Inflation is finally coming down across the European Union, but the highest rates continue to be found in the east of the bloc. Amid continuing high prices for food and...
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The once simple task of counting the number of people living in Romania has this year been fraught with challenges for the country’s beleaguered authorities. The...
Hourly labour costs in Central and Eastern Europe are still less than half the EU average, but the region has been playing catch-up in terms of productivity in recent...
Central Europe A far-reaching cyberattack in Poland this month hit over 100 email accounts used by current and former government officials, Polish counter-intelligence...
Throughout the communist period, besides the countries now referred to as emerging Europe, there used to be another state – the German Democratic Republic, more widely...
Minimum wages are increasing faster in emerging Europe than anywhere else in the European Union. When the cost of living is taken into consideration, a minimum wage in...
Is your home too small? If you live in Montenegro or Serbia, there’s a strong chance that the answer is yes. Almost two thirds of Montenegrins live in overcrowded...
Cross-border e-commerce has seen a boom during the Covid-19 pandemic. Governments need to capitalise on this to support the post-pandemic economic recovery. In the movie...
Latvia leads the EU when it comes to the number of women in science and tech. For some time the European Union has sought to improve its wide gender imbalance in...
Croatia last week announced a new law that would regulate Sunday work. Government spokesperson Marko Milic said that new legislation would significantly limit the number...
Getting away for a week’s holiday this summer might be difficult for many people as a result of Covid-19-related travel restrictions, but for many in emerging...
Over recent months, many young people have had to follow online classes, as lockdown measures associated with the Covid-19 pandemic have prevented their schools...
New data from Eurostat, the European Commission’s statistics directorate, has revealed that the highest annual increases in house prices in the second quarter of...