Berlin Wall: Shaftan's view

Eastern Europe has witnessed momentous changes since the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago.

Since this historic event, the lives of people in the former Communist Bloc have changed beyond recognition - changes that have increasingly attracted the attention of investors since regional stock exchanges opened in the 1990s. Although many of the 'easy gains' from the convergence of Eastern European economies with the West have played out, the region remains rich in investment opportunites. While some of the smaller countries in the Baltics and Balkans overextended themselves financially, resulting in much publicised economic imbalances, the situation in economies such as Poland, ...