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Serbia’s increasing importance for China’s BRI

Historically, China has never been an important partner of the CEE region. Trade and FDI data show that the EU, especially Germany, plays the dominant role. This holds true for Serbia as well. However, the economic and geopolitical rise of China, the deterioration of political relations between individual member states and the EU and political…

Gearing up for investment: Doing business in North Macedonia

North Macedonia is the only country in the Western Balkans to make the Top 10 of the World Bank’s Doing Business Index. The country, which continues to aspire to Euro-Atlantic integration, is heavily dependent on foreign investors, and how it presents itself on the international stage is crucial.North Macedonia has been at the centre of…

Investing in the Macedonian economy

World Bank Country Manager Marco Mantovanelli and Vice President of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Georgina Baker speak to Emerging Europe’s Andrew Wrobel about North Macedonia’s investment outlook as the country seeks to reap what has become known as the Prespa Dividend.The Prespa Agreement, which ended a three decade-long dispute with Greece over the use…

Survey: Record turnout at European elections driven by young people

The high turnout in May’s European elections was driven by a surge in participation by young people, according to a Eurobarometer survey commissioned by the European Parliament.The results of the post-electoral Eurobarometer survey, one of the most comprehensive quantitative surveys on the last European elections publicly available, show that the turnout increase was powered mostly…