It’s no secret that rural areas in Central and Eastern Europe are struggling. Low crop yields and a lack of financing are the main issues. But a Latvian start-up is...
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Tech trends and breakthroughs from Central Europe to Central Asia
The ongoing crackdown against opposition in Belarus, which began in the aftermath of a rigged presidential election last August, has decimated the country’s...
Consumer electronics were rarely a top priority for most of the countries of Eastern Europe before 1989. Bulgaria’s Pravetz 82, a pioneering home computer, was an...
Consumers throughout emerging Europe are increasingly keen to adopt meat-free lifestyles. Hitherto a region of carnivores, parts of emerging Europe are changing. Since...
Bulgaria and Romania can boast some of Europe’s highest percentages of women working in the ICT sector. What lessons can be learnt by the rest of the emerging...
Estonia is playing a leading role in the development of a digital euro, and Poland is eyeing the possibility of a digital złoty. But both are some way behind...
Drive is a programme from EIT Health Innostars aimed at boosting innovation capacity in Europe’s emerging regions. We sat down with Roel Kamerling, the programme’s...
A lack of talent is preventing several start-up ecosystems in Central and Eastern Europe from making a global breakthrough, suggests a new report. The Baltic states of...
How to avoid some of the biggest mistakes when taking a local company international? Oleg Krot, a founder of TECHIIA, offers a few pointers. The eyes of every...
The digitalisation of public services must never be about simply cutting costs: the goal must be to make public services more efficient. If viewed as such, it offers a...
Hungary is a gold mine of talent and early-stage start-ups with innovative ideas. A new community hub in Hungary officially opened its doors last week in Budapest...
A major new report has confirmed that Ukraine’s IT industry is one of the best performing and fastest growing sectors of the country’s economy. Forthcoming...
Spacetech is the next frontier for start-ups around the world as the private sector steps into a field once dominated by governments. How are the spacetech players from...