Minimum wages are increasing faster in emerging Europe than anywhere else in the European Union. When the cost of living is taken into consideration, a minimum wage in...
Tag - Western Balkans
In the Western Balkans, issues of reconciliation and overcoming the past are still a stumbling block to progress. Often ignored by politicians and mainstream society, it...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Montenegro’s membership of the European Union could re-energise the bloc’s purpose as a transformative project on a global scale, says the country’s...
A week after Emerging Europe called for the European Union to make Covid-19 vaccines available to Eastern Partnership countries, 13 EU foreign ministers have done the...
With the exception of Belarus, all countries in emerging Europe and Central Asia should return to growth in 2021, but the World Bank’s latest forecasts come with...
With the Western Balkans scrambling to procure Covid-19 vaccines from multiple sources, the EU steps in to offer a helping hand. The six countries of the Western Balkans...
Organised crime gangs in the Western Balkans are increasingly acting with impunity owing to a fall in the number of successful convictions. While prosecution rates for...
Political chaos returns to Kosovo following a court ruling that invalidates the mandate of prime minister Avdullah Hoti. Kosovo is heading for a snap election after the...
Back in 2018, many saw Bulgaria’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union as a means of providing impetus to the European integration of the Western Balkans. The...
Europe has changed over the past decade. Joe Biden needs to take this into account and show greater awareness of where the European Union and its aspiring members stand...
On paper, FDI levels in the Western Balkans are impressive. But closer analysis of the kind of investment being made suggests that the region needs to attract higher...