The regional economy of emerging Europe and Central Asia is forecast to contract by 4.7 per cent in 2020, with recessions in nearly all countries, according to new...
Tag - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Whenever I hear Balkan food described as drab I feel a twitch of sadness. Balkan cuisine is easily comparable to the highly evolved cuisines of Italy and France. I say...
Montenegro declares itself Covid-19 free, as emerging Europe reaps rewards of strict lockdown policy
On the evening of May 24, Montenegro became the second country in Europe to officially report they it is free of active Covid-19 cases. Montenegro has now joined the...
Slovenia last week became the first country in the EU and emerging Europe to declare the end of the coronavirus epidemic. The decision was taken on May 14 after the...
Lockdowns are coming to an end, restrictions are being relaxed. The Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have even said that they will open their borders to...
With a couple of notable exceptions, the countries of emerging Europe remain a long way behind those in the west of the continent when it comes to protecting the human...
When most people think Eastern European literature, they think Russian classics. And while there’s every reason in the world to read them, there is also a whole realm of...
Poland’s presidential vote this week became the latest election to fall victim to Covid-19, although until late on Wednesday night it looked as though the poll...
The EU-Western Balkans Summit proceeded as scheduled on May 6, despite the coronavirus pandemic. A sign of the social distancing times, EU representatives and country...
Tensions are flaring between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia over the latter’s controversial plan to store nuclear waste at Čerkezovac, a former military...
Ukraine is home to the cheapest mobile data plans in emerging Europe, with one gigabyte (1GB) of data costing an average of just 0.46 US dollars. Indeed, Ukraine offers...
