BEYOND EMERGING EUROPE

Insights and stories on transformation, innovation, and growth across Europe and beyond

ANALYSIS SHAPING EMERGING EUROPE, AND BEYOND

EVERY THEME, ONE TAP AWAY

Economy & Politics

Tracking the policies and markets shaping emerging Europe and beyond

Technology & Innovation

Tech trends and breakthroughs from Central Europe to Central Asia

Reinvention

Stories of strategic transformation and bold new directions

Business & Investment

Where capital is moving and why

Sustainability & Impact

The business of building a more sustainable future

Future of work

How workplaces, talent, and careers are evolving

LATEST STORIES

Steeling themselves

Craig Turp-Balazs
A glut of subsidised steel is forcing a reckoning, and the producers with the leanest books and the smallest treasuries are the ones to pay...

The long road to Brussels

Marek Grzegorczyk
Ukraine and Moldova have opened the first of six EU accession clusters. The euphoria is understandable, but the road to Brussels is long...

Plug and pray

Emerging Europe Insight
Use of the term ‘we’re implementing AI’ is now ubiquitous across much of the corporate world. Increasingly, it is also becoming meaningless...

Specialist subject

Emerging Europe Insight
Demand for a few, highly advanced technology skills is surging while Europe’s wider IT employment market softens. How to square the circle...

Folded away

Marek Grzegorczyk
A partnership between bikes and trains ought to be one of transport’s natural pairings. In many parts of Europe that is no longer the case...

Why CEE is matching ASEAN in centrality

Radu Magdin
The 21st century will be shaped not only by the rise of Asia, but by regions that connect continents, such as Central and Eastern Europe.

Border line

Craig Turp-Balazs
The EU’s biometric frontier is a total mess, and while Brexit hasn’t helped, it is only half the reason. Its implementation has been poor...

The first rung is vanishing

Andrew Wrobel
The Last Word: Not every graduate role will disappear. The issue is not the end of the junior career, but the need for firms to redesign it...

The battle for Albania’s coast

Arbana Xharra
A discussion that should focus on environmental impact and economic benefits risks becoming a proxy for ideological and cultural anxieties...