Briefing - Emerging Europe
Border controls between the two countries, as well as Romania-Hungary and Bulgaria-Greece will end on January 1, 2025. On December 12, at a meeting of EU interior...
Growth in Central and Eastern Europe will strengthen in 2024
Jan 30, 2024 · “The dramatic fall in inflation, sharp rise in real wages and pickup in private consumption, combined with imminent cuts in key interest rates, should put growth back on track,” says Richard Grieveson, deputy director of wiiw and lead author of the Winter Forecast.
North Macedonia needs major investment to mitigate impact of …
Oct 8, 2024 · Vulnerable to both severe flooding and drought, North Macedonia needs to invest 6.4 billion US dollars over the next decade to effectively protect people and property against the impacts of climate change.
Best Practice - Emerging Europe
That the three Baltic states are the most tech-savvy administrations in emerging Europe will come as a surprise to nobody. Less well-known is that Moldova and Ukraine...
It's Belarus, not White Russia: Why rebranding a country starts with ...
Jun 17, 2021 · “The first aspect of the naming issue is historical,” Anton Vasiljeu, a Belarusian student at Warsaw University, tells Emerging Europe. “The original name of the country in the Belarusian language is Беларусь, or Biełaruś if written in the Belarusian Latin alphabet,” he says.
New mandatory EU requirements for product safety: Is your brand …
Nov 12, 2024 · As the European Union’s updated General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) prepares to take effect on December 13, 2024, brands selling into the EU face unprecedented compliance requirements. This sweeping regulation introduces stricter product safety standards, detailed traceability mandates, and new transparency requirements for all consumer goods, including those sold online or imported ...
Why companies are moving to the Western Balkans
Oct 2, 2024 · Proximity to the EU, a skilled workforce and low labour costs are increasingly drawing investors to the region, while environmentally sustainable production and CO2 reduction present significant opportunities for future growth.
With the right policies and investment, the Middle Corridor can be …
Nov 28, 2023 · Russia’s war on Ukraine brought a new perspective for the Middle Corridor, but policy shifts and investment are needed to respond to the new demand and to support economic development in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
IT sector in focus: Albania - Emerging Europe
Oct 29, 2024 · As part of our new series drawing on the original analysis and data collected by Emerging Europe as part of our Future of IT report, we look at an underperforming but quickly improving IT sector, Albania.. Despite being a smaller player in the region, Albania is making steady progress in its IT sector, with initiatives that aim to develop its talent, infrastructure, and business environment.
Growth in Eastern Europe is gaining momentum
Jul 2, 2024 · Sharp rises in real wages and private consumption are the main drivers of growth, but geopolitical risks remain significant. Although the international environment continues to be a mixed bag, the economies of most Central, Eastern and Southeastern European countries are likely to gain momentum in 2024, with the EU members of the region in particular […]