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Romanian businesses are hurrying to put AI to work, while their customers (and their budgets) take a more leisurely approach.

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As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence.

Teacher shortages are putting pressure on education systems across the OECD. But demographics offer a window for reform.

A structured, transparent framework for 'associate membership' can give CEE and its neighbours a concrete pathway for market ...

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Imagining a hiring manager going through a pile of CVs for a mid-level marketing role. A job applicant from France has listed their date of birth and marital status near the top of the page. Another, ...

Miłosz Manasterski is a Warsaw-based journalist, political economy analyst, and CEO of the independent Polish news agency Agencja Informacyjna. The European Commission now says plainly that electric ...