As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence.

A structured, transparent framework for 'associate membership' can give CEE and its neighbours a concrete pathway for market ...

The Western side of the triangle moved in the same month: the EU and Mercosur signed their Partnership Agreement and interim ...

Teacher shortages are putting pressure on education systems across the OECD. But demographics offer a window for reform.

The European Commission now says plainly that electric cars make Europe more secure, not just greener. Yet its policies still ...

Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor investments could spur growth and create millions of jobs Across Europe and Central Asia. Countries in Europe and Central Asia could unlock faster growth, more jobs, ...

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Ukraine’s Orthodox Church split from its Russian counterpart in 2018. We explain why. In October 2018, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church officially split from its Russian counterpart, after more than 300 ...

With ICT exports at 5.02 per cent of GDP and value added at 8.51 per cent, Serbia has built the Balkans’ most export-oriented tech sector. Serbia has assembled one of the region’s most impressive tech ...

The city that abolished outdoor advertising is having second thoughts. Two decades on, the admen it banished have found their way back in. Walking around São Paulo for the first time, very little ...

Albania’s economy enjoyed solid growth in 2022 and the lowest inflation in all of CESEE. With booming construction and tourism sectors, 2023 is set to be another year of progress. Albania has emerged ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has turbocharged Poland’s tech sector. Sustaining momentum once the war ends is another matter. Poland, its IT sector at least, has been a beneficiary of Russia’s invasion ...