COVER STORY
7 VENTURE CAPITAL
Venture capital is pouring into Central & Europe,
but it's no cure-all for cash-starved local
entrepreneurs.
SURVEY
29 POLAND
Poland's firms are selling more at home and abroad,
investing again, and becoming profitable. All of which
proves that despite lousy government, Poles go
marching on.
POLITICS & ECONOMICS
13 Month in Review
15 Hungary: sell-off muddle
16 Slovak prognosis
18 Russia after Chechnya
19 Hope for Ukraine
20 Bulgaria's Socialists
BUSINESS
21 Month in Review
23 Three Czech steel-makers
24 Taking on Matav
26 Russia's pharma sector
27 Franchising truths
FINANCE
45 Month in Review
47 Tougher Czech funds
48 Romanian placement
49 Sofia swaps debt-for-equity
50 Stock Watch
50 Barter in Ukraine
51 The Bartimpex connection
LAWS & TAXES
52 Transfer pricing
53 Briefs
54 Russia: oil export rules
FEATURES
4 LETTERS
55 EXTRA
Polish painters
Budapest Market Hall
Between East and West
Synopsis
58 MARKET-PLACE
64 STATISTICS
Facts & Figures
Country Indicators
66 CITY FOCUS
St Petersburg
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