July 29, 2024
President Alexander Lukashenko will almost certainly use his country’s accession to the Eurasian multilateral grouping as a pretext to carry on inundating Poland and the Baltics […]
July 25, 2024
Stripping Hungary of its right to host a key meeting of EU foreign and defence ministers is the latest sign that Brussels is ready to get […]
July 24, 2024
Serbia is about to start making electric cars, as well as supplying the lithium that powers them. Last week, it was lithium that created positive headlines […]
July 22, 2024
Of the EU’s 27 member states, 23 have seen protests by farmers in 2024. Despite this wave of action by the agricultural sector, not a single […]
June 28, 2024
Brussels must maintain sight of the fact that true market fairness means empowering consumers with genuine choice and convenience, not just dismantling monopolies. Heralded by Brussels […]
June 26, 2024
Moldova and Ukraine this week opened EU accession negotiations. The process is not solely technical but also deeply political, which means the pace of European integration […]
June 24, 2024
Sanctioning aluminium from Russia looks impressive at first glance, but the harder you look the worse a decision it seems. The European Union has been rightly […]
June 18, 2024
Romania’s transformation into a key logistics node has so far gone largely unreported. It’s time for investors to start taking the country seriously. While in the […]
June 17, 2024
Both Kosovo and Serbia must agree in advance that the purpose of the negotiating process, the ‘give-and-take’, is mutual recognition. The US Ambassador to Kosovo, Jeffrey […]
June 14, 2024
No matter how much the EU tries to prove otherwise, imagining itself as the guardian of free media, the fact is not all journalists in the […]
June 13, 2024
Six sectors could help Ukraine to succeed economically after the end of the war: renewable energy, rare raw materials, metal processing, mechanical engineering, the food industry, […]
June 5, 2024
Besides local and European elections which take place this weekend, Romanians will also vote in September for a new president, and in December for a new […]
May 28, 2024
Governments that are reluctant to embrace climate objectives place the energy transition in jeopardy
The upcoming Hungarian and Polish European Council presidencies present emerging Europe with a chance to set a climate neutral agenda—but it remains to be seen if […]
May 24, 2024
After 32 years, Armenia and Azerbaijan are set to sign a peace agreement that will end the most bitter conflict to emerge from the dying days […]
May 22, 2024
Serbia may be more open to Chinese investment than most countries in Europe, but the role of Beijing in the country’s economy has been overplayed. So […]
May 20, 2024
Emerging Europe’s editor Craig Turp-Balazs reports from Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, where a controversial law targeting NGOs and independent media threatens the country’s EU prospects. Graffiti on […]
May 17, 2024
Georgia’s struggle with the “foreign agents” bill highlights broader issues of democratic backsliding and geopolitical tug of war. The law is seen as a threat to […]
May 16, 2024
In many countries across the region, legislative proposals to boost LGBT+ rights that have been on the table for years are not moving forward. Published this […]
May 13, 2024
NATO has recently upped its game when it comes to helping out defence tech start-ups in the three Baltic states. And there are signs that the […]
May 10, 2024
Georgia’s government appears unaware, or unperturbed, by the threat its so-called ‘foreign agents’ bill poses to the country’s investment climate, and its EU prospects. This time, […]
May 2, 2024
Ukraine sees itself as one of the largest exporters of green hydrogen to the European Union. But it will need serious investment to make it happen. […]
May 1, 2024
Twenty years ago this week, eight CEE countries joined the EU. According to analysis by the Polish Economic Institute, the GDP per capita of the eight […]
April 30, 2024
To mark the 20th anniversary of eight CEE countries joining the EU, Emerging Europe speaks with PwC’s Agnieszka Gajewska, uniquely placed to offer insight on what […]
April 26, 2024
Central to Kosovo’s economic future is its ongoing dispute with Serbia, which restricts access to international markets and impedes foreign investment, crucial for its economic expansion. […]
April 23, 2024
The EU’s poor record in the Western Balkans over the past decade does not bode well for further enlargement. As we remember the success of 2004, […]
April 13, 2024
In an era of global mobility, every fourth Moldova lives abroad. While some have returned and others are thinking of doing so, others appear gone for […]
April 8, 2024
Amid economic strains and shifting political loyalties, Hungary’s latest mass protest against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán signals a turning tide, with former allies and disillusioned supporters […]
March 28, 2024
The EU will only take Armenia’s European integration seriously when its prime minister shows his country is committed to the territory integrity of states and supportive […]
March 27, 2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s cumulative real GDP growth lags behind that of its regional peers, and living standards are at about one-third of the EU average. Bosnia […]
March 18, 2024
The European Union, with its commitment to upholding democratic values, should take decisive action in addressing the erosion of freedom of speech in Bosnia and Herzegovina. […]
