Tim Gosling in Prague
Wed, 19th Jun -- Around two weeks after torrential rains brought the threat of catastrophic floods to Central Europe, the swollen rivers had mercifully receded, the deluge headed for the oceans to the north and south. The floods left behind a trail of destruction, but there is also hope the clean-up could help pull some countries out of recession.

Clare Nuttall in Astana
Tue, 18th Jun -- The latest wave of protests in Kyrgyzstan have caused a further setback in the government's efforts to develop the economy. But although many citizens take their grievances straight to the streets, any hopes the opposition harboured that the recent unrest would escalate into a third revolution appear to have been dashed.

Clare Nuttall in Astana
Tue, 18th Jun -- An apparent Russian attempt to use its energy supplies to force Armenia to choose membership of the Customs Union over closer association with the EU, has failed. With a Russian gas price hike coming into effect, Yerevan is looking at alternative suppliers like Iran and holding talks on the sale of its largest hydropower plants to a US company.

Dejan Kozul in Belgrade
Wed, 19th Jun -- Serbia's powerful deputy PM Aleksandar Vucic has completed a remarkable transformation from ultra-nationalist to good European.

Ben Aris in Moscow
Fri, 14th Jun -- The first job of VTB's recent share offering was to raise badly needed capital for the bank, but the more important job was to knock some of the corners off the legal system governing the whole business of SPOs, so that the markets can better be used by all of Russia's companies to raise money.

Ben Aris in Moscow
Thu, 13th Jun -- It has been called the Netflix of Russia. Since its launch in 2009, ivi.ru (known as Ivy in Russia) has become the nation's premier site for watching movies. With revenues doubling every year, the company is due to go into profit and is one of a growing number of candidates for a billion-dollar IPO in the foreseeable future.

Jan Cienski in Warsaw
Tue, 11th Jun -- Poland's unexpectedly sharp economic slowdown is hurting more than business - it is also affecting the country's politics, dragging down the popularity rating of premier Donald Tusk and setting off a crisis within the ruling Civic Platform party.

Mike Collier in Riga
Tue, 11th Jun -- Many Latvians remain to be convinced about joining the euro. A June 6 survey found that only 38% of Latvians support euro adoption, while in the local elections it was Harmony Centre - who are not strictly anti-euro but don't regard euro adoption as a priority - that racked up an astounding 58% of the vote in Riga.

Ben Aris in Moscow
Mon, 10th Jun -- Three companies - Uralkali in Russia, Belaruskali in Belarus and PotashCorp in Canada - have for years accounted for over three-quarters of global fertiliser production, but things are starting to change. A raft of greenfield projects are due to start coming on line in 2018 that will break up the de facto cartel.

Clare Nuttall in Astana
Mon, 10th Jun -- A growing number of European companies have expanded into Kazakhstan, bringing new technologies. And as Astana prepares to host the EXPO-2017 world fair, Ambassador Aurelia Bouchez, head of the EU Delegation to Kazakhstan, says there are big opportunities for European companies, particularly in the area of energy efficiency.

Clare Nuttall in Astana
Fri, 7th Jun -- With Kazakhstan about to start issuing its first mineral exploration licences in four years, there is a growing emphasis on metals and mining in the country and the Central Asian region as technological advances and changes in global demand make it worthwhile to develop previously overlooked deposits and explore new areas.

Nicholas Watson in Prague
Thu, 6th Jun -- Albania's general election on June 23 will be heavily scrutinised to determine if it's free and fair. So far, the signs aren't good.