Apathy and lack of trust in national institutions, combined with ‘convergence fatigue’, have created favourable conditions for populist forces that have degraded the quality of institutions in many of the CEE states that joined the EU in 2004.
Rapid groceries firm shot to commercial stardom on back of covid lockdowns. Post-pandemic, its valuation collapsed.
Although Armenia and Azerbaijan are now the closest they have been to signing a peace treaty in the last 30 years, there is a high probability that it will not be signed.
The early withdrawal of the Russian peacekeeping contingent from the Karabakh region in Azerbaijan is a pivotal event for the South Caucasus.
PM Albin Kurti's government plans to legalise same-sex marriages in May, as Pristina aims for Council of Europe membership.
20 years after the accession of Central Europe, EU enlargement can be seen as an engine of economic growth, even if it was not a success everywhere and in all areas.
Russian uncut diamond major Alrosa will have to sell its stake in Angola's Catoca diamond mining company owing to the latter's concerns about the ...
Mauritania has partnered with German tech company Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) to design its central bank digital currency (CBDC) but has not committed to ...
Russia's Finance Ministry ran an extreme stress test on the economy for this year that assumes zero growth, a weakening ruble and falling oil and gas revenues in the worst-case scenario.
Polish legislation limits pharmacy ownership to pharmacists only, restricts opening of new pharmacies near existing ones, and sets a cap where one owner can only have four pharmacies nationwide.
Orban is admired by representatives of the Trumpist US right-wing for his tough immigration policies and advocacy for families and Christian conservatism.
Tensions soared in central Tbilisi after thousands of demonstrators filled the centre of the city on April 28 to protest against the so-called foreign agents law that is making its way through parliament.
Russian MTS Bank completed an initial public offering (IPO) at the upper end of the price range of RUB2,500 per share, floating 13.3% of the shares ...
Russia’s second-largest bank, state-controlled VTB Bank, posted RUB122bn ($1.3bn) net profit in 1Q24, making a return on equity (ROE) of 22%. ...
Swedbank Lithuania, one of the country's largest Scandinavian banks, said that its first-quarter net profit fell by 15.2% year on year to ...
SEB, one of Lithuania's largest banks by assets, earned a non-audited net profit of €74.2mn in January-March, down by 2% from the same period last ...
A significant portion of Poland's new military acquisitions has come from South Korea, including light combat aircraft, tanks and self-propelled howitzers.
Organisers of mercy mission say Israel pressured West African nation.
