It's Belarus, not White Russia: Why rebranding a country starts with ...
Jun 17, 2021 · “The first aspect of the naming issue is historical,” Anton Vasiljeu, a Belarusian student at Warsaw University, tells Emerging Europe. “The original name of the country in the Belarusian language is Беларусь, or Biełaruś if written in the Belarusian Latin alphabet,” he says.
Growth in Central and Eastern Europe will strengthen in 2024
Jan 30, 2024 · “The dramatic fall in inflation, sharp rise in real wages and pickup in private consumption, combined with imminent cuts in key interest rates, should put growth back on track,” says Richard Grieveson, deputy director of wiiw and lead author of the Winter Forecast.
New mandatory EU requirements for product safety: Is your brand …
Nov 12, 2024 · As the European Union’s updated General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) prepares to take effect on December 13, 2024, brands selling into the EU face unprecedented compliance requirements. This sweeping regulation introduces stricter product safety standards, detailed traceability mandates, and new transparency requirements for all consumer goods, including those sold online or imported ...
Explainer: The EU’s Kosovo awkward squad - Emerging Europe
Feb 3, 2021 · According to Meliza Haradinaj-Stublla, Kosovo’s acting foreign minister, Israel brings to 117 the number of countries which currently recognise the young state, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008, nine years after NATO conducted a 78-day airstrike campaign to halt the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo’s majority Albanian population.
North Macedonia needs major investment to mitigate impact of …
Oct 8, 2024 · Vulnerable to both severe flooding and drought, North Macedonia needs to invest 6.4 billion US dollars over the next decade to effectively protect people and property against the impacts of climate change.
Economy in focus: Armenia - emerging-europe.com
Oct 24, 2024 · In 2010, Armenia’s GDP stood at around nine billion US dollars, increasing to 15 billion US dollars by 2022. The country’s GDP growth averaged four-six per cent per year during this period, with the economy expanding by an enormously impressive 12.6 …
Economy in focus: Slovakia - Emerging Europe
Aug 30, 2024 · Slovakia’s economy is powered primarily by its industrial sector, with manufacturing accounting for roughly a quarter of its GDP. The country’s strategic location, skilled workforce, and membership in the EU have made it an attractive destination for foreign direct investment (FDI), particularly in the automotive industry.
With the right policies and investment, the Middle Corridor can be …
Nov 28, 2023 · Russia’s war on Ukraine brought a new perspective for the Middle Corridor, but policy shifts and investment are needed to respond to the new demand and to support economic development in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
How Poland became key to Europe’s semiconductor sovereignty
Oct 9, 2024 · The global semiconductor market is poised to expand significantly in the coming years, with revenues projected to reach one trillion US dollars by 2030, according to McKinsey. As the world digitalises further and next-generation technologies like electric vehicles and the Internet of Things (IoT) gain traction, demand for semiconductors is set to skyrocket.
The wasted potential of Belarus - emerging-europe.com
Oct 11, 2024 · All that changed in August 2020, following an election which the country’s long-time leader, Alexander Lukashenko, almost certainly lost to Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the wife of a jailed dissident, who had been allowed to stand as, in her own words, “they didn’t see a simple housewife as a threat”. The aftermath of the election (Lukashenko claimed victory with an implausible 80 per cent ...