The benevolent mafia, they call themselves. The Skype mafia. Made rich by two huge exits (the first was in 2005, when eBay acquired 65 per cent of the company, and the...
Tag - Estonia
Often eclipsed by its two Baltic neighbours Estonia and Lithuania, Latvia’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been both impressive and highly effective...
The huge difference in testing policies (and the ability of some countries to actually carry out large numbers of tests) across emerging Europe means that looking at...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
So many forecasts, so many assumptions, so many reports. I’ve spent the week reading them all, and have pulled together the most coherent and interesting into one...
With over three billion people across the globe now in lockdown due to Covid-19, the world’s largest hackathon, The Global Hack, begins today, running until April 12...
Over the last three decades Poland has become the most successful economy in Europe. Since 1989, the country has increased its GDP per capita by almost 150 per cent...
As the Covid-19 crisis continues and deepens across emerging Europe, IT and tech communities have been at the forefront of those business sectors stepping up to try and...
Here at Emerging Europe we have already pointed you in the direction of some great films and TV shows from the region you should binge on during the coronavirus...
Born as part of Hack the Crisis, an event organised by Garage48 and Accelerate Estonia as part of Estonia’s start-ups’ plan to hack the Covid-19 crisis, chatbot Suve is...
A deep downturn across the board. That’s the verdict on the economic impact of the coronavirus in Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE) as seen by the Vienna...
Across Europe and much of the world, social and public life has ground to a halt as social distancing measures and curfews are enacted to help prevent the spread of the...