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.

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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.

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.

Justin Vela in Istanbul
Fri, 13th Aug -- The Turkish stock market has experienced a rollercoaster few weeks as it hit a series of record highs only to retreat when the government appeared to have shot itself in the foot by delaying a market-friendly fiscal rule ahead of elections next year. How much of an effect this delay will have on investors over the longer term is still unclear.

Aleksandar Dimishkovski in Skopje
Tue, 17th Aug -- When the construction of a railroad connecting the capitals of Macedonia and Bulgaria began almost 15 years ago, no one expected a century-old idea would take more than a few years to be realized. Nine years after work was halted, no one believes Skopje when it promises it will be finished sometime soon.

David O'Byrne in Istanbul
Thu, 12th Aug -- Time was when falling subscriber numbers would signal that a telecommunications company was in trouble, but with revenues and profits rising, Turkcell CEO Surrey Ciliv is confident that losing 2.4m customers over the past year isn't bad for business.

Phil Cain in Graz, Austria
Mon, 16th Aug -- The reality is that Europe's role will decline in the Balkans compared to Turkey's, and so SEAF is currently discussing the creation of a joint venture with a Turkish investment company to raise a fund to invest in the Balkans, as well as the Caucasus and Turkey itself.

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."

Guy Norton in London
Thu, 12th Aug -- Since the beginning of its operations in Croatia, the EBRD has committed close to €400m for the modernisation of transport infrastructure, much of its geared to helping to boost revenues from tourism, which is one of the most important sectors of the Croatian economy.

Clare Nuttall in Almaty
Mon, 9th Aug -- The crisis forced millions of migrant workers to return home, but this has not dampened the enthusiasm among residents of the former Soviet countries for working abroad. In total, around 100m people in the region would be willing to move abroad, according to a Gallup Poll.