Central & Eastern Europe

Comedian wins the Ukrainian presidential election.

Alexey Kruglov, acting director of the Digital Business Platform Department of Sberbank’s Retail Business Block, talks about how the bank focuses innovation to meet real needs.

World economic growth is increasingly driven by Brazil, Russia, China and India.

Ukraine has its strengths, but geopolitical concerns discourage foreign investors.

Slovakia bucks the global trend towards nationalism.

UniCredit executives Gianfranco Bisagni and Niccolò Ubertalli point to several positive trends that are pumping up the bank’s profits in Central and Eastern Europe.

Banks are benefiting from accelerating economic growth in Central and Eastern Europe.

Even with investor and public worries about corruption, the dynamic Balkan economies offer opportunities with the promise of EU membership.

Trade and tariff wars aren't the only things that threaten cross-border trade and investment.

Broadly positive developments last year suggest reform and economic development could take deeper root in 2019.

US-Russia tensions are not deterring Russian IT firms from seeking American capital.

Greece makes a deal with its neighbor to change the country's name to North Macedonia.

Bulgaria, Indonesia, Vietnam, Peru and Morocco are better positioned to weather global headwinds, a report finds. Antonella Ciancio As US-China trade tensions, tightening financial conditions and increasing political uncertainty cast shadows on global economic growth in 2019, five emerging countries ...

Blockchain may be yesterday's news if Sberbank's Demo Day conference is anything to judge by.

Russia's Sberbank is helping the country's tech start-ups find American investors and transforming itself in the process.

Flexibility, consistent economic policies and strong regulation are some of the ingredients behind Poland’s ongoing expansion—which analysts say is likely to continue.

Lithuania establishes a regulatory regime fit for fintechs.

Investors looking to build in Bulgaria will find government incentives and low-cost labor, but also a skills shortage.

Lithuania's laser focus attracts new investment.

Tiny Estonia’s focus on high-end value has brought success in attracting foreign investment.