Start-ups and innovation aren’t always about AI and high technology—sometimes they can be based on the oldest crafts in the world. Two Baltic start-ups are putting...
Tag - Environment & Energy
Emerging Europe’s subzero winters necessitate heating that accounts for much of the region’s energy demand. Transitioning its heating sector away from polluting fossil...
Armenia’s existing forests contribute significantly to the economic and environmental needs of the nation. Reforestation can boost biodiversity and climate...
Hungary excepted, Central and Eastern Europe is eager to end its reliance on Russia for nuclear fuel and technology. Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy...
Soft connectivity challenges, not hard infrastructure needs, are the greatest challenge to sustainable trade between Europe and Central Asia. Trade volumes between the...
Lesser countries with lesser leaders have previously been hamstrung by wars on their doorsteps. Moldova, blessed with a president of steely determination, has instead...
As energy prices and inflation rose, vertical farms in Western Europe downsized and went bankrupt. In emerging Europe, many are growing. As Europe has reassessed its...
Since the beginning of its invasion, Russia has hit 271 energy facilities in Ukraine causing colossal damage to the country’s energy system. It will be impossible...
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a staggering 99 per cent of the global population breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits and threatens...
Ukrainian counterintelligence this week reported that a possible terrorist attack is being prepared by Russian forces occupying Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. We ask...
Emerging Europe is rich in minerals but mining and processing them comes at an environmental and social cost. Countries must promote sustainable mining practices to grow...
Ukraine’s Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is still recovering from last year’s five-week occupation by Russia. But with the reception of spent nuclear fuel recently...
