries of Eastern Europe are unlikely to overcome the demographic crisis they are facing, the United Nations...
Croatia’s economy was remarkably resilient in 2022 as tourism rebounded after the Covid-19 pandemic. While membership of the eurozone and Schengen Area will further...
Political opportunism is the motivation behind a Polish referendum on an EU migration deal that itself prioritises the domestic political interests of EU member states’...
Ukraine will in Vilnius once again be looking for a clear pathway towards NATO membership. It will certainly want more than vague assurances of eventual membership...
Estonia again tops Emerging Europe’s ranking of the region’s 23 national investment promotion agencies, but second placed Lithuania is closing the gap. One of the...
Even though most countries of the region – with the exception of Hungary – should avoid a full-year recession, they will suffer a growth slump compared to last year...
Albania no longer appears willing to host a cult-like Iranian dissident group it has sheltered since 2014. On June 20, Albanian authorities raided Ashraf-3, the compound...
That Vladimir Putin has been weakened has cheered Kyiv, but some of Ukraine’s allies fear an increasingly insecure Russia. Little more than a week has passed since...
Bulgaria’s economic growth will continue to slow in 2023. Structural issues in its economy will only worsen until its political instability is resolved. Home...
Geopolitical events have left the IT firms of Belarus scrambling to adapt. But there is hope for the future. In mid-May, I was in Prague, where I joined the 30th...
