Central Europe Dutch-registered PPF Group said on Tuesday it wrapped up the acquisition of media and entertainment group Central European Media Enterprises (CME) and now fully controls CME’s operations in Czechia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and...
Tag - Georgia
Public-private collaboration and a more sophisticated tech ecosystem is finally making Georgia’s start-ups attractive to foreign investors. Georgia has always been...
In December 2009, plainclothes police raided the offices of the Inclusive Foundation in Tbilisi, an organisation that campaigns for LGBT rights in Georgia. Two members...
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...
Central Europe Poland’s anti-monopoly office UOKiK said on Wednesday it had fined Gazprom over 29 billion zloty (6.47 billion euros) for building the Nord Stream 2...
Armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh has flared up once again. This protracted conflict is no longer referred to as ‘frozen’, given the...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is forecasting a deeper economic contraction and softer recovery in 2021 for its region, saying the fallout...
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has told the Georgian prime minister Giorgi Gakharia to “make full use” of all the opportunities to move closer to...
Fighting erupted in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh on September 27, with at least 23 people reported killed in the most serious escalation of the 30-year...
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov paid his first official visit to Georgia last week. During a meeting with his Georgian counterpart David Zalkaliani, both...
For music, as for much else, 2020 has been a bleak year. Festivals – ranging from large to small and everything in between – have been cancelled en masse...
Daniel Mitov writes in an op-ed for Emerging Europe that the situation in Georgia “is a poor sign for the health of an aspiring democracy”. Mr Mitov is entitled to his...
