The Russian invasion of Ukraine has forcibly reshaped the psychological, emotional and geopolitical map of Europe. It is time for a reappraisal, including of what went wrong in the reconfiguration of Europe since the Berlin...
The influx of economic immigrants to Poland in recent years is a phenomenon which has no precedent in the modern history of Poland, and which could be a signal of important changes taking place in the other countries of Central...
According to official data, during the first month of the pandemic approximately 400K economic migrants returned to Ukraine. The biggest group of Ukrainian migrant workers, reaching 180K, came back from Poland.
After years of limited interest, there has been a spike in foreign orders for freight transport services using the world’s largest cargo aircraft, Antonov An-225 Mriya. As a result, Ukraine has started seriously thinking about...
The lockdown measures have hurt both the Polish and the Ukrainian economy, but the strength of the impact is not the same. The long-term effects in the two countries will also be different. Unemployment may turn out to be the...
In July 2020, the former governor of the Ukrainian central bank NBU Jakiv Smoliy resigned from his position. The new head of the central bank, Kyrylo Shevchenko, has announced the continuation of the monetary policy pursued by...
The recent political events forced the German Chancellor Angela Merkel to face increased political pressure within Germany and within her own Christian Democratic Union (CDU) ruling party — to end her support for the Nord...
In spite of the pandemic, the commercial banks operating in Ukraine have achieved sound profits. However, according to the Ukrainian central bank NBU, this may soon change because the conditions for the functioning of the...
In May, the Ukrainian government preliminarily approved the text of a memorandum on the prospects for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US. The agreement envisages supplies of 5.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of...
Ukrainian small and medium-sized entrepreneurs (SME) are complaining that government does not see them as the foundation of a healthy economy and favors big business. The lockdown have hurt SMEs the most, which could negatively...