The way in which the Germans circumvent the economic sanctions introduced by the EU after the annexation of Crimea and the Russian embargo on food from Europe, are FDIs in Russia.
Foreign direct investment in Europe hit a record high in 2016, with 5,845 FDI projects and 259,673 new jobs, according to the 2017 edition of the EY European attractiveness survey.
Hungarian-Croatian relations have never been too easy. Past political and economic dominance of Hungary over Croatia is one of the factors shaping today relations between the two states.
Three years after the Russia’s aggression on Crimea, Russian businesses are feeling very much at home there. Capital from the north does not lose ground, but is gaining new outposts.
The Polish automobile market is seeing rapid growth, with several high profile manufacturers moving in this year, with VMI Group, Toyota Motor Europe and International Automotive Components opening their factories.
In 2016 a number of M&A transactions noted in Poland was smaller than in 2015 – till the mid-December there were 171 transactions, according to Navigator Capital & FORDATA's “Mergers & Acquisitions, 2016”...
Despite some political debates between Poland and Germany the value of Polish-German trade in 2016 probably exceeded EUR100bn for the first time in history.
The old Keynesian principle states: if you want to kick-start the economy, you should focus on investment. The Chinese have been putting this into practice for three decades.
Serbia has come to the point in its stormy history, where it will have to choose between the European Union on the one hand and Russia on the other.
The authorities in Kiev are dreaming of billions of dollars from FDI. The Investment Promotion Office at the Council of Ministers was launched in October.