The de-dollarisation strategy will open new opportunities to invest in the local currency, Archil Mestvirishvili, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Georgia, tells...
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Italian UniCredit wants to acquire 2.6 million net new clients in the region, says Carlo Vivaldi, Head of CEE Devision, UniCredit, tells Emerging Europe. (photo:...
In Central Europe and the Baltics growth will pick up on the back of the investment recovery which is linked to a better absorption of EU funds, Artur Radziwiłł...
After four per cent growth in 2016, we expect a growth rate of over four-and-a-half per cent in 2017, Octavian Calmac, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of...
The judicial system in many emerging European countries is not a focus for the authorities and yet, it is vital for attracting foreign investors, says Panos Katsambas...
The way companies approach expansion strategy is changing. I recently met with the head of Expansion, of a fast growth technology company, and learnt more about his...
“It’s nearly 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall and I think there’s been outstanding progress,” says Sir Suma Chakrabarti, President of the European Bank for...
Moldova has been working recently to foster investments and to address the accumulated challenges in the banking and the real sectors. The programme with the IMF is on...
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 about Greece’s future...
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 abrupt end and export...
As the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) holds its annual meeting in Cyprus, the political and economic landscape across transition economies is...
The conflict in Syria is the worst humanitarian crisis of our time. To date, almost five million people have been forced to flee the country in six years of war. They...