Russian metal producer Norilsk Nickel has announced that it will close its metallurgical plant in the city of Monchegorsk as part of the company’s programme to move towards greener production. Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) is set to close a...
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There is a noticeable disconnect between the dire warnings emanating from Lithuania and the EU’s own tone in discussing its engagement with Minsk on a newly minted...
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...
A corruption scandal involving his Centre party has forced the Estonian prime minister, Jüri Ratas, to resign. The biggest losers, however, could be the far-right EKRE...
Helsinki-based venture capital fund Superhero Capital is set to launch a new fund worth 30 million euros that will seek out insight-driven data start-ups in Finland and...
Siberia, known primarily for its freezing temperatures and thick forests, has been a land this summer apocalyptically transformed. Abnormally high temperatures have...
The Baltic region’s largest ever infrastructure project, Rail Baltica, is on track to begin operating in 2026, according to the project’s head of strategy and...
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...
In light of its history, Belarus being the unfortunate recipient of almost 70 per cent of the radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, the...
A tunnel linking Tallinn with Helsinki may no longer be a pipe dream, but obstacles to the ambitious project remain. In May 2016, Finnish development company FinEst Bay...
Despite the economies of all four Nordic countries regularly featuring in lists of the best places for tech companies – especially start-ups – to be based, a...
In his report The Baltic Sea Region Economies: Progress and Priorities, economic advisor David Skilling defined the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) and the...