Of the 10 new members that joined the European Union in May 2004, the majority of the eight former communist bloc countries plan tight budgets for 2005 more »
Mikhail Fradkov, Russia’s Prime Minister, has stunned the business community by saying his country's secret service must spy on large corporations to guarantee economic growth more »
Moldovan industrial production advanced 6.4 percent in 2004 to USD1.415bn, the Statistics and Sociology Department of the republic announced more »
Lithuania has the lowest inflation rate among the Baltic States more »
Bulgaria's First Investment Bank issued EUR 200 M of bonds with a three-year maturity in a sale managed by ABN Amro and Dresdner Kleinword Wasserstein more »
Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis said he will lead a new effort to prosecute and prevent money laundering in the Baltic state to avoid international sanctions against the country's banks more »
Seminar on development of non-cash settlements with use of plastic cards in Uzbekistan more »
A 40-member Azerbaijani business delegation is scheduled to leave for Rome to attend an Italy-Azerbaijan conference on investments due on February 25 more »
Latvia, the European Union's fastest growing economy, is ready to link its currency to the euro in a two-year test period prior to adopting Europe's common currency more »
Koizumi says Japan's economy recovering, vows to fight deflation more »