Prince Metternich, the Austrian foreign minister and chancellor of the early 19th century, is reputed to have said that “the Balkans begin at the Landstrasse”, a road...
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Ukraine’s Servant of the People party, led by president Volodymyr Zelensky “may win a majority of seats in parliament, but could still prefer to form a coalition”...
The economy of emerging Europe is cooling down, but much less than expected in spring. As a result, forecasts for 2019 from the Vienna Institute for International...
Albania and North Macedonia will have to wait until October to find out if they can begin accession talks with the European Union. The European Commission said in May...
The ‘tipping point’ at which labour demand will become equal to labour supply in the EU – that is, when labour will become a constraint on economic growth – is now...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE) declined in 2018, according to a new report from the Vienna Institute of...
Emerging Europe asks some leading thinkers how much the region has changed in the 30 years since the fall of communism, and what challenges still need to be overcome.
According to a flash estimate from the statistical office of the Republic of Serbia (RZS), the country’s GDP growth slowed to 2.3 per cent during the first quarter of...
On May 1, 2004, ten countries joined the EU, including eight from the formerly communist Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE). 15 years on, three more EU-CEE...
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) has published its new growth forecasts for economies in CESEE up to 2021. The main conclusion of the...
Labour market performance in the Western Balkans continued to improve, albeit at a slower pace than the previous year and despite stronger economic growth in the region...
The Viennese are known for their pessimism. However, even by Viennese standards, 2019 began with a lot of worries about the outlook for CEE. This is surprising...
