Flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) to most of the economies of emerging Europe will be hard hit by the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) claims...
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Poland’s presidential vote this week became the latest election to fall victim to Covid-19, although until late on Wednesday night it looked as though the poll...
Emerging Europe could be set for a resurgence in outsourcing to the region, both manufacturing and services, according to the Vienna Institute for International Economic...
So far, almost all projections regarding the financial impact of the coronavirus – from governments, think tanks, NGOs and international financial...
Albania and North Macedonia will have to wait until October to find out if they can begin accession talks with the European Union. The European Commission said in May...
On May 1, 2004, ten countries joined the EU, including eight from the formerly communist Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE). 15 years on, three more EU-CEE...
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) has published its new growth forecasts for economies in CESEE up to 2021. The main conclusion of the...
The Viennese are known for their pessimism. However, even by Viennese standards, 2019 began with a lot of worries about the outlook for CEE. This is surprising...
On the roof of the early 20th century building where I live in Vienna, penthouse apartments are being constructed. This is happening all over the city, with the property...
Several issues are set to make negotiations for the EU’s next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), which will run from 2021 to 2027, even more difficult than usual...
Growth throughout emerging Europe is the best it has been for six years according to a new forecast published by the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies...
Looking at the headline numbers, most of EU-CEE, including the Visegrád countries (V4) have done well since the fall of the Berlin Wall. At purchasing power parity, per...
