Demographic decline—an increasing problem across much of CEE and the Baltics—need not signal permanent retreat. Rather, it offers the perfect moment for reinvention...
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If policymakers are serious about reducing smoking and improving public health, they need to recognise a basic truth: raising taxes without enforcing the law is a losing...
The European Accessibility Act will reshape how banks and fintechs design their services—whether they’re ready or not. In an office in Vilnius, a team of fintech...
As Croatia’s beach resorts prepare for another bumper summer, businesses behind the scenes are scrambling—not for tourists, but for workers. The country’s demographic...
Russia illustrates how legal systems, when deprived of independence and accountability, can become potent instruments of authoritarian resilience. Since the early 2000s...
Stronger regional cooperation could help weaker educational systems leapfrog developmental stages. Czechia’s best practices, Estonia’s technological innovations, and...
Vacationing in Dictatorships: International Tourism in Socialist Romania and Franco’s Spain, by Adelina Ștefan. Dictatorships are not generally renowned for their...
America’s corporate giants are quietly deleting diversity from their playbooks. Europe’s firms should not follow suit; instead, now is precisely the moment for them to...
The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has resulted in millions of Ukrainian exiles, mostly women, forced to start new lives in other countries. A new study however...
Most education systems still reward specialisation over adaptability, certainty over curiosity, and memorisation over creativity. By the time current students graduate...
Georgia may have decades ago broken free from the Soviet Union, but its struggle for true independence is far from over. For the 15 nations once trapped behind the Iron...
Landfills once defined Central and Eastern Europe’s approach to waste management, but today a wave of policy reforms, tech-savvy start-ups, and canny investors is...
