Some areas of the Ukrainian economy, such as the IT sector, the metal industry, the defence industry and, above all, agriculture, are already very competitive and have...
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Czechia’s manufacturing sector is a much-needed source of resilience amid broader economic stagnation. Nevertheless, the country lags its peers in environmental...
Montenegro’s economy is overly reliant on tourism and foreign-born workers. Home to just over 600,000 people, stunning mountains, and perhaps the most beautiful...
Don’t visit emerging Europe—be it the Adjara region of Georgia or the mountains of Romania—because it’s cheap, visit because it’s fabulous. Last month I was in Batumi...
However, after an already weak first quarter, growth in other important countries in the emerging Europe region slipped into negative territory in the second quarter...
Increasingly, the Western Balkans are ready for the EU. But is the EU ready for the Western Balkans?
The reforms required of EU candidate states to guarantee accession are only half of the equation to a sustainably enlarged bloc. With the possible addition of as many as...
A high-speed rail link across the continent could drive the shift of freight traffic from road to rail and provide major CO2 savings. In a now widely-cited study, in...
The economy of Belarus has adjusted to sanctions and the loss of key export markets slightly better than expected. The future, however, is deeply uncertain. ...
As investment and trade increase, Kazakhstan’s economy is performing strongly even as oil prices and production seem set to decline. With 19.2 million people and...
From immigration to free laptops for schoolchildren, ahead of an election in October, Poland’s government is happy to talk about anything except the country’s stuttering...
Migration to urban centres, remittances from the Albanian diaspora, and post-earthquake reconstruction have long made construction one of the largest sectors of...
As it grapples with recession and the highest inflation in the European Union, Hungary continues to struggle with economic challenges endogenous and exogenous alike...
