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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The lev's last dance

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

Bulgaria’s journey to the eurozone faces political hurdles, but economic gains beckon. Bulgaria’s currency, the lev, has been pegged to the euro since 1997 (initially to the Deutsche Mark and later to its successor). Yet despite this long monetary engagement, the actual wedding date—when Bulgaria formally adopts the single currency—has proved elusive. Now, after a series of postponements, the Balkan nation appears on track to join the eurozone on January 1, 2026.
Ukraine has already rewritten the economic playbook of wartime survival

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

Despite Russia’s brutal invasion, Ukraine’s economy forges ahead. There may be stalemate on the battlefield, but on the economic front, Ukraine is advancing. More than three years into Russia’s invasion, the country’s economy has demonstrated remarkable resilience, growing by 2.9 per cent in 2024—a figure that would be impressive even in peacetime.
Ordinarily Unusual: A new portrait of Ukrainian women at war

3 weeks 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.
The Silicon State: How GovTech is reinventing public services

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

The GovTech revolution offers a vision not of more government, nor less government, but smarter government—one that leverages private sector innovation to deliver public value more effectively than ever before. In a nondescript building in Luxembourg is the backbone of what might be the world’s most advanced digital government. But it’s doesn’t belong to the Grand Duchy. Instead, what Luxembourg hosts is Estonia’s Data Embassy.
Companies in emerging Europe achieving checkmate in the future of work

1 month 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 month 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 month 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 month 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

1 month 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

1 month 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.