“AT FIRST glance Croatia and Finland share a great many common features,” said Esko Aho (pictured), a former prime minister of Finland, when visiting Zagreb a few weeks ago. Mr Aho visited Croatia to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the intersection of business and public affairs. The response from Croatian readers was thunderous. While many ...

Ognyan Zlatev, senior expert at the European Commission and former EC representative in both Bulgaria and Croatia, described Bulgaria’s potential eurozone entry as a win for the entire country.

For all the supposed structural changes European governments are having to undertake in light of the continent-wide economic crisis, there's one they are, by and large, shirking: how to get round the ...