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Against all odds Most of Central and Eastern Europe has shrugged off the Iran war's energy shock, though Ukraine and Russia have not. The energy price shock triggered by the Iran war, and plenty of geopolitical turmoil besides, has done less damage to the economies of Central, East and Southeast Europe than might have been feared. That is […] Against all odds was originally published on Emerging Europe.

CEE's businesses have a water problem Just 23 per cent of CEE businesses have assessed water risks in their supply chains, exposing a major blind spot in corporate risk management. Water is becoming a costly business risk in Central and Eastern Europe. More than half (52 per cent) of companies surveyed have experienced at least one significant negative water-related impact in […] CEE's businesses have a water problem was originally published on Emerging Europe.

A family business new deal for the Fourth Industrial Revolution The next decade will test more than the wealth of entrepreneurial families. It will test whether they can reinvent what they built, raise successors capable of judgement, and keep the human core of their companies intact while machines take on more of the thinking. For fourteen centuries, one Japanese family built temples. Kongō Gumi was […] A family business new deal for the Fourth Industrial Revolution was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Information attacks are the new operational risk for companies in emerging Europe The pattern is simple. An anonymous source. Cheap reach. Fake accounts to make it look big. And whoever speaks first sets the story. This summer, a Ukrainian IT company called Fractal was attacked. Not by missiles, but by anonymous online channels. In two months, almost 110 stories about its co-founder, Artem Borodatiuk, appeared online. They […] Information attacks are the new operational risk for companies in emerging Europe was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Is Europe's AI funding boom hiding a shortage of growth capital? Europe's AI funding has tripled, but mid-sized rounds have barely moved. Europe's AI funding almost tripled in the first nine months of 2026, while investment rounds worth 25 million euros to 100 million euros barely changed. Tech.eu's European AI funding data shows 18 rounds worth 25 million to 100 million euros in the first nine […] Is Europe's AI funding boom hiding a shortage of growth capital? was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Trace elements Governments want to know where every tonne of steel and sack of coffee comes from, but their customs posts are still working out where to put the answer. On January 1 the European Union's carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) stopped being a reporting exercise and started running up bills. Anyone importing more than 50 tonnes […] Trace elements was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Cybersecurity is an essential part of EU defence EU member states increasingly recognise cybersecurity as an issue of economic resilience as well as national security. There is a common proverb that security always feels excessive, right up to the moment that it is the only thing that matters. Europe's leaders should bear this in mind as the continent's security environment is changing. The […] Cybersecurity is an essential part of EU defence was originally published on Emerging Europe.

CEE needs a new wave of Americanisation The aim is not to make Central Europeans American. It is to remember what we once found so attractive about America. Thirty-five years ago, Central and Eastern Europe made one of the great strategic choices of the modern era. It chose the West. The revolutions of 1989 were revolutions of freedom. What followed went beyond […] CEE needs a new wave of Americanisation was originally published on Emerging Europe.

A shield and an engine Poland's new hub is good for all of Central Europe. Poland is building the largest transport project in its modern history, and the argument about it at home has narrowed to nine kilometres of track outside a city most foreign investors have never heard of. The argument matters well beyond Poland. It will decide whether […] A shield and an engine was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Germany's renewal is a Central European project Watching Germany talk itself into decline is a strange experience when you watch it from Central and Eastern Europe. For thirty years Germany has been our benchmark: the industrial model we plugged into, the Mittelstand we tried to copy, the institutional seriousness we often envied. Its supply chains run through Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary and […] Germany's renewal is a Central European project was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Slower growth in Europe and Central Asia Harnessing AI could improve productivity and help offset demographic pressures. Amid higher energy prices, heightened uncertainty, and weaker economic expansion in trading partners, growth in Europe and Central Asia is likely to slow to 2.2 per cent in 2026 from 2.6 per cent in 2025, according to the World Bank's latest Europe and Central Asia […] Slower growth in Europe and Central Asia was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Bots and banknotes Romanian businesses are hurrying to put AI to work, while their customers (and their budgets) take a more leisurely approach. Romanians still pay for most things in cash. According to Elena Gheorghe of PayU, a payment processor, notes and coins account for around 55 to 60 per cent of payments in the country, only slightly […] Bots and banknotes was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Moving North Macedonia's economy up the value chain North Macedonia can accelerate growth and create more and better-paid jobs with the right reforms. A targeted set of reforms, focused on strengthening governance, unlocking the potential of private enterprise, and building the skills of workers, particularly young people, could help North Macedonia accelerate economic growth, create thousands of new jobs, and raise living standards […] Moving North Macedonia's economy up the value chain was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Europe's fastest-growing start-up ecosystem is Moldova StartupBlink's 2026 Global Startup Ecosystem Index recorded 91.9 per cent growth in Moldova, the highest in Europe and third-highest worldwide. It may still only be ranked 82nd globally and 21st in Eastern Europe, but Moldova's start-up ecosystem is growing fast. According to StartupBlink, Moldova's population-adjusted Global Startup Ecosystem Index score increased by 91.9 per cent […] Europe's fastest-growing start-up ecosystem is Moldova was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Safety in numbers As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence. The European Commission brought its interim agreement with the four Mercosur countries into force on May 1, after Argentina and Uruguay ratified it and a negotiation that had run for a quarter of a century finally closed. Fredrik […] Safety in numbers was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Safety in numbers As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence. The European Commission brought its interim agreement with the four Mercosur countries into force on May 1, after Argentina and Uruguay ratified it and a negotiation that had run for a quarter of a century finally closed. Fredrik […] Safety in numbers was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Safety in numbers As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence. The European Commission brought its interim agreement with the four Mercosur countries into force on May 1, after Argentina and Uruguay ratified it and a negotiation that had run for a quarter of a century finally closed. Fredrik […] Safety in numbers was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Safety in numbers As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence. The European Commission brought its interim agreement with the four Mercosur countries into force on May 1, after Argentina and Uruguay ratified it and a negotiation that had run for a quarter of a century finally closed. Fredrik […] Safety in numbers was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Safety in numbers As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence. The European Commission brought its interim agreement with the four Mercosur countries into force on May 1, after Argentina and Uruguay ratified it and a negotiation that had run for a quarter of a century finally closed. Fredrik […] Safety in numbers was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Safety in numbers As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence. The European Commission brought its interim agreement with the four Mercosur countries into force on May 1, after Argentina and Uruguay ratified it and a negotiation that had run for a quarter of a century finally closed. Fredrik […] Safety in numbers was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Safety in numbers As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence. The European Commission brought its interim agreement with the four Mercosur countries into force on May 1, after Argentina and Uruguay ratified it and a negotiation that had run for a quarter of a century finally closed. Fredrik […] Safety in numbers was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Safety in numbers As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence. The European Commission brought its interim agreement with the four Mercosur countries into force on May 1, after Argentina and Uruguay ratified it and a negotiation that had run for a quarter of a century finally closed. Fredrik […] Safety in numbers was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Safety in numbers As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence. The European Commission brought its interim agreement with the four Mercosur countries into force on May 1, after Argentina and Uruguay ratified it and a negotiation that had run for a quarter of a century finally closed. Fredrik […] Safety in numbers was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Safety in numbers As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence. The European Commission brought its interim agreement with the four Mercosur countries into force on May 1, after Argentina and Uruguay ratified it and a negotiation that had run for a quarter of a century finally closed. Fredrik […] Safety in numbers was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Safety in numbers As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence. The European Commission brought its interim agreement with the four Mercosur countries into force on May 1, after Argentina and Uruguay ratified it and a negotiation that had run for a quarter of a century finally closed. Fredrik […] Safety in numbers was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Safety in numbers As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence. The European Commission brought its interim agreement with the four Mercosur countries into force on May 1, after Argentina and Uruguay ratified it and a negotiation that had run for a quarter of a century finally closed. Fredrik […] Safety in numbers was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Safety in numbers As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence. The European Commission brought its interim agreement with the four Mercosur countries into force on May 1, after Argentina and Uruguay ratified it and a negotiation that had run for a quarter of a century finally closed. Fredrik […] Safety in numbers was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Safety in numbers As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence. The European Commission brought its interim agreement with the four Mercosur countries into force on May 1, after Argentina and Uruguay ratified it and a negotiation that had run for a quarter of a century finally closed. Fredrik […] Safety in numbers was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Safety in numbers As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence. The European Commission brought its interim agreement with the four Mercosur countries into force on May 1, after Argentina and Uruguay ratified it and a negotiation that had run for a quarter of a century finally closed. Fredrik […] Safety in numbers was originally published on Emerging Europe.

Safety in numbers As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence. The European Commission brought its interim agreement with the four Mercosur countries into force on May 1, after Argentina and Uruguay ratified it and a negotiation that had run for a quarter of a century finally closed. Fredrik […] Safety in numbers was originally published on Emerging Europe.