Back in the early 1990s, the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe embarked on a journey to transform their centrally planned economies to market...
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According to the latest Forbes’ Billionaires List, there are 2,153 billionaires (in US dollars) in the world and 28 of them are from the emerging Europe region. The list...
The Romanian residential market is not as stable as it used to be. While oversupply, due to speculative development, has been the main threat for many years, now the...
Bucharest City Hall and the World Bank have signed a Reimbursable Service Agreement (RAS) – a form of technical assistance project – to support the municipality in...
Central and Eastern Europe might not be famous for its discoveries, but in some ways it is an unfair stereotype. On my first walking tour of Budapest I found out that...
The European economy is expected to grow for the seventh consecutive year in 2019, with expansion forecast in every member state. Employment is at a record high and...
Latvia is one of just a handful of countries with a perfect score in a new World Bank index looking at women’s legal rights affecting work. The index, part of the...
Romania should improve the implementation of laws and ensure funding to effectively protect the rights of persons with disabilities and protect women from violence, a...
According to the latest Eurobarometer Survey published by the European Commission, immigration and terrorism are the two most important issues in the eleven EU member...
I came of age during Romania’s post-communist transition, at the end of the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s. I had lived, as a child, in totalitarianism, and...
The Danube Delta is now available on Street View in Google Maps and can be explored by anyone in the world who has an internet connection. The Delta is present with all...
Budapest-based IT education start-up Codecool has received 3.5 million euros funding to finance its international expansion, aiming to ease the shortage of digital...
Drones and 3D printing can radically reduce the cost of construction. But sensible government legislation, as well as a change in the attitudes of the public, are needed...