Nicholas Watson in Prague
Thu, 2nd Sep -- Germany is causing a bit of a stink in Central Europe with its decision at the end of August to vote against an €80m EU subsidy toward building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) gas terminal at the port of Swinoujscie near the German border in northwest Poland.

Nicolaus Heinen of DB Research
Fri, 27th Aug -- Following the major storm, it's now time for Europe to start the rigging.

Nicholas Watson in Prague
Wed, 1st Sep -- Considering that the winner of bne's best equity fund in last year's ranking managed it with a return of just 9.9%, the 78.1% return of this year's winner, the Raiffeisen-Russia-Equities fund, shows just how far and fast the recovery in the region's markets has been.

bne
Fri, 20th Aug -- Ukraine is the 49th best country in the world, according to a ranking published by Newsweek magazine, and offers the best quality of life among low-income countries across the globe.

Derek Brower in London
Mon, 23rd Aug -- The global gas glut, a dampening of demand and the prospect of new domestic supplies has ended the CEE region's energy-security worries.

Robert Smyth in Budapest
Tue, 31st Aug -- It might have taken a while to put together, but the New Hungary Venture Capital Programme and its eight new European Investment Bank-backed funds have made more than €160m available for small businesses located outside the Hungarian capital, with the managers of the various funds now eying up a string of investments.

Nadia Damon in Sofia
Tue, 31st Aug -- Gold has traditionally been a safe haven in times of trouble, so it's little wonder that over the last couple of years private investors and institutions alike have moved to shore up their portfolios with this most tangible of assets.

Nicholas Watson in Prague
Tue, 31st Aug -- Alternative investments embrace a range of products from fine art to hedge funds. As the renewable energy sector develops rapidly across Europe, owning an alternative energy generator is becoming a very accessible and very lucrative example of one.

Jan Cienski in Warsaw
Wed, 18th Aug -- One of the conditions for Poland hosting the Euro 2012 football championships is that it build four world class stadiums for the matches and an improved transport network. The stadiums are well on the way to being completed, but there is a lot more trouble modernising the dilapidated road network.

Mike Collier in Riga
Mon, 16th Aug -- Rietumu Banka's chairman Alexander Kalinovski tells bne that the bank is headquartered in Latvia and therefore we consider Latvia to be our "home" market. "But our business and the business of our customers is both regional and global."

Jaroslaw Adamowski in Warsaw
Wed, 11th Aug -- The upcoming sale of Poland's second-largest mobile operator Polkomtel might not only shake up the country's telecommunications market, but it could also boost the company's expansion efforts. Eyeing acquisition opportunities in the Polish telecom market, Polkomtel plans to issue eurobonds worth €1bn.

Jiri Kominek in Prague
Tue, 10th Aug -- Under pressure to reduce budget deficits and debt, Central Europe's governments are looking to the sale of state assets as a main way to achieve this.