Matthew Day in Warsaw
Wed, 10th Mar -- Large parts of CEE appear to be sitting on one of the world's largest deposits of shale gas, and this has got the energy world excited. To quote one executive attending the "III CE Gas Summit 2010" in Warsaw in February: "It is a bit like discovering there's life on Mars."

Guy Norton in London
Mon, 8th Mar -- Veteran Russian fund management group Pharos Financial and Dubai-based agribusiness specialist Miro Asset Management have teamed up to launch the Pharos Miro Agriculture Fund to tap into the evolving agricultural investment theme.

Jiri Kominek in Prague
Fri, 5th Mar -- Czech tycoon Petr Kellner's PPF Group may be about to take its consumer lending business to China, but for the most part the investment is flowing in the other direction.

Iana Dreyer of the European Centre for International Political Economy
Wed, 3rd Mar -- There is a clear link between most CEE gas markets still being monopolies and Europe's vulnerability to decisions by Gazprom to turn off the gas tap. A few antitrust cases in the new member states would go a long way toward remedying this.

Mike Collier in Riga
Wed, 3rd Mar -- The image of the grizzled cowboy coming reluctantly out of retirement for one last shoot-out in Dodge City may not immediately spring to mind when one meets the smiling countenance of the IMF's top trouble-shooter in CEE, but it is surprisingly apt.

Nicholas Watson in Prague
Tue, 2nd Mar -- A deal announced in December to buy out Invitel Holdings enabled emerging Europe-focused private equity house Mid Europa Partners to notch up two transactions in 2009 - a good performance during a time characterised by a lack of funding, wide gaps in valuations between buyers and sellers, and surprisingly few distressed deals.

Gunter Deuber and Nicolaus Heinen of DB Research
Fri, 26th Feb -- An enlargement of the euro area is drawing nearer. A long way ahead of all the other candidates, Estonia has a good chance of becoming the 17th country to join the Eurozone. The question is only whether it can already do so in 2011.

Mike Collier in Riga
Fri, 26th Feb -- The three Baltic countries, led by Estonia, are launching a charm offensive to defend their right to cash in their kroons, lats and litas for euros faster than you can say "members only."

Nicholas Watson in Prague
Thu, 25th Feb -- A look at what countries will hold elections this year.

Nicholas Watson and Ben Aris
Thu, 25th Feb -- As Turkey's war between secularist and religious forces flares up again and at at least six more countries in the region go to the polls this year, political risk is back with a vengeance in 2010.

Nicholas Watson in Prague
Fri, 19th Feb -- It is said that when Germany catches a cold, Europe sneezes. So will Greece's nasty bout of influenza similarly affect the emerging economies of Southeast Europe?

Jan Cienski in Warsaw
Fri, 19th Feb -- Ott is trying to persuade a French court to accept a restructuring plan for Orco that would push the bonds' due dates forward by a decade. He is also refocusing the company to concentrate on its main markets like Warsaw and Prague, as well as some unglamorous office developments in Germany.