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A terminal disagreement between Poland and Germany
Nicholas Watson in Prague
Thu, 2nd Sep -- Germany is causing a bit of a stink in Central Europe with its decision at the end of August to vote against an €80m EU subsidy toward building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) gas terminal at the port of Swinoujscie near the German border in northwest Poland.
 
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Thu, 2nd Sep -- Despite having more billionaires than any other country, Russia has seen inequality fall during the last decade of strong economic growth: not only is the gap between Russia's rich and poor the smallest of all the four Bric countries, incomes are more evenly distributed than in the US.
 
2010 FUND SURVEY: Year of the Tiger returns
Nicholas Watson in Prague
Wed, 1st Sep -- Considering that the winner of bne's best equity fund in last year's ranking managed it with a return of just 9.9%, the 78.1% return of this year's winner, the Raiffeisen-Russia-Equities fund, shows just how far and fast the recovery in the region's markets has been.
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A terminal disagreement between Poland and Germany
Nicholas Watson in Prague
Thu, 2nd Sep -- Germany is causing a bit of a stink in Central Europe with its decision at the end of August to vote against an €80m EU subsidy toward building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) gas terminal at the port of Swinoujscie near the German border in northwest Poland.
 
How much of the Russian economy is in ashes?
Tim Gosling in Moscow
Wed, 25th Aug -- The record-breaking heat wave that afflicted Russia this summer has hurt the economy and the effects have already spilled over to the rest of the world by sending food prices soaring.
 
Ukraine makes the top 50 in world's best countries
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Fri, 20th Aug -- Ukraine is the 49th best country in the world, according to a ranking published by Newsweek magazine, and offers the best quality of life among low-income countries across the globe.
 
Kazakhstan reasserts control over big energy projects
Clare Nuttall in Almaty
Wed, 18th Aug -- Hard on the heels of news that KazMunaiGas has signed off on a deal to increase its stake in Kashagan, comes reports the Kazakh government is close to striking a deal over the Karachaganak gas project.
 
"Nation of readers" gets its own e-reader
Graham Stack in Kyiv
Fri, 20th Aug -- One of the former Soviet Union's claims to fame was to be a "nation of readers." Now this ex-nation has got its own e-reader, in the form of the Pocketbook devices now widely visible in metros of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the brainchild of a Kyiv-based company.
 





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A bazaar business
Clare Nuttall in Almaty
Fri, 27th Aug -- Border closures after the Kyrgyz revolution and Kazakhstan's entry into the Customs Union with Russia have presented challenges for Central Asia's hundreds of thousands of bazaar vendors and shuttle traders this year. But the region's multi-billion-dollar bazaar trade has always proved to be enormously flexible.
 
2010 FUND SURVEY: Year of the Tiger returns
Nicholas Watson in Prague
Wed, 1st Sep -- Considering that the winner of bne's best equity fund in last year's ranking managed it with a return of just 9.9%, the 78.1% return of this year's winner, the Raiffeisen-Russia-Equities fund, shows just how far and fast the recovery in the region's markets has been.
 
A new gas bubble inflates over emerging Europe
Derek Brower in London
Mon, 23rd Aug -- The global gas glut, a dampening of demand and the prospect of new domestic supplies has ended the CEE region's energy-security worries.
 
FUNDS: Hungary's VC market benefits from EU cash
Robert Smyth in Budapest
Tue, 31st Aug -- It might have taken a while to put together, but the New Hungary Venture Capital Programme and its eight new European Investment Bank-backed funds have made more than €160m available for small businesses located outside the Hungarian capital, with the managers of the various funds now eying up a string of investments.
 
Georgia pours green into Black Sea tourist spot
Samantha Shields in Batumi, Georgia
Thu, 26th Aug -- Batumi, capital of Georgia's tiny autonomous Black Sea region of Adjara, is hoping to capitalize on its position as President Mikheil Saakashvili's pet project to reclaim its 19th century glory days and become an important commercial and tourism hub within the next 10 years.
 





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MOSCOW BLOG: The most equitable Bric
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Thu, 2nd Sep -- Despite having more billionaires than any other country, Russia has seen inequality fall during the last decade of strong economic growth: not only is the gap between Russia's rich and poor the smallest of all the four Bric countries, incomes are more evenly distributed than in the US.
 
KYIV BLOG: Whose reform is it anyway?
James Marson in Kyiv
Tue, 31st Aug -- It was to be the new government's flagship overhaul that would demonstrate to investors Ukraine was serious about reforming its economy overburdened by taxes and red tape. But the business community slammed the first version of the draft tax code as oppressive and choking for small businesses, and the second as only a slight improvement.
 
COMMENT: The rebalancing of Ukraine's political system
Brigham Marriott of Phoenix Capital
Mon, 30th Aug -- The main ingredient in Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's "formula" is a return of Ukraine's government to the presidential-parliamentary system of the Kuchma era.
 
COMMENT: What does the future hold for EU economic governance?
Nicolaus Heinen of DB Research
Fri, 27th Aug -- Following the major storm, it's now time for Europe to start the rigging.
 
COMMENT: Impact of Russia's heat wave on harvest still uncertain
Dimitri Kryukov of Verno Investment Management
Wed, 25th Aug -- The summer heat wave in central Russia that saw temperatures soar over 40C, appears to be over. But the long-term economic impact of the drought remains unclear.
 





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