Mixed identity or no identity at all? This overarching question is raised whenever visitors talk about Prishtina, Kosovo’s capital. And the longer the debate lasts, the...
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The economy of Kosovo has shown solid and stable real GDP growth of about 4.1 per cent year-on-year on average from 2015-2018, being one of the economies with the...
Financial markets had for a long time prepared themselves for an initial interest rate hike by the European Central Bank (ECB) in 2019, but developments in the first...
When visiting Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is best to start the day with a traditional coffee: served thick, foamy and slowly brewed in a copper...
Low inflation is one of the main reasons that Bosnia and Herzegovina’s investment risk remains low, Karlheinz Dobnigg, president of the management board of Raiffeisen...
The economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) reported decent average real GDP growth of 3.1 per cent year-on-year from 2015-2018. Nevertheless, average growth of 3.1 per...
The Ukrainian banking market is probably the most dramatic boom-bust story in the CEE region. From 2000 onwards, the ratio of loans to GDP rose from around 10 per cent...
Fintech primarily refers to innovations in the financial sector. Such innovations may include a new customer experience, a completely new product or modernisation of...
“The further we move in time from the disaster, the more it seems like a myth – and the more difficult it becomes to grasp its real-life roots and consequences.” Serhii...
Central banking is a tough job. It requires making policy decisions in an uncertain environment under pressure from the various groups of interest. Hence, I’m often...
Ukraine’s economy was very volatile during the last decade, having endured two recessions in 2009 and 2015. Now, however, in 2019, the country is in its fourth year of...
Alex Lissitsa (pictured above), is the CEO of IMC, an integrated agricultural business company, and president of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club, an association...
