Balazs Szilagyi

Putin strikes at opportune moment

Though united in their commitment to European and NATO positions on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Central and Eastern European…

2 years ago

Large, integrated ICT boosts economies – CET analysis

Estonia has become the digital model for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) due to a digitalisation policy that has seen…

2 years ago

Europe mulls policy responses, as soaring gas prices expose energy vulnerabilities

French President Emmanuel Macron underlined that energy policy is now a major priority for Europe when he met the leaders…

2 years ago

ICT key to bridging East-West wage gap

The Eastern European countries with large digital economies such as Estonia, Czechia and Hungary are best placed to stimulate growth by…

2 years ago

From ‘Germanisation’ to ‘Repolanisation’ and beyond – an analysis of 21st-Century media in Central and Eastern Europe

So dominant was German capital in the Czech media in 2003 that the European Federation of Journalists considered it no…

2 years ago

When it comes to billionaires, Czechs are Central Europe’s overachievers

Henry Ford once said: "I am ready to account for any day in my life, but don't ask me how I…

3 years ago

Tax regime of ‘e-Estonia’ OECD’s most competitive for eighth year running

The three Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - are all highly competitive in terms of taxes, according to the latest International…

3 years ago

Tech and financial service industries are starting to merge. Are we already in the digital currency era?

While Fintech and Big Tech firms make incursions into the financial services sector, data is becoming the real commodity in…

3 years ago

Serbia General Elections Likely Scheduled for Spring

In Serbia, early parliamentary elections will likely be held between 20 March 20 and 3 April of next year. Those…

3 years ago

Summer Travel Too Costly for Almost One-Third of EU Citizens

Thirty-five million citizens of the European Union just don't have the financial means to take a week-long trip within Europe,…

3 years ago