Emerging Europe is highly dependent on Western European demand and growth is likely to be stagnant or negative in 2023. At the end of 2019, the economies of emerging...
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A wave of Russian missile attacks on Kyiv and several other Ukrainian cities was timed to inflict the maximum number of civilian casualties. Kyiv was targeted by Russian...
More than 40 European leaders gathered in Prague this week for the inaugural meeting of the European Political Community. But what is it, and what does it set out to...
The highest levels of growth in the emerging Europe region are expected in the South Caucasus. The ongoing war in Ukraine has dimmed prospects of a post-pandemic...
Bulgarian voters headed to the polls for the fourth time in less than two years on October 3, but the chances of a functioning government emerging from its aftermath are...
Fresh calls for peace on Moscow’s terms are likely to follow Russia’s annexation of four counties in the east of Ukraine. They should be ignored. Just...
With the exception of Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, all countries in emerging Europe and Central Asia should escape recession in both 2022 and 2023. Reduced supplies of...
Trade could be a strong engine of growth for North Macedonia, by transforming the economy, creating viable jobs, and reducing poverty. North Macedonia’s economy needs a...
By not supporting the Baltics and Poland in their righteous quest to enact draconian travel curbs on Russians, Brussels has inadvertently set in motion the undoing of...
An increasingly desperate Kremlin is about to rebrand its “special military operation” to “de-nazify” Ukraine as a “war of defence”. Ukraine is about to get...
Cultural, sporting and economic sanctions appear to have had little impact on Russia’s thirst for war in Ukraine. More will be needed. On September 20, European...
By holding a series of “referenda” in Ukraine’s occupied territories, Vladimir Putin is attempting to repeat the “success” of his...