Guy Norton in London Tue, 9th Feb -- Turkey is increasingly emerging as a new frontier market for private equity, with industry insiders saying the country possesses all the positive traits for such investment - a young and growing population, a deep pool of managerial expertise, expanding trade links, an economy that is opening up and fast developing capital markets.
Ben Aris in Moscow Tue, 9th Feb -- Already amongst the biggest producers of oil and gas, Russia is using its store of petrodollars to make sure it stays in the game when the world's hydrocarbons start to run out.
Graham Stack in Kyiv Mon, 8th Feb -- With most votes counted, Party of the Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych had edged out Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine's presidential election by less than 3% of the vote, thus winning the rematch of the Orange Revolution of 2004 where he played the role of villain.
Guy Norton in London Tue, 9th Feb --
Turkey is increasingly emerging as a new frontier market for private equity, with industry insiders saying the country possesses all the positive traits for such investment - a young and growing population, a deep pool of managerial expertise, expanding trade links, an economy that is opening up and fast developing capital markets.
Graham Stack in Kyiv Mon, 8th Feb --
With most votes counted, Party of the Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych had edged out Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine's presidential election by less than 3% of the vote, thus winning the rematch of the Orange Revolution of 2004 where he played the role of villain.
Guy Norton in London Thu, 4th Feb --
In its latest agribusiness-related transaction, the EBRD is lending €6.5m to Bulgarian meat company Boni Holding to help it complete the second stage of its plant modernisation programme.
Clare Nuttall in Almaty Thu, 4th Feb --
The relegation of all but one Kazakhstan-registered airline to the EU's air safety blacklist was a blow to national pride as well as a setback for the air transport sector. The government is now working to have Kazakh airlines removed from the list by the end of this year.
Guy Norton in London Tue, 2nd Feb --
The two rival stock market operators in Montenegro have finally seen the light of day and approved a merger that it's hoped will help to increase the credibility of the country's fledgling capital markets scene.
Ben Aris in Moscow Tue, 9th Feb --
Already amongst the biggest producers of oil and gas, Russia is using its store of petrodollars to make sure it stays in the game when the world's hydrocarbons start to run out.
Mike Collier in Riga Fri, 5th Feb --
Latvians are nothing if not generous, as anyone who has been to the midsummer Jani festival will attest. But in midwinter it seems they are equally generous if the "Baltic States Infrastructure & New Energy Investment & Finance Summit 2010" is anything to go by.
Tim Gosling in Moscow Fri, 5th Feb --
Some international grocery chains have pulled out of Russia, but others are thriving. The size and early development of Russia is what makes the prize so tempting.
Samantha Shields in Sukhumi Wed, 3rd Feb --
The small, but strategic, Black Sea region of Abkhazia, whose economy was devastated by a bitter war in the early 1990s, is hoping Russia's recognition of its declaration of independence after 2008's war between Russia and Georgia will start it on the long road to recovery and pique the interest of investors.
Ian Bancroft in Belgrade Mon, 1st Feb --
Bosnia-Herzegovina ended a dismal 2009 fearing the dawn of a new decade. Rightly so. 2010 promises to be Bosnia's most challenging since the country emerged from the Balkan wars in the mid-1990s.
Angelika Henkel of Alfa Bank Mon, 8th Feb --
Russian IPOs and SPOs are likely to pick up in 2010 on the back of the recovery on global and Russian equity markets. Announced and rumoured transactions point to equity issues of around $10bn-12bn.
Eric Heymann of Deutsche Bank Research Mon, 25th Jan --
Although the global automotive sector has in recent months emerged from its trough, the expiry of support measures together with the overcapacities in the sector suggest that further difficulties will materialise in 2010 and beyond.
bne Thu, 21st Jan --
A mafia-like cartel is accused of wielding enormous political and economic influence away from the public eye and has been the hidden force behind a string of scandals that has rocked Croatia in recent months. And the head is alleged to be none other than one-time PM Ivo Sanader.
Roland Nash of Renaissance Capital Wed, 16th Dec --
Mongolia is a country on the point of transformation. As its copper, coal, gold and uranium reserves are brought to market, Mongolia stands a good chance of becoming the fastest-growing economy in the world over the next decade.
bne Fri, 11th Dec --
"Azerbaijan will be the success story of the 21st century and the new Singapore." These were the opening remarks in the presentation of AFB Bank at the first ever Azerbaijan investment summit in London in December.
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