He was king before – and after – his father. He was one of the last people alive to have met Hitler, Mussolini and Churchill but not, as has been reported, the last...
Tag - Economy & Politics
Nine cities in Central and Eastern Europe feature amongst the first 20 in the Best-Performing Cities Europe Index, published on December 4 by the Milken Institute. The...
Anytime Beijing ventures into intra-European relations, trepidation ensues. The “16+1” meeting between Beijing and a group of Central and East European states on...
Ever since central Europe’s transition to democracy, the Visegrád Group (V4) has been a cooperative project based on the principle of costs and benefits. In recent times...
Emerging Europe – Georgia in particular – will play an increasingly important role in the continued development of the New Silk Road Economic Belt, launched by China in...
Government investigations and regulatory compliance are increasingly concerning issues for businesses operating in the CEE market. This is according to the latest...
Money laundering may not be theft, but it is a product of theft. Sources of laundered money may include illegal activities such as trafficking in drugs or humans, or it...
Poland’s government has made no secret over the past 12 months of its plans to change media rules in a such way that could force some foreign owners out of the country...
There is much talk in Europe at the moment about the potential spread of separatist movements, a consequence of Catalonia’s referendum on independence. A number of maps...
When the Soviet Union dissolved on New Year’s Eve, 1991, it was replaced by 15 newly-independent countries with vastly different cultures and levels of development. One...
The Czech National Bank (CNB) raised its main interest rate by 25 basis points to 0.50 per cent in early November. The bank had also increased the rate in August, in...
In April, news broke of a widespread anti-gay purge in Chechnya; in September, gay men and transgender women were rounded up in Azerbaijan; and in October reports...
