Parliamentary elections are a good time to evaluate the functioning of democracy in a country such as Albania.
Opinion
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Over the past three years, the Romanian economy has recorded some of the fastest growth rates in the European Union, helped by a rapid expansion of consumer spending.
Moldova and Romania have long toyed with the idea of (re)unification. The two countries, which were a single entity until Russia annexed present-day Moldova in 1812 (and...
Many have dubbed Cluj-Napoca the emerging Silicon Valley of Eastern Europe. Although this is debatable (for many reasons which are not within the scope of this short...
The Romanian energy market has gone through a process of accelerated growth in recent years, leading to the emergence of new energy needs and solutions. The steps that...
Since 2014, gains in household purchasing power, resulting from a combination of a tighter labour market, strong nominal wage growth alongside deflation or weak...
In the 27 years since the transformation, Poland has been preoccupied with catching up with the more civilised and developed economies of Western Europe. Moreover, it...
The software and IT sector produces three per cent of Romania’s GDP and is expected to exceed €4.1 billion in 2017. It is growing, thanks to the high demand coming...
Romania’s diplomatic and commercial affairs with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland go back 140 years, and we proudly name the UK amongst our most...
It has been almost five years since the Georgian Dream’s (GD) substantial and unexpected victory in the parliamentary elections in Georgia. During these five years, the...
The inflow of FDI had long been considered the main driver of economic growth in the countries of Central and South-eastern Europe. During the transition to a market...
There is not, and there has never been, a more important mission for the generation, which spans communism and a free Poland, than a permanent anchoring in Western...
