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Poland tops employment rankings – OECD report

The EU’s employment rate reached a record high of 70.9% in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to the Organisation…

4 days ago

Greece plans to repay Eurozone’s bailout loans whole decade in advance

Greece has announced plans to repay its first bailout loans a decade ahead of schedule, in a move that officials…

4 days ago

CEE economies tougher than you may think – ING

Despite their export-driven economies and strong manufacturing bases, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries may be more resilient to global…

4 days ago

Slovenia mulls French, US bids for nuclear project

Slovenia is at the centre of a strategic struggle between France and the US, as both nations seek to secure…

4 days ago

Foot-and-mouth sees culls, CEE border closures

An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has prompted mass animal culls and tightened border controls across Central and Eastern Europe…

2 weeks ago

Trump tariffs split EU as Hungary seeks exemption

Hungary has broken ranks with the EU in response to the US's new tariffs policy, as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor…

2 weeks ago

CEE leaders weigh in on security, expansion, energy at Antalya forum

Attendees from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) nations including Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Moldova and others discussed policy…

2 weeks ago

CEE leads EU raw materials drive as EU selects strategic mining projects

The European Commission (EC) has chosen 47 strategic projects across the EU to reduce critical raw material dependency, with Czechia,…

2 weeks ago

Vucic names academic as PM candidate, as demonstrators take protest to Strasbourg

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic nominated political newcomer Duro Macut, a 62-year-old endocrinologist and university professor, to serve as the country’s…

3 weeks ago

Serbia, Hungary deepen defence, energy ties

When Croatia, Albania and Kosovo recently formed a new military alliance, Serbia and Hungary followed suit, reshaping the security situation…

3 weeks ago

CEE markets plunge on Trump tariffs shock

Stock markets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) fell sharply after US President Donald Trump announced retaliatory tariffs on global…

3 weeks ago

Krakow layoffs reflect broader shift to AI, automation in CEE

The city of Krakow, south Poland, saw nearly 1,900 group layoffs in the first quarter of 2025, almost equalling the…

3 weeks ago

Trump’s time bomb just exploded – oped

Trying to figure out the rationale behind Trump’s “trade revolution”?  Don’t bother, there isn’t one. It is rooted in delusion,…

3 weeks ago

Liberation Day: the end of ‘America First’ – oped

Liberation Day is here. Trump has announced his tariffs targeting the US’s biggest trading partners, delivering one of the biggest…

3 weeks ago

CEE auto, steel at sharp end of Trump tariffs

US President Donald Trump’s new raft of global tariffs threatens to hammer the export-driven economies of Central and Eastern Europe…

3 weeks ago

US soldiers die during Lithuania training exercise

A total of three US soldiers were found dead while a fourth remains missing after their armoured recovery vehicle became…

4 weeks ago

Trump-Putin detente could revive Nord Stream 2

The US and Russia are discussing the potential reopening of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, raising significant concerns across…

4 weeks ago

Dodik dodges arrest warrant, surfaces in Moscow

Republika Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik announced that he had arrived in Moscow on Monday 31 March, after Bosnia and…

4 weeks ago

CEE startups outpace Western Europe rivals

Startups in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are growing faster than in Western Europe and the CEE startup ecosystem is…

4 weeks ago

Gender pay gaps remain in CEE, despite EU efforts

Romania and Poland have gender pay disparities among the lowest in the EU, according to Eurostat data published this month.…

1 month ago