Rebuilding the Ukrainian Premier Liha—once ranked among Europe’s top dozen leagues—will take time, investment, and most of all, peace. For now, football mirrors the country it represents: resilient, ...

Vaiva Šečkutė is a senior economist at IHS Markit, responsible for macroeconomic analysis and forecasting for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and FYR Macedonia.

Igor Likhogrud is Chairman of the Board Moscow-Minsk Bank. He has been working in banking since 1995. Started career as fx-transactions officer in a branch of Belbusinessbank. Worked for the ...

Central and Eastern Europe’s waste crisis can no longer be ignored or buried. But some forward-thinking municipalities have ...

Erwan Fouéré is Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels; he had a career spanning 38 years with the EU institutions, during which he assumed various ...

Denis Dovgopoliy is a leading member of the Ukrainian Venture Capital and entrepreneurial community. He is the managing partner of GrowthUP Group, as well as a co-founder and president of the GrowthUP ...

As e-commerce in Europe surges to new heights, online retailers are facing an urgent challenge that threatens to derail their growth: data chaos.  With e-commerce revenues in countries like Poland, ...

Ines Rocha is IFC’s regional director for Europe.

The Western Balkans stands at a pivotal juncture. With continuing reforms and stronger private sector engagement, the region has an opportunity to forge a more competitive, sustainable, and inclusive ...

Dr Florian Hartleb is a German political scientist currently working in Tallinn, Estonia as a political consultant dealing with digital society.

The School of Slavonic and East European Studies, or SSEES as it is commonly known, is a research and education institution focused on the central and eastern European ...