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Emerging Europe Talks is a series of discussions offering insight and intelligence designed to help entrepreneurs, investors, governments and all knowledge-seekers navigate emerging Europe.
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She’s Next Talks with Turana Alieva (opens the original)
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Growing up in a traditional, patriarchal family in Azerbaijan, Turana Alieva faced a pre-written future: her parents dreamt of her becoming a doctor. “I’m afraid of blood,” she recalls, admitting she faints at the sight of it. Refusing to follow their roadmap, she pursued politics and economics instead, eventually securing a scholarship for a master’s degree at the University of Glasgow despite her family’s initial reluctance to let her study abroad. After graduating in the UK, multiple unsucces
She's Next Talks with Bardha Ajvazi (opens the original)
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At two years old, Bardha Ajvazi moved from Kosovo to the United Kingdom, returning home as a teenager with an open-minded worldview and an international perspective that would define her career. "I think if that didn't happen in my life, I would be a much different person today," she reflects, noting how her early cross-cultural exposure shaped her approach to business. Armed with degrees in business management and IT, Ajvazi co-founded marketing and digital agency Brand Fluence in 2019—just thr
She’s Next Talks with Katarina Tasevski (opens the original)
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At twenty years old, Katarina Tasevski did not have her life figured out. Before settling on a career, she changed university faculties four times, exploring everything from archaeology to biochemistry. Today, as the Operating Director at DEKRA Arbeit Macedonia, she views that winding path not as a delay, but as an essential exercise in curiosity. Tasevski strongly advises young professionals to avoid rushing into master's degrees just to tick an educational box, recommending instead that they w
She’s Next Talks with Sitara Aghayeva (opens the original)
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At 21, Sitara Aghayeva made a life-altering decision: she secretly taught herself the programming language Python in her bedroom. Despite holding a degree in accounting and facing intense pressure from her family to pursue a safe, traditional financial career, she deliberately chose the harder path. Today, the Baku native is a leading AI risk specialist at a major bank and the CEO of her own tech start-up, Comask. Aghayeva’s pivot into the tech world was fuelled by a military philosophy she read
She's Next Talks with Nadera Alsukkar (opens the original)
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For over two decades, Nadera Alsukkar managed complex operations in some of the world's most volatile conflict zones. Born during the outbreak of the Bosnian war to a Bosnian and Jordanian family, she experienced displacement firsthand, igniting a lifelong passion for human rights. Armed with a degree in actuarial science and early experience volunteering with the Red Cross, she carved a unique path leading crisis responses in Syria and Iraq.Her crucible in leadership came while managing the Whi
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