Southeast Europe Data
Depending on the point of view, but we like it all from Istanbul to Ljubljana.
Current platform capacity in Slovenia, Croatia & Serbia:
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Theme Related Tracker
If it wasn’t real it would be a cartoon:
- Running out of road
on March 13, 2026The productivity gap that Central Europe can no longer ignore. For three decades, Central and Eastern Europe had a growth model that worked. Low(er) labour costs, proximity to Western markets, and a steady flow of EU structural funds drew foreign factories and investment. Incomes rose. Unemployment fell. Convergence with Western European living standards, once a Running out of road was originally published on Emerging Europe.
- The AI literacy gap liability
on March 12, 2026The AI literacy gap is now a security and compliance liability. The vulnerability didn’t announce itself. It arrived quietly—in employees feeding confidential documents into unauthorised chatbots, in courtrooms demanding accountability for AI-generated legal submissions, and in security operations centres where analysts are now expected to interrogate the outputs of systems they didn’t build and may The AI literacy gap liability was originally published on Emerging Europe.
- Is Tisza the end, Viktor?
on March 11, 2026Hungary’s opposition leads by double digits. The system Orbán built may yet save him. Péter Magyar (pictured above, in the white shirt) has not always been the leader of Hungary’s opposition. A former member of Hungary’s governing party Fidesz and the ex-husband of former justice minister Judit Varga, Magyar first came to nationwide attention when he publicly Is Tisza the end, Viktor? was originally published on Emerging Europe.
- Tirana calling
on March 9, 2026Albania’s coders are plugging Germany’s tech talent gap. Christian Dölker, a German entrepreneur based in Tirana, has spent the past three years persuading German companies that Albania’s IT sector is a serious nearshoring destination. His firm, Hyretech, has signed up clients including Euronics, Deutsche Telekom and a Swiss subsidiary of ABB. The pitch rests on Tirana calling was originally published on Emerging Europe.
- Degrees of separation
on March 8, 2026Europe and Central Asia’s women are better educated than its men. Getting a decent job is another matter. In many countries across Europe and Central Asia, women now outperform men at university. They enrol in higher numbers, they graduate in higher numbers, and in some cases they have done so for the better part of Degrees of separation was originally published on Emerging Europe.
- Alive and kicking in the Baltics
on March 6, 2026Lithuania’s start-up scene is driving the country’s economy forwards. In Lithuania there is a saying: “I trust the next chapter, because I am the author.” This mentality and desire to solve problems, find solutions and create companies is alive and well in the burgeoning Lithuanian start-up scene. From retail to cyber security, healthcare and defence, Alive and kicking in the Baltics was originally published on Emerging Europe.
- Spain’s energy opportunity
on March 5, 2026An international investor reflects on Spain’s strategic role at the intersection of policy, capital and energy transition. As a foreign investor in the European energy transition, Spain is impossible to ignore. The country’s rapid adoption of renewable energy has attracted significant investment, with renewables supplying 57 per cent of Spain’s electricity in 2025, up from Spain’s energy opportunity was originally published on Emerging Europe.
- IT sector in focus: Mongolia
on March 4, 2026Ulaanbaatar has digitised government services impressively. Building an export-oriented IT sector is another matter. Mongolia has achieved something remarkable: it has leapfrogged directly to digital governance without first building the underlying tech sector one might expect to precede such transformation. The E-Mongolia platform, launched in 2020, offers 181 government services via mobile app and website, IT sector in focus: Mongolia was originally published on Emerging Europe.
- Anthropic vs. Washington
on March 2, 2026AI ethics collide with national security. The showdown between Anthropic and the US government began as a contract negotiation and has quickly turned into a test case for how far Washington will push commercial AI developers in the name of national security—and how hard a leading lab is willing to push back. At its core, Anthropic vs. Washington was originally published on Emerging Europe.
- Ukraine’s ledger of loss
on March 2, 2026Ukraine’s reconstruction bill has reached 588 billion US dollars. There was, predictably and with good reason, a glut of articles in the global press last week marking the four years since Russia began its brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Most focused on Ukraine’s remarkable resilience, some looked at potential outcomes and how the war might Ukraine’s ledger of loss was originally published on Emerging Europe.
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