Integrate Eastern Europe’s shadow economy into the formal sector, World Bank report says
Too many of Eastern Europe’s workers and firms are engaged in the “shadow economy” — doing business and work in
Read more
Europe
Hungarian PM: IMF deal this autumn
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he expects to see an IMF deal in the autumn. “Naturally, there are differences
Read more
Greece struggles to reach austerity deal with lenders
Greece is in the midst of tough negotiations with its international lenders on a new round of austerity-spending measures aimed
Read more
Of memory, monuments, movies, manuscripts, moral high ground and Macedonia
Sofia currently is sending a message to Skopje: Let’s make the hysteria history. In recent days, a number of statements
Read more
Europe’s eyes on new transparency in election of Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council
Senior European Commission officials will be among those watching live online streaming and public television broadcasts of the process of
Read more
Deal by deal, Russia building ties with Asia
Chinese President Hu Jintao announced Saturday more than $150 billion in spending on infrastructure projects as part of efforts to
Read more
Russia’s Rosatom wants to take part in Poland’s n-power plant tender
Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom wants to take part in the tender for building nuclear power plant in Poland,
Read more
States of denial
Backgrounder: Repatriation and release of jailed Azeri murderer threatens to reignite frozen conflict, raises questions of Hungarian realpolitik Hungary’s government
Read more
European Bank move could help economy
Europe’s central bank made a key announcement Thursday that immediately eased financial pressure on the continent’s troubled economies, lowering interest
Read more