Emerging Europe

After assisting investment promotion agencies, governments, and businesses with their communication and strategy in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region, we identified a gap in the market. There was no dedicated platform for meaningful discussions about business opportunities in this area.

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Ordinarily Unusual: A new portrait of Ukrainian women at war

2 days ago | emerging-europe.com | Craig Turp-Balazs |Craig Turp

A new book documents the quiet reinvention of Ukrainian women amid Russia’s invasion. When war erupts, public attention typically fixates on frontline battles, geopolitical manoeuvres and military strategies. The wider human story—particularly of women adapting to extraordinary circumstances—often remains untold.
Companies in emerging Europe achieving checkmate in the future of work

1 week ago | emerging-europe.com | Glen Hodgson

The labour market is evolving at breakneck speed with the shift from physical to knowledge work. These developments mean that regulators and decision-makers must put in place guardrails but also allow the future of work to flourish. In 1975, the chess world champion Bobby Fischer said that someday computers will make us all obsolete. While this is far from the truth, it is essential that companies and individuals upskill and reskill to align with technology and machines rather than shun them.
Europe's welfare systems: Time for reinvention

1 week ago | emerging-europe.com | Marek Grzegorczyk

An ageing continent must find new financing models in era of digital and climate transformation. Europe’s welfare states, long the envy of the world, now face an existential challenge. The financing models that sustained generous social safety nets throughout the post-war era are buckling under modern pressures. A fundamental reinvention is needed, according to researchers from the EU-funded Project WeLaR, who have highlighted these concerns in a recent policy brief.
Europe or the abyss

1 week ago | emerging-europe.com | Craig Turp-Balazs |Craig Turp

In 1989, Romanians paid with their lives to escape dictatorship. Now they risk sleepwalking into isolation. For six months, Romania has lived in a state of suspended animation. The shock victory of an unknown ultranationalist, Călin Georgescu, in the first round of a presidential election in November triggered a constitutional crisis. The country’s highest court annulled the election, cancelling the second round, citing Russian interference.
Vilnius, the final frontier

1 week ago | emerging-europe.com | Marek Grzegorczyk

As Europe scrambles to bolster its defence capabilities, Lithuania’s capital is betting that the shortest path to security runs through the stars. When we think of space technology, the mind typically wanders to Houston. Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, rarely features in such mental voyages.
Uzbekistan throws open its economy to the world

2 weeks ago | emerging-europe.com | Craig Turp-Balazs |Craig Turp

In a dramatic pivot from decades of economic isolation, Uzbekistan has placed 1.68 billion US dollars worth of state assets into foreign hands. Uzbekistan this week took a bold step toward economic liberalisation with the launch of the National Investment Fund of the Republic of Uzbekistan (UzNIF). The 1.68 billion US dollars fund, which holds minority stakes in 18 of the country’s strategic state-owned enterprises, became fully operational on May 1.
AI's trillion-dollar promise faces human hurdles

2 weeks ago | emerging-europe.com | Marek Grzegorczyk

Economic growth on par with the industrial revolution of the 19th century may be within reach, according to new research. Yet this technological bounty comes with conditions attached. Artificial intelligence could boost global economic output by up to 15 percentage points over the next decade, effectively adding one percentage point to annual growth rates, according to research published this week by PwC.
Eastern Europe likely to weather the storm

2 weeks ago | emerging-europe.com | Craig Turp-Balazs |Craig Turp

Despite global trade tensions and manufacturing slowdown in Germany, Central and Eastern European economies demonstrate remarkable resilience with growth projections significantly outpacing the euro area. Donald Trump’s trade war might be rattling global markets, but Eastern Europe appears positioned to withstand the economic headwinds, according to the latest spring forecast from the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw).
Kosovo's economic potential remains untapped amid regional tensions

2 weeks ago | emerging-europe.com | Marek Grzegorczyk

Kosovo has already defied sceptics by building a functioning economy despite extraordinary challenges. The question now is whether it can move beyond mere resilience to true prosperity. In the bustling cafés of Prishtina, Kosovo’s capital, the optimism is palpable. Young entrepreneurs tap away on laptops while discussing their latest business ventures over macchiatos that rival those of Italy.
Europe arms up: New EU funding opens doors for emerging defence firms

2 weeks ago | emerging-europe.com | Craig Turp-Balazs |Craig Turp

As Brussels loosens the purse strings, defence tech start-ups across emerging Europe eye a windfall. With Russia’s artillery thundering less than 1,000 kilometres from Warsaw, the European Commission has made its most decisive move yet to bolster the continent’s defence capabilities. A new regulation proposed last week will fundamentally reshape how EU funds flow to defence firms—particularly benefiting the hungry young companies sprouting across Central and Eastern Europe.