Since the establishment of its One Belt One Road Initiative (BRI), China has sought to boost its influence in Central and Eastern Europe in order to gain both a political and an economic foothold in the European Union. Some regional leaders are...
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Foreign direct investment in Belarus from China has increased by 200 times over the last 10 years, Belarusian state news agency Belta has reported. Speaking at the...
Bilateral trade between Ukraine and China totaled 5.8 billion US dollars during the first eight months of 2018, a 21 per cent increase on the figure for 2017. If the...
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) has has published its new forecasts for 22 economies in Central and Eastern Europe up to 2020. The report...
A number of emerging Europe countries which have agreed big money infrastructure deals with China are beginning to reconsider their options. Members of the so-called...
Lithuania is ready to welcome Chinese FinTech companies and serve as a gateway providing access to CEE and EU markets. Marius Jurgilas, a board member at the Bank of...
Georgia continues to strengthen its role as a transport hub between Europe and Asia. “Our railways are a crucial part of our transportation system and we are now looking...
The Bulgarian capital Sofia played host on July 7 to a 16+1 summit between China and 16 countries of emerging Europe which are part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative...
Georgia and Hong Kong have signed a free trade agreement (FTA) designed to further boost already burgeoning trade between the two territories. The deal was signed by...
The Sino-China Investment Group will invest one billion euros in Serbia as part of the Belt and Road Initiative. The funds will be released through the Shanghai Stock...
Following the EU’s concerns about increasing Chinese involvement in Europe, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his German counterpart, Heiko Maas, on May 31 to assuage...
The recent EU summit in Sofia, which discussed potential enlargement of the EU to include the Western Balkan states, also revealed the depth of the growing relationship...
