So many forecasts, so many assumptions, so many reports. I’ve spent the week reading them all, and have pulled together the most coherent and interesting into one...
From the Editors
It’s become one of the great ironies of the coronavirus pandemic in emerging Europe: while the elderly are constantly being told that they are the most at-risk group...
A quick primer on what is, and what is not, digitalisation (in, at least, my humble opinion). Across emerging Europe, governments are responding to the outbreak of the...
I’ve worked from home for the best part of the last decade. Over the years there are a few things I have learnt, some of which might be beneficial to those of you...
Much ink has been spilt lately proclaiming the amazing renaissance of Romanian food and the emergence of Bucharest as one of the hottest foodie destinations on the...
The United Kingdom left the European Union at midnight Brussels time last night. Bells did not toll, at least not in the Turp-Balazs household. In fact, we did not mark...
So there we have it. The year is done, and by and large it’s been a good one for emerging Europe. (I have brought together the main events of the year in a special...
The Liberal party’s (PNL) Klaus Iohannis comfortably won the first round of Romania’s presidential election. Iohannis, the current president, won 38 per cent...
My role as editor of Emerging Europe requires me to chair or take part in a large number of panel discussions covering a wide range of subjects, from investment and...
There are plenty of reasons to visit Georgia. Borjomi, the world’s tastiest mineral water. Nali, Tbilisi’s legendary live music pub. Khaciapuri (the Ajaran...
Last summer, while enjoying goulash at one of the many fine restaurants on Piața Mare, the main square of the Transylvanian city of Sibiu, my daughter quite innocently...
The Romanian government’s attempts to prevent the country’s former anti-corruption chief Laura Codruța Kövesi from becoming the first head of the European Union’s newly...
