Corporate detectives are routinely asked the following question: Does Central Europe pose a risk to my business? ...

Having covered scams, money laundering, mafia activities and all dark and sundry in Central Europe for more than a decade, what has often occurred to me is the simple fact that while the high-profile cases get the press (or sometimes infamously don’t), the average business rip-off is simply shrugged away as a tax on doing business here. ...

During a recent meeting with key private equity professionals, LOT Polish Airlines President Sebastian Mikosz lamented in impressive—and quite technical terms—the difficulties of running effectively a private airline against state-subsidized competitors. ...

News that Swiss UBS suspended a number of senior traders in an ongoing international probe connected to the alleged manipulation of interbank borrowing rates has sent still more shock waves through a Europe bogged down in the ongoing euro crisis - but this arguably (and hypocritically) ignores an issue also at the heart of at least Central European business; this being the official use of European Union fun ...

As Europe is being struck by one of the harshest winters in history, gas demand has unexpectedly risen dangerously above its normal levels causing gas suppliers to realize that Europe's energy security needs serious mending - some European countries have already been forced to use their underground gas reserves, destined for emergency situations only. ...

Despite country-wide protests and internet attacks on governmental web portals, Polish ambassador to Japan Jadwiga Rodowicz signed the much debated ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) protocol late Thursday in Japan. The Polish public was shocked when news emerged that the government had given its blessing for this to take place. ...

Polish entrepreneurs do not attach much value to establishing future partner/contractor's reputation and financial situation, Polish economic daily Puls Biznesu reported Tuesday. ...

Following a brief hiatus from these pages - my primary job as a risk consultant does occasionally prove cause for diversion - it occurred to me that somehow, and consistently, within the billions of words printed on the euro crisis, a vast majority of leaders, business persons and decision makers have rather missed the point. ...

Colonel Mikolaj Przybyl shot himself in the head after delivering an emotional speech during a press conference in the Military Prosecutor's Office in Poznan. ...

The death of five Polish soldiers - the bloodiest day for the Polish military since World War II - prompted calls last week for an end to the current deployment in Afghanistan. ...