By Gunter Deuber, RBI| Although Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007 – i.e. only three years after the last three countries to enter the euro area (Estonia 2011, Latvia 2014, Lithuania 2015) – there was no clear euro entry perspective for the country until summer 2018. Bulgaria has waited a very long time (more than […]
by Stoyan Genov, Raiffeisenbank | Svetlin Nakov, co-founder of SoftUni, is part of the expert jury of the Bulgarian challenge within Elevator Lab – the largest corporate fintech accelerator in CEE. The program was created by RBI and aims to find the best start-up companies in the field of finance and to build long-term cooperation […]
By Eva Maydell, Member of the European Parliament | Eva Maydell, Member of the European Parliament, about what it needs to catch up to the US and Asia in terms of digital business, the best places for digital investments in Europe and Bulgaria’s high potential in this regard: Europe is still lagging behind the US […]
Enjoy watching a short summary of this year’s CEE Banking Sector Report by Gunter Deuber.
Oliver Rögl, CEO of Raiffeisenbank (Bulgaria), has been an expat in SEE for more than 20 years. In this interview with Discover CEE he gives insights in his life as an expat, what it is that makes Bulgaria special and how to make business in this country. You have been an expat in Bulgaria for nearly five years. […]
by Emil Kalchev, Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria and Gunter Deuber, RBI | From a local perspective, entering the Exchange Rate Mechanism II (ERMII), the so-called euro area “waiting room“ with its 2-year minimum qualification period and a stable exchange rate requirement (a no brainer in the Bulgarian case), is expected to become the next strong national cause […]
by Bastian Kellhofer, Trending Topics | “We have a considerable IT human resource in the country, we possess the financial knowledge, so there is no reason to lag behind. It is a fact that everything takes place online, there is no branch network, no physical interaction, no papers. That is how we can offer […]
by Marlene Schloffer, RBI | Recently, we published this interview with ABA – Invest in Austria CEO René Siegl. He told us that there is “a significant increase in the number of companies from CEE that successfully bring their marketable products to Western Europe”. In a follow-up interview Discover CEE spoke to Birgit Reiter-Braunwieser, ABA […]
by Patricia Lang-Schönberger, RBI | ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA is the internationalisation and innovation agency of the Austrian economy. It provides support in all matters relating to foreign business: export, import, foreign investments, country information and international industry developments. Michael Otter, Head of ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, talks about the good relations between Austria and CEE. How many inquiries […]
The Easter holidays are coming up, and many people in Austria and the rest of the world are preparing to celebrate the most important Christian holiday, the resurrection of Jesus, in the traditional way. That means, in Austria, among a lot of other local customs, coloring eggs, baking cakes in the form of lambs, decorating […]
by Gunter Deuber, RBI | “2017 has seen the strongest growth in Central Europe (CE)* and Southeastern Europe (SEE) since the global financial crisis,” explains Gunter Deuber, analyst at RBI. According to his estimation, regional economies are benefiting from solid private consumption and a rebound in investments driven by higher EU transfers and increasingly tight […]
The digital revolution is a fact in many countries. To see how the situation looks like in Bulgaria, an Eastern European EU member which is currently in the process of joining the ERM mechanism and Schengen area, the access to and usage of the internet is an interesting factor. The access to the internet in […]
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