bne Wed, 16th May -- The construction industry is a murky business and no more so than in the Czech Republic, where the fate of Miloslava Posvarova, a former employee for the UK engineering firm Mott MacDonald in Prague, has become a matter of fierce debate.
Julia Reed in Moscow Wed, 16th May -- It's Moscow's answer to Wall Street's Zuccotti park: Muscovites are camping out at Chisti Prudy park in what they are calling "Occupy Abai", the latest stage in the standoff between the Kremlin and the nascent protest movement.
Mike Collier in Riga Wed, 16th May -- Demographic trends across the CEE region suggest that like the other dominant resource of developed economies - oil - the time to worry about shortages at both ends of the supply chain is already here, and nowhere provides a better example of the looming crisis than Latvia.
Graham Stack in Moscow Wed, 16th May --
Pundits began writing off Dmitry Medvedev's future, and worrying about the fortunes of his professed liberal reform agenda for Russia, as soon as he agreed to step down as president to allow Vladimir Putin to return. However, media reports suggest the new prime minister is due to cram the cabinet full of allies, whilst conservative statist figures are to be shown the door.
Tim Gosling in Prague Wed, 16th May --
The improved sentiment toward CEE markets in the first quarter of the year on the back of expectations for better economic growth was little more than wishful thinking, with GDP data for the period released on May 15 showing the contraction in the Czech economy continued, Romania joining it in recession, while Hungary is on the way also.
Graham Stack in Kyiv Tue, 15th May --
Whilst Greece is at the centre of a storm depressing stock markets across the globe, the Ukrainian bourse has fallen harder and faster this month than its peer in Athens following a collapse on May 14. Analysts suggest that low liquidity is exasperating the effect of global and regional triggers.
bne Tue, 15th May --
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (Socar) is interested in building an oil refinery and a chain of petrol stations in Libya as part of a drive to expand its international investment.
Mike Collier in Riga Wed, 16th May --
Demographic trends across the CEE region suggest that like the other dominant resource of developed economies - oil - the time to worry about shortages at both ends of the supply chain is already here, and nowhere provides a better example of the looming crisis than Latvia.
Sherelle Jacobs in Cologne Mon, 14th May --
"Economics, politics and personalities are often inseparable," an American businessman-turned-state-governor once said. Entanglements between these three forces have seemed even more pronounced than usual in the stand-off between the German and Ukrainian governments over the latter's treatment of its former PM Tymoshenko.
Julia Reed in Moscow Thu, 10th May --
Olga Romanova, the opposition journalist and civil rights campaigner, tells bne about her campaign to clean up Russia's judicial system.
Ben Aris in Moscow Wed, 9th May --
Backed with $880m of state money, RVC co-invests with privately owned funds, providing half the money, but taking only 49% of the shares for the most part. And the first crop of investments are starting to mature, Igor Agamirzyan, CEO of RVC, tells bne in an exclusive interview.
David O'Byrne in Istanbul Fri, 4th May --
In the normal state of affairs, the failure of a third successive attempt at privatising a state company would be regarded as an indication the company is unsaleable. Yet in the case of Turkey's Baskent Dogalgaz, the lesson of the failure of a third attempted privatisation on April 27 is somewhat less explicit.
bne Wed, 16th May --
The construction industry is a murky business and no more so than in the Czech Republic, where the fate of Miloslava Posvarova, a former employee for the UK engineering firm Mott MacDonald in Prague, has become a matter of fierce debate.
Julia Reed in Moscow Wed, 16th May --
It's Moscow's answer to Wall Street's Zuccotti park: Muscovites are camping out at Chisti Prudy park in what they are calling "Occupy Abai", the latest stage in the standoff between the Kremlin and the nascent protest movement.
bne Mon, 14th May --
It is said that life rarely changes on a small island - and so it is with the divided island of Cyprus. Greek Cypriots are preparing for a six-month stint holding the EU's presidency, which is likely to put the already deadlocked negotiations with the northern Turkish half further into deep freeze.
Viktor Nossek of Renaissance Asset Managers Fri, 11th May --
With the years of out-of-control inflation finally behind Russia and oil prices at levels that are pushing up real incomes, Russians are saving more and more. Since 2007, ruble deposits have been growing at an annualized rate of 25% on average as households grew more confident in sticking with such accounts.
bne Thu, 10th May --
If you are a history buff, Latvia is paradise. This small country is obsessed with its history, and not in the castles-and-palaces heritage style of Western Europe; in Latvia, history is an omnipresent force underlying everything.
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