Southeast Europe / Features
INTERVIEW: Fintech in a volatile world
iBanFirst’s regional director for Southeast Europe Johan Gabriels discusses the rise of the fintech sector in the region.
So you want to get on the right side of Donald Trump? Try gift-wrapping a hotel
Though he’s busy preparing for his second stint in the White House, his brand is still doing business the world over.
Moldova's EU ambitions and the Transnistria dilemma
Officials in Chisinau want a peaceful end to the long-frozen conflict – but the leaders of the separatist Transnistria republic are protesting their own interests.
Efficiency savings and renewables key to Moldova’s long-term energy security, says EBRD
Energy efficiency investments are critical to Moldova's long-term energy security, the EBRD's head of Moldova told bne IntelliNews.
Moldova’s electronics sector rises again
Moldova has built a modern, export-oriented electronics industry after the collapse of its Soviet-era defence-focussed factories.
Congratulatory words for Trump mask fears of destabilisation in Western Balkans
Political leaders take to X to congratulate Trump, while speculation mounts about whether his second presidency will enable destabilisation of the situations in Bosnia and Kosovo.
Ukraine war fuelling a manufacturing and FDI boom in the CIS
The war in Ukraine is fuelling a FDI and manufacturing boom in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) as local entrepreneurs rush to fill the gaping holes left in Russia’s supply chains by departing Western firms, reports Oxford Economics.