Emerging Europe enjoyed another solid year of M&A activity in 2017, closing the year with 2113 completed deals across the region – up 6 per cent compared to 2016...
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The economic performance of Poland is puzzling. The government proudly emphasises the growth of GDP, approaching 5 per cent in the second half of 2017. Industrial output...
Ukraine has opened its first-ever country house at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, and is running a a week-long programme entitled Ukraine: Creativity...
Slow progress in raising living standards, and widening inequality have contributed to political polarisation and erosion of social cohesion in many advanced and...
Ukraine’s unexplored natural gas reserves are estimated at 5.5 trillion cubic metres (tcm), according to state-owned Ukrgeofizik, the country’s largest provider of...
Georgia’s trade deficit rose slightly in 2017, to 5.25 billion US dollars, an increase of just over 70 million US dollars on 2016. Overall, Georgia’s exports rose by an...
Salaries in Poland are on the rise. In December 2017 the average gross salary was 4973.73 zloty, an increase of approximately 350 zloty – over 7 per cent – on...
The Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has set out the four priorities for the Balkan country’s presidency of the European Council.
Banca Transilvania, Romania’s second-largest bank, has finalised the purchase of a 39 per cent stake in Moldova’s third-largest lender Victoriabank. It is the first time...
A sense of optimism has taken hold amongst Slovenian businessmen. According to the Institute for Strategic Solutions, many top business executives are looking positively...
This city of 1.8 million has seen and survived it all: the last century alone saw Nazis roll in one way, and the Soviets from the other. Both left a legacy that lasts to...
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis appointed Viorica Dancila, an obscure member of the European parliament who once claimed that Iran and Pakistan were EU members, as the...