After the Covid-19 pandemic shattered the status quo in the world of work, Central and Eastern Europe is more open than ever to the idea of a four-day work week. The Czech advertising company bnt.agency has been on a four-day schedule for over two...
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Poland performed well in global obesity rankings until relatively recently. Today, that is no longer the case. As with other parts of the industrialised world, the...
Latvia needs to address a shrinking population, informality and the shadow economy, and gaps when it comes to high quality infrastructure. To drive sustained growth in...
A new report from the OECD offers a few clues as to how Estonia – and other countries in the region – can manage their falling populations. Estonia’s...
Central Europe Poland’s state oil giant PKN Orlen this week announced plans for the development of nine “hydrogen hubs” – clusters of facilities linked to the production...
The OECD, an influential club for wealthy countries, may soon be welcoming three new members from emerging Europe into its ranks. Three countries from Central and...
Slovakia’s immediate priority must be raising a low vaccination rate, while in the medium to long term, an ageing population will be the country’s biggest...
Leadership is no longer about where somebody is from, but the ability to combine global perspectives with local know-how. In the first few years that followed the fall...
Not every country in emerging Europe welcomed the OECD’s global minimum tax rate of 15 per cent. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s...
Lithuania must develop a coherent roadmap for the transition to net zero that specifies the role of transport, says a new report from the OECD. Lithuania has...
Brexit and Covid-19 are challenges, but they might eventually serve to strengthen the relationship between the UK and the emerging Europe region. “We are facing a...
Three emerging Europe states – Czechia, Latvia and Lithuania – have been named among the world’s top performers in terms of regulatory best practice...
