Investment in the Roma is not only urgently needed but is also one of the most economically viable ways to respond to the current labour market crisis. It’s a dual...
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Tracking the policies and markets shaping emerging Europe and beyond
The European Union must take steps which hold Georgia’s government accountable without undermining the European aspirations and faith of the Georgian people. In...
In developing economies, banks dominate the financial sector, unlike in advanced economies where the financial sector is more diversified. In almost 60 per cent of banks...
With the right mix of policy, innovation, and investment, Slovakia has the potential to not just maintain its current status but to rise as a leading economy in Central...
Both South Korea and Romania have the potential to be much more than standard-issue offshore balancers. They can serve as power-projection transmission channels as well...
With the EU still struggling to decouple from Russian energy, Estonia’s Sunly has raised 300 millions euros to boost energy security in the Baltics and Poland. As...
CEE countries are not just assembly lines for Western Europe; they are also centres of innovation, talent, and investment. And the region’s people offer a sizeable...
With his country’s economy in such a precarious state, Viktor Orbán’s political grandstanding increasingly looks like a vanity project Hungary can ill afford. ...
Georgia’s freedom fighters have one last chance to fight authoritarianism—but they need ECHR support
With an appeal to Georgia’s Constitutional Court to strike down an anti-European law likely to be in vain, civil society should turn to the European Court of Human...
Georgia must adapt its national security strategies to counter not only traditional aggression but also the ‘grey zone operations’ that threaten its sovereignty in what...
Reluctant though they may be to form a functioning government, Bulgaria’s MPs this week did manage to come together to vote through a fast-tracked anti-LGBT+ law...
In August 2020, Belarus witnessed its most controversial election yet, leading to widespread protests and international condemnation. Four years on, the landscape...
Assessing Turkmenistan’s economic health is made difficult by a lack of transparency and restricted access for international observers. Turkmenistan, a Central Asian...