Corruption remains at the centre of attention when it comes to the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe. While some countries have become synonymous with...
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Czech utility group CEZ may sell its assets in Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Poland, in order to focus more on the domestic market. “Within the new strategy, we have the...
As the Czech Republic heads to the polls in elections for the European parliament, the biggest protests in the country since 1989 continue, with 50,000 people this week...
Estonia tops the Digital Life Abroad: an Expat Insider Topical Report conducted by InterNations, a social network for expats to gauge the perception of digital lives...
The number of residence permits granted to non-EU citizens in Hungary increased by 113 per cent in 2017 to 117,026. According to Eurostat, the EU’s statistics office...
The European ombudsman Emily O’Reilly (pictured above) has opened an inquiry on the European Commission’s refusal to grant full public access to documents relating to...
For many of the countries of emerging Europe, 2019 offers double cause for celebration: 30 years since the end of communism in 1989 and 15 years since EU membership in...
South African (SA) companies are increasingly looking at emerging European markets due to uncertainty in their local economy, in particular the real estate and the...
The Czech Republic, Slovenia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia are the five emerging Europe countries with the highest share of employees who are at high risk of...
Some parts of emerging Europe are struggling with the phenomenon of over-tourism. Local, or even national government intervention may be unavoidable if we are to ensure...
Sev.en Energy has bought two Czech coal-fired power plants, Kladno and Zlín, from Swiss electricity producer Alpiq for 280 million euros. “The strategic transition...
Demographics in the Visegrád countries – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – will shift dramatically over the next two decades as population...
Contaminated Russian oil will continue to flow to Slovakia and Hungary for at least another four to six months. Oil company Transneft confirmed that oil producing firms...