Clare Nuttall

Glasgow

News Editor at bne IntelliNews

Emerging markets with a focus on Southeast, Eastern & Central Europe & Central Asia. News editor at bne IntelliNews.

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Articles

INTERVIEW: Being small and agile is an advantage in turbulent times, says Slovenia’s finance minister

1 week ago | intellinews.com | Clare Nuttall

Europe must back scale-up companies to compete with US and China, Stjepan Orešković tells bne IntelliNews. Russia launched more than 900 drones and dozens of missiles at Ukrainian cities over a three-day period starting on May 23 in a devastating missile barrage, killing at least six people and injuring 24 others, Ukrainian authorities report.
INTERVIEW: Bosqar Invest founder says EU needs new focus on creating global champions

1 week ago | intellinews.com | Clare Nuttall

Bosqar Invest founder Stjepan Orešković has built a group of companies spanning sectors including outsourcing, HR, tourism and most recently food, with operations far beyond their small home market of Croatia. He talked to bne IntelliNews about the need for the EU to foster a culture of entrepreneurship that can scale companies beyond national borders.
Albanian PM shoots down Starmer’s hopes of asylum seeker “return hub”

3 weeks ago | intellinews.com | Clare Nuttall

The UK is working with Albania and other countries from the Western Balkans in an attempt to reduce illegal migration, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on May 15 during his first official visit to Albania. However, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama firmly rejected allowing the UK to set up a “return hub” – a centre for individuals who have exhausted all legal options to remain in Britain – on its territory.
EBRD2025: What’s next for the Baltic energy sector after disconnecting from Russia?

3 weeks ago | intellinews.com | Clare Nuttall

In February 2025 the three Baltic states disconnected from Russia’s energy grid, the culmination of a 15-year pan-regional project that was suddenly accelerated after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But after the three countries joined the European grid, making a decisive break from energy dependence on Russia, what’s next?
EBRD2025: Moldova aims to double its economy within a decade

3 weeks ago | intellinews.com | Clare Nuttall

Moldova plans to double the size of its economy within the next ten years, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Digitalisation Doina Nistor said on May 13. Speaking at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) annual meeting in London, Nistor outlined an ambitious reform agenda aimed at transforming the small Eastern European country into a resilient, innovation-driven economy more closely integrated with the European Union.
EBRD2025: Croatia pushes for regional stock market integration

3 weeks ago | intellinews.com | Clare Nuttall

Croatia is pushing to deepen cooperation between stock markets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), aiming to strengthen liquidity, attract investors and ultimately move the region from frontier to emerging market status, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Marko Primorac told a panel hosted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London on May 13. Primorac said Croatia was working with other countries form the region to align their capital markets.
EBRD2025: EBRD to launch operations in Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire and Benin as expansion into Africa continues

3 weeks ago | intellinews.com | Clare Nuttall

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is preparing to launch operations in three Sub-Saharan African countries as part of its strategic expansion beyond its traditional regions, the bank’s president, Odile Renaud-Basso, said on May 12. “We are going to expand our horizons,” Renaud-Basso told a press conference ahead of the EBRD’s annual meeting in London.
EBRD2025: Croatia seeks to build on decade of economic progress

3 weeks ago | intellinews.com | Clare Nuttall

Croatia has come a long way in the last decade and even more so since it started to rebuild its economy at the end of the Yugoslav war of the 1990s. The country’s achievement of macro economic stability, A-grade investment ratings and entry to both the Schengen area and Eurozone were the focus of a May 13 panel at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) annual meeting in London.
EBRD cuts 2025 growth forecasts citing tariffs and global uncertainty

3 weeks ago | intellinews.com | Clare Nuttall

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has revised down its 2025 growth forecast for the regions in which it operates, citing heightened global trade tensions, tariff hikes and persistent geopolitical uncertainty. In its latest Regional Economic Prospects report released on May 12, titled “Uncertain Times”, the EBRD forecasts an average growth rate of 3.0% for 2025, down from the 3.2% predicted in February.
Albania’s ruling Socialists head for historic fourth term

1 month ago | intellinews.com | Clare Nuttall

By Clare Nuttall in Glasgow The OFAC stated the sanctions are in response to the trio's alleged involvement in online financial scams, human trafficking, and cross-border smuggling operations that have targeted US citizens. Ukrainian citizens living in Poland contributed PLN1.65bn ($414mn) in personal and corporate income taxes in 2024, marking a 27.7% increase compared to the previous year and double the amount recorded in 2022, according to a recent survey.