As Uzbekistan pivots towards western markets, the UK is taking its first small, but key steps towards positioning itself as a ...

Matti Hyyrynen is Head of the Baltics at the European bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). He joined the Bank in 2001. Prior to that, he was Managing Director and a Member of the Board at ...

Igor Likhogrud is Chairman of the Board Moscow-Minsk Bank. He has been working in banking since 1995. Started career as fx-transactions officer in a branch of Belbusinessbank. Worked for the ...

Alfonso Velasco Tamames is an analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, carrying out economic and political analyses of regions in the south and south-east of Europe.

Santiago Croci Downes is Acting Manager, Doing Business Unit, World Bank. He joined the Doing Business team in March 2008. Prior to that, he used to lead the Getting Credit - Legal Rights indicator.

Proximity to the EU, a skilled workforce and low labour costs are increasingly drawing investors to the region, while ...

At SBC Summit Lisbon 2024, the GR8 Tech booth buzzed with constant activity, as hundreds of industry professionals stopped by ...

Bulgarians, Georgians, and Moldovans vote later this month in elections that come at a decisive moment for all three ...

David Baron is the Washington, D.C. based Chairman of the Belarus-U.S. Business Council and a shareholder in the International Law Firm of Greenberg Traurig. For more than 12 years David has worked ...

Economic strategies are being questioned in several countries, both in Emerging Europe and elsewhere. Politicians have proposed more nationalist economic approaches, and ...

Denis Dovgopoliy is a leading member of the Ukrainian Venture Capital and entrepreneurial community. He is the managing partner of GrowthUP Group, as well as a co-founder and president of the GrowthUP ...

In semi-democratic/hybrid systems such as Georgia, where emotions, national pride, and cultural symbols are identity markers ...