On September 11, Belarus is holding a parliamentary election. The EU will need to respond to this vote in a carefully calibrated manner. While the union is presently...
Opinion
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Responsible leaders from the CEE region believe they cannot avoid the question: ‘What is the next break-out point for Central and Eastern Europe in the potential fourth...
When the UK’s population voted on whether to remain within the European Union in June 2016, the result was neither expected nor welcomed by chambers of commerce and...
My very first encounter with any of the post-Soviet countries took place in the late 1970s, or in the middle of the Cold War, if you will. Back then I worked for a...
The financial crisis has led to plenty of conclusions in Europe. One among the many is that capital markets and their use for the real economy have been far from optimal...
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. Apparently these words, attributed to Benjamin Franklin, cannot be applied to all tax systems.
The European Outsourcing Association has just announced its shortlist for the Outsourcing Destination of the Year 2016 and one of the countries on the shortlist is...
During the global financial crisis, which started less than a decade ago, the CEE countries suffered as a result of a heightened risk aversion on the part of...
The financial market in Belarus is not generally accepted as a lever for the economy, despite having an actively developing legislative framework and a well-established...
Belarus is among the world’s top countries when it comes to the ease of starting a business. In the World Bank Group’s Doing Business report of 2016, the country is...
Outsourcing is being transformed; digitalisation, automation, the Internet of Things, these are only a few of the elements that are shaping it now. All of these factors...
Although there is a lot of tech talent in Belarus and the start-up ecosystem is blossoming, when it comes to venture firms and angels’ groups there is a huge gap between...
