M&A activity in emerging Europe dampened in 2020, but was far from snuffed out, while an increased interest in exits via stock exchanges points to a better 2021...
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Croatia’s tourism-reliant economy was hit hard in 2020. Industry insiders are optimistic about the coming year, however. Heavily dependent on tourism...
The Warsaw Stock Exchange, the largest capital market in emerging Europe, turns 30 in April. As it looks forward to the future, it is also looking to export its...
OMV Petrom is ramping up exploration in the Romanian Black Sea with a major new investment, but energy companies want new legislation and the reduction of a windfall tax...
In the absence of passengers, a Polish city has plans to sell its airport and create a logistics hub. After years of underperformance that have cost local taxpayers tens...
Serbia’s increasing reliance on China is a health hazard, say MEPs On the day that Serbia began a mass Covid-19 vaccination programme with the Chinese Sinovac jab...
Best known as a producer of cheap, no-frills, reliable cars, Romanian carmaker Dacia has unveiled a more upmarket SUV, called the Bigster, signalling a shift in strategy...
The market for conversational solutions based on AI will grow by 22 per cent on average in the next four years, and a Romanian start-up is well placed to be a part of...
Through machine learning, Lithuanian start-up Biomatter Designs is making synthetic protein design easier. Vilnius-based start-up Biomatter Designs has raised 500,000...
Investors in a Slovenian start-up are banking on cryptocurrency going mainstream. A Slovenian cryptocurrency start-up has raised four million euros in a funding round...
R8tech, an Estonian start-up making building climate management efficient and environmentally-friendly, closes a 900,000 euro investment round. Tallinn-based start-up...
The UK is unlikely to ever rejoin the EU, but there are alternatives to full membership that Britain’s progressives should now explore. In the meantime, we need to...
