by Anna Osmanova, Raiffeisenbank Russia | You’ve recently read about Russian cuisine on our blog, but we’ve got other great cultural aspects of this multifaceted and diverse country for you. How about finding out more on constructivist architecture in Moscow? Interested? Then, we have a nice read for you with a focus on some architectural highlights. […]
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 […]
The Russian cuisine is very diverse with many influences from all over the country. We tried to give you a certain flavour of this variety in our two last posts on Russian cuisine. You might have read a little bit on Siberian, Kuban and Cisurals Cuisine as well as on Tatar and Bashkir, Caucasian and […]
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 […]
Are you hungry? That’s good because you’re just about to read part two of our mini-series on Russian cuisine. One week ago, we spoke about the Siberian, Kuban and Cisurals cuisine, today we’ll be focusing on the Tatar and Bashkir cuisine as well as on the Caucasian and Ural cuisine. Let’s start with the Tatar […]
Eating is a basic human need. Being on a business trip in CEE, people also have to eat – which is the reason for today’s starting culinary mini-series “Russia on a plate”. Besides business topics and economics we sometimes have to enjoy what the CEE region has to offer for culinary palates. Generally, foreigners associate […]
Discover CEE wishes you a happy New Year and is already looking ahead at 2018. Are you planning a business trip to the CEE region? Or would you like to know on which dates your business partner in CEE is on public holidays? The Discover CEE Public Holidays 2018 overview shows all the dates at […]
Imagine paying for fuel right on the head-up display of your car, or paying for clothes in the changing room, or simply paying with your watch, some other sort of jewelry or the sleeve of your jacket. This is actually not so far from real life, as you might think. As posted in this article […]
“Latest Q3 GDP data out of Central and Southeastern Europe (CE/SEE)* confirmed our assessment that the region is well on track for the highest GDP growth rate since 2008, when GDP growth had been above the 4 per cent threshold the last time. Moreover, current strong GDP dynamics do imply we see more up- than […]
15 years ago, Irina Yarygova (head of Mortgage Loans Sales Department in Novosibirsk at Raiffeisenbank Russia) thought she would never be able to sell anything. Today, she negotiates tens of successful deals each month. What helped her for her negotiations? Let’s hear her thoughts on the topic. For the first time, I thought about working […]