Estonia and Latvia expel Russian ambassadors as uneasy ties rupture
Tensions between Russia and Baltic EU member countries Estonia and Latvia have escalated following Moscow’s...
Month: January 2023
Romania outpaces struggling neighbors on regional reshoring, stable EU relations
Romania is quietly outpacing the economies of stagnating neighbors as Bucharest benefits from reshoring, EU funding and...
Zelensky cracks down on corruption
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky oversaw the departure of 15 officials this week as allegations of graft grew,...
EU alternative to Belt and Road Initiative gains momentum
The EU has lined up 70 projects in its first concrete steps to counter Chinese projects through...
Emerging markets attract $1.1 billion a day as sentiment shifts
Investors are pouring money into emerging market assets at a near-record pace as currency resilience and China’s...
Brazil and Argentina revive common currency plan
Brazil and Argentina have agreed to discuss creating a common currency, reviving a goal held for...
El Salvador confounds critics with bond repayment
El Salvador repaid an $800 million Eurobond this week, ending speculation over whether the country’s soured bitcoin...
Iraq looks to Qatar for energy investment
Iraq is hoping to secure a $27 billion investment from Qatar that would stanch the flow...
Fiji ends policing agreement with China.
Fiji’s newly installed Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has scrapped a controversial policing agreement with China that saw...
Kenya scores venture capital investors
VC investors poured $1.1 billion into Kenyan private venture-backed companies last year, a windfall for...
France pulls out of Burkina Faso
France said on Wednesday it would withdraw its troops from Burkina Faso within a month,...
Frontier Markets Weekly, January 28th 2023
VC Investors flock to Kenya…and Bangladesh | Iraq seeks Qatar’s help | Romania thrives | El Salvador pays up
