Economy in focus: Albania
Albania’s economy enjoyed solid growth in 2022 and the lowest inflation in all of CESEE. With booming construction and tourism sectors, 2023 is set to be another year of progress. Albania has emerged from one of the rockier economic liberalisations in emerging Europe. Enver Hoxha led one of the world’s most isolated communist regimes for…
EU presidency seeks to place kids and families in asylum detention
Internal EU state discussions on asylum reform now include shuffling families with small children into de facto detention along the borders.It is part of a shift towards offloading responsibility on EU states like Italy and Greece, instead of relocating asylum seekers, while at the same time giving those first-arrival states plenty of options to not…