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Shake up at strategic Hungary telco 4iG

Hungarian operator 4iG Group revealed a plan to streamline operations and bring in external investors to raise the overall value…

1 year ago

Poland faces ‘IT crisis’ from abroad

The number of ICT industry offers decreased by as much as 43% in the first half of 2023, according to…

1 year ago

MOL to start lithium mining in Hungary

Confirming the preliminary expectations, Hungarian energy giant MOL announced in the summer that it will start mining lithium, local business…

1 year ago

Auto sector slides down large company list – Coface CEE Top 500 study

Automotive and Transport has dropped to third place amongst large companies in CEE, as business sectors of Central and Eastern…

1 year ago

Taiwan FM tours Baltics to deepen ties, despite opposition from China

Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu visited Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia from November 6-12, deepening bilateral ties in the Baltics and…

1 year ago

Lithuanian gov’t unveils five-year plan to cement status as fintech leader

Ranked number four in the Global Fintech Index Ranking - and with more than 260 fintech companies and 7,000 professionals…

1 year ago

Moment of truth for Orban – ING’s report on Poland, Czechia, Romania, Hungary

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is becoming increasingly diversified, ING Bank writes in a new report on Poland, Czechia, Romania…

1 year ago

VW suspends plan for EV gigafactory in CEE

Volkswagen is putting its plans to construct a new electric vehicle (EV) "gigafactory" in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) on…

1 year ago

Hungary MOU with Huawei angers US

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing between Hungary's 4iG and China’s Huawei, both controversial companies close to their respective governments,…

1 year ago

Von der Leyen vows to double WB economies in decade

The EU will finance Western Balkans (WB) integration reforms to the tune of EUR 6bn, European Commission President Ursula von…

1 year ago

Japanese firm launches CEE’s first sodium-sulfur battery storage system

The groundbreaking 500 kW NAS battery-based energy storage system (ESS) has been successfully put into operation at windows, doors and…

1 year ago

ECB steadies borrowing costs after year of hikes

The European Central Bank (ECB) left interest rates unchanged this week for the first time in over a year. Thursday…

1 year ago

Slovak PM cancels military aid to Ukraine

Incoming Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico did not waste time to state his positions on the war in Ukraine when…

1 year ago

Revolut passes 10mn CEE customers

Revolut, the digital bank, has achieved a milestone by exceeding 10mn retail customers in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)…

1 year ago

ESG measures passed despite right-wing opposition

Despite being a climate and sustainability champion, the EU has been struggling to cement these values recently, and witnessed a…

1 year ago

Orban meets Putin, ‘friend’ Xi, at One Belt and Road Forum in China

Chinese President Xi Jinping backed elevating relations with Hungary and after meeting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Beijing, called him a…

1 year ago

Polish election result shakes up CEE

Although Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) received the most votes of any single party at the weekend elections, it…

1 year ago

Austria, Romania in dispute over multibillion-dollar Black Sea gas field

A gas project off Romania's coast in the Black Sea has become the centre of a dispute between the country…

1 year ago

Donald Tusk declares victory in Polish elections

In a pivotal national election, Poland's opposition leader, Donald Tusk, has declared victory, signaling the end of the Law and…

1 year ago

Orban only EU leader due at Belt and Road Forum

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will be the only EU premier present at China’s third Belt and Road Forum in…

1 year ago