EE

  • Mar 2, 2011
  • 2 min read

POLAND: Government will go for growth

Growth in the EU's seventh-largest member state accelerated in the fourth quarter of...

Poland
  • Mar 2, 2011
  • 2 min read

LITHUANIA: Opposition can bide its time until 2012

The local elections on Sunday were disappointing for the opposition, the Lietuvos Rytas daily...

Lithuania
  • Mar 1, 2011
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LATVIA: Budget dominates government's first 100 days

The government is agreed in principle on additional measures to narrow the 2011 budget deficit,...

Latvia
  • Mar 1, 2011
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AZERBAIJAN: CBA takes orthodox action vs overheating

The Central Bank (CBA) decided yesterday to raise the refinancing rate from 3% to 5%, and the...

Azerbaijan
  • Mar 1, 2011
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HUNGARY: Government fails to grasp economic nettle

Initial market response was unfavourable today to the government's long-awaited and much-leaked...

Hungary
  • Feb 28, 2011
  • 7 min read

AZERBAIJAN: Oil wealth has trickled down to poor

Economic expansion and government policies have reduced poverty amid a general increase in living...

Azerbaijan
  • Feb 28, 2011
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Somali piracy gets worse not better

The International Transport Workers' Federation warned on February 25 that it was "moving closer"...

  • Feb 28, 2011
  • 2 min read

RUSSIA: TsBR moves to calm inflation fears

In February, 49% of people polled said they might take part in protests against high prices and...

Russia