Despite several turbulent years, Ukraine’s economy is now showing real promise. The country recently received its latest tranche of IMF funding and...
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Bulgaria is still the poorest EU member state, although its GDP is now around 50 per cent of the Bloc’s average, while it was only 25 per cent back...
For us, emerging Europe is a region that comprises 23 countries — some of them belonging to the European Union, some believing they will join the...
Universities are among the oldest organisations in the Western world. The University of Bologna was founded in 1088, Oxford and Cambridge not long...
I have been to Ukraine quite a few times but I don’t think I will ever forget my visit to Kyiv in November 2013. Not that it was special for me in...
The way companies approach expansion strategy is changing. I recently met with the head of Expansion, of a fast growth technology company, and learnt...
A unique confluence of demographic, historical and cultural factors is changing the balance of power between Central and Eastern European companies...
In recent years, the narrative around the EU has all too often been one of divergence: from the economic shockwaves that led to ongoing speculation...
In some countries, when their leaders have egregiously over-stepped their authority to shield themselves from accountability, citizens have taken to...
Emerging European economies offer a sound business regulatory framework. According to the World Bank Group’s Doing Business report, four economies in...
It was in Kazakhstan that the world first heard about a new initiative from China to recreate the ancient Silk Road trading routes. During his visit...
When the global financial crisis reached Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), in the fall of 2008, the era of easy, foreign-financed credit came to an...
The assertive and ambitious leader of the ‘People’s Republic’s fifth generation of leadership’ and charismatic president, Xi Jinping (in power since...
