The population is ageing all over the world. It’s so obvious a fact, that people – on hearing such a statement – usually just nod and carry on. We do not...
Tag - Demographics
As many as 3.4 million Romanians have fled the country since it joined the European Union in 2007. The figure represents 17 per cent of the country’s total...
Demography has been an issue in Bulgaria for more than three decades. The country’s population registered its peak in the mid-1980s, when it was about to reach figure of...
More than 15,000 doctors have left Romania since the country joined the EU in 2007, leaving many hospitals – particularly in more remote parts of the country –...
Income convergence in the Western Balkans has stalled, according to the IMF’s new report, Regional Economic Outlook: Europe Hitting Its Stride. Measured in purchasing...
As the World Bank racks up 25 years in Georgia, Mercy Tembon, the bank’s regional director for the South Caucasus, Europe and Central Asia tells Andrew Wrobel that her...
The leader of Albania’s Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha, has accused the country’s new government of being “the result of drug money,” going on to say that prime minister...
CEE economies are stable and represent only a moderate to low risk, claims a report published by Atradius, a global trade credit insurer. The report focuses on the Czech...
The Croatian economy is among the least unstable economies, Bloomberg global risk index reports. Out of 82 countries evaluated, the country ranks ninth, while in the top...
Half of Polish employers say they already face recruitment challenges which impact their companies’ development, says the latest Work Service report ‘Labour Market...
Moldova and Romania have long toyed with the idea of (re)unification. The two countries, which were a single entity until Russia annexed present-day Moldova in 1812 (and...
In 2015, Bucureşti-Ilfov, Romania’s capital-city region, had a GDP per capita of €19,300 amounting to 136 per cent of the EU average (GDP per capita PPS, EU28=100). At...
