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...
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Santiago Croci, acting manager of the Doing Business Unit at the World Bank, talks to Shakhil Shah about the bank’s 2018 Doing Business report, and how its results...
Fifteen years ago, during the EU summit in Thessaloniki in 2003, EU leaders promised the Balkan countries that the door to EU membership would be open to them. Today...
Empathy is one of the key skills of a future dynamic entrepreneur. That was one of the key conclusions of a roundtable session dedicated to social innovation and dynamic...
Greece has agreed to recognise its northern neighbour under a new name, the Republic of Northern Macedonia, ending a long-running and often bitter dispute over rival...
Whether you are an international company looking to start a business abroad or a local investor trying to start your own company, it is important to know the basic...
After the fall of the Iron Curtain, when emerging European countries began implementing market economy principles, the region was seen as a low-cost manufacturing...
Bulgaria’s energy sector is one of the main exporters of electricity in South Eastern Europe, and is among the best performing countries in the EU when it comes to green...
The EU Summit on the Western Balkans, held in Sofia on May 17, was meant to be the showpiece event of Bulgaria’s presidency of the European Union. In the end, it made...
The need to strengthen and improve regional economic cooperation within the Western Balkans has been set as a priority both by the European Union and the Western Balkans...
Leaders of the six Western Balkans states and the European Union met in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on May 17 for their first summit in 15 years. “The summit was a...
Emerging Europe takes a closer look at this year’s EBRD Transition Report, and hears from the bank’s chief economist, Sergei Guriev.