Written by: Ilya Rokach, European Humanities University. In the European Union, Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a critical pillar in balancing societal well-being and business ...

Cover image: Kosovo ethnic Serbs take part in the traditional Epiphany swimming competition in the lake of Gazivoda (Valdrin Xhemaj, Reuters). ‘Our dispute with Serbia doesn’t alter the fact that our ...

Estonia, a small country with a population of 1.3 million, decided as soon as it became independent in 1991 to invest massively in information and communication technologies (ICTs). [1] One of the ...

The erosion of Europe’s industrial base has become a key concern for businesses, workers and policy makers. The threat, described by Mario Draghi as “slow agony” in his 2024 report on European ...

Blue Europe is both a think tank and an editorial project about the links between Central and Western Europe. Our vision is to develop exchanges between the West and the East, particularly at the ...

Article written by Angélique Curdy (LinkedIn). [1] Cover image by Stefan Kostić (Bajina Basta, Serbia). Serbia, a country bordering the European Union through its borders with Bulgaria and Romania, is ...

This category explores economic developments, trade policies, and financial trends shaping markets in Central-Eastern Europe and the EU. It covers foreign direct investment, market liberalization, ...

For decades, the prospect of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans (WB) was seen (and invested in) as a certain process (and return on investment) – one that would bring long-term stability and ...

Brian F. G. Fabrègue is Ph.D candidate in law at the University of Zurich and currently working as Chief Legal Officer for a Swiss fintech company. He headed Blue Europe for one term before being ...

On 2 September, Ankara officially requested to join BRICS, a sign of Erdoğan’s growing desire to balance Turkey’s geopolitical position between East and West, its hope to diversify economic ...

In the spirit of de Rougemont’s legacy, the contest aims to encourage scholarly exchanges and deepen understanding between Western and Central-Eastern Europe (CEE). This contest is open to all EU/EEA ...

Source: Created by the author; based on data from the GAC–PRC (2023). Only provinces and cities that have consistently accounted for over USD 10m of exports per year are listed. Second, the numbers ...