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...
Tag - Infrastructure
A high-speed rail link across the continent could drive the shift of freight traffic from road to rail and provide major CO2 savings. In a now widely-cited study, in...
Budapest’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport—a major regional flight hub—could return to government control after years of private ownership. It’s the latest target of...
As investment and trade increase, Kazakhstan’s economy is performing strongly even as oil prices and production seem set to decline. With 19.2 million people and...
A Polish deep-tech firm wants to make high-speed trains accessible to railway operators across the world by deploying maglev technology on conventional track. Some...
The Three Seas Initiative currently lacks the political backing that would see it given the leadership and financial support it needs to gain any real momentum, but...
Georgia’s mountains are among the most beautiful in the world—but their roads are among the most dangerous. Improving safety will protect Georgians and boost tourism. It...
Soft connectivity challenges, not hard infrastructure needs, are the greatest challenge to sustainable trade between Europe and Central Asia. Trade volumes between the...
Low-cost airlines Wizz Air and Ryanair have an increasingly tight grip on air travel to and from emerging Europe. After the unprecedented fall in demand for air travel...
Amid renewed talk of high-speed trains running from Bucharest to Budapest, the fastest way to speed up connections between Hungary and Romania would be the...
In a landscape where anything less than comprehensive security is no security at all, only half of Central and Eastern European companies have a comprehensive...
There is a high level of correlation between digital development and sustainability, and digital development and resilience, says Microsoft’s Evangelos Chrysafidis. It’s...
