Europe

Greece’s Grating Poll Grab

Greek shares slipped after 2013’s MSCI best return with the latest EUR 5 billion rescue loan installment still held up ...

Kazakhstan’s Hushed Currency Corridor

Kazakh stocks were buoyed at home and in London on the central bank’s abrupt 19 percent devaluation to the 185 zone ...

Belarus’ Fallow Fertilizer Folly

At the same time relations with Ukraine are reoriented, Russia has offered Belarus as an original Eurasia Economic Union member ...

Russia’s Olympic Ambitions Ambush

Russian shares remained sluggish in January prior to the Sochi Winter Olympic Games debut as suicide bombers struck in nearby ...

Poland’s Stalwart Pension Pandering

Polish stocks were unchanged in 2013 as the $50 billion government bonds half of private pension assets were transferred to ...

Latvia’s Splattered Euro Spin

Although less than half the population supported entry and the government fell apart just prior to the transition to atone ...

Russia’s Master Plan Muddle

Russian shares struggled to stay positive on anemic 1.5 percent GDP growth and the closure of 75th ranked Master Bank for ...

The EBRD’s Stuck Transition Travails

The EBRD’s annual transition report, which now covers the Mediterranean and Middle East in addition to the former socialist economies, ...

Slovenia’s Slovenly Cleanup Clues

Slovenian shares tried to preserve MSCI frontier index gains as the new government faced an early confidence vote over the ...

Iceland’s Fishy Capital Control Reel

Iceland’s new government elected on a household debt relief platform may also delay capital control lifting to almost a decade ...

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