Central Europe & Baltic States
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Estonia / Political Risk
POLITICAL RISK - Diplomatic Row Highlights Continued Tensions After several developments in March pointed towards improving relations between Estonia and Russia, a fresh diplomatic row highlights the tensions that continue to define the turbulent relationship between the two nations. Estonia's consul general was expelled from St. Petersburg after being declared persona non grata,...
2013-05-01Estonia / Economy
BMI View: High frequency data indicates strong momentum behind domestic demand growth through the first several months of 2013. Retail sales and industrial production in March are up...
2013-05-01Czech Republic / Economy
BMI View: Subdued economic activity in the Czech Republic throughout 2012 has prompted the Czech National Bank (CNB) to consider the possibility of intervening in the foreign exchange...
2013-05-01Country Risk Rating
Estonia
POLITICAL RISK - Diplomatic Row Highlights Continued Tensions After several developments in March pointed towards improving relations between Estonia and Russia, a fresh diplomatic...
2013-05-01Latvia
Inflation in Latvia has continued to drop in 2013, providing a further boost to Latvia's eurozone accession plans in 2014. We have revised our inflation forecasts for 2013, and now...
2013-05-01Poland
The Polish government has said that it is not keen on the pipeline projects suggested by OAO Gazprom that would circumvent Ukraine and - it claims - would use natural gas as a political...
2013-05-01Czech Republic
On April 26, EU President Herman Van Rompuy revealed that the EU is ready to take action if the pre-election struggle in Bulgaria threatens the position of the Czech partially state...
2013-04-30Estonia
BMI View: High frequency data indicates strong momentum behind domestic demand growth through the first several months of 2013. Retail sales and industrial production in March are up...
2013-05-01Czech Republic
BMI View: Subdued economic activity in the Czech Republic throughout 2012 has prompted the Czech National Bank (CNB) to consider the possibility of intervening in the foreign exchange...
2013-05-01Latvia
We expect unemployment to continue to fall over the course of 2013, in line with our expectations for strong real GDP growth of 4.3% in 2013. Unemployment fell to 10.8% in March, down...
2013-05-01Slovakia
BMI View: Inflation slowed for the fifth consecutive month in March, according to Slovakia's national statistics office, in what is a sign of weakening demand-pull price pressures....
2013-05-01Estonia
Estonian Foreign Minister Umas Paet has stated that human rights will be one of the main focuses of Estonian foreign affairs this year, in his annual report to Parliament on February...
2013-02-22Hungary
BMI View: The chances of the governing Fidesz party securing an overall majority in the April 2014 parliamentary election appear slim according to recent opinion polls, although they...
2013-02-07Lithuania
BMI View: The emergence of an anti-austerity coalition government in Lithuania raises doubts over the country's future commitment to further fiscal consolidation. We maintain our view,...
2012-11-20Hungary
BMI View: A new centre-left political alliance, Egyutt 2014, may be positioned to challenge Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the 2014 parliamentary elections having taken second place...
2012-11-15
