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Big win for right-wing in Greek elections

Greek conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis's gamble paid off on Sunday, as he won a landslide victory in the country's second…

2 years ago

Austria, Estonia, Croatia high on organic farmland rankings

Austria (26%) and Estonia (23%) had the EU’s highest proportions of organic land within their total utilised agricultural area (UAA)…

2 years ago

Poland announces massive new Intel plant in ‘Lower Silesian Silicon Valley’

US firm Intel plans to build a semiconductor production and testing plant at Miekinia, near Wroclaw, western Poland, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki…

2 years ago

Sberbank leaves Austria, completing EU exit

Russian bank Sberbank announced its complete withdrawal from the European banking market with the sale of its remaining shares in a EU…

2 years ago

Poland set to build first agrivoltaic farm

Poland's first agrivoltaic farm, with a target 1GW capacity could be constructed in northern Poland, Gazeta Wyborcza reported Sunday, 18 June.  German…

2 years ago

New Romania PM underlines support for NATO, vows to cut inflation to single digits

Incoming Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu stressed the importance of the EU and NATO, on Thursday, 15 June, in his…

2 years ago

Montenegro election returns pro-EU leader who pledges to join bloc within five years

Montenegrin President Jakov Milatovic will remain the world's second-youngest state leader, it was confirmed at the Balkan country's parliamentary elections…

2 years ago

New airport to open in Romania this week

Romania will inaugurate its first new airport in over 50 years this week, with the goal of serving over one…

2 years ago

Czech gov’t unveils radical green energy plan

Czechia is poised to start a massive construction of solar and wind power plants to secure cheap and ecological electricity…

2 years ago

Poland EU’s best performing economy in Q1

Poland outstretched all of its EU peers for growth in the first quarter of 2023, the bloc's official statistics office…

2 years ago

Huge crowd in Warsaw protests ruling party ahead of autumn election

A massive mobilisation of Polish opposition voters and leaders estimated at up to half a million people took to the streets…

2 years ago

Russia-EU trade hit by invasion – Eurostat

The EU's official statistics office Eurostat details the effects of the bloc's sanctions and trade restrictions regarding Russia in the…

2 years ago

Hungary’s Oriens fund buys another Czech retail chain

Hungarian investment holding Oriens is fast becoming a major player in Czech retail, Slovak business daily Hospodarske Noviny (HN) reports.…

2 years ago

EU shows united front vs Russia as Moldova edges closer to membership

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called Moldova “the political heart of Europe”, when she met Moldovan President Maia Sandu…

2 years ago

CEE leaders respond to Erdogan victory in Turkey

Leaders in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after his re-election on Sunday, 28 May,…

2 years ago

EU youth unemployment lowest since 2009

Only 4.48 million EU citizens aged 15 to 29 found themselves unemployed last year, according to the latest data from…

2 years ago

Europe playing catch-up with China in ‘battery battle’ – Romanian economy minister

"Romania, and Europe, have lost the battle with China in certain segments, such as battery production, but we are trying…

2 years ago

A new sector emerges in CEE, as companies anticipate compulsory ESG reports

Having committed to becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, the EU faces a major challenge and companies will have…

2 years ago

Electric cars overtake diesel in Romania

Electric and hybrid cars are gaining ground in Romania, as the segment represented over 20% of all new cars sold…

2 years ago

Polish auto industry posts record numbers

The Polish automotive industry grew by over 21.5% last year to hit an all-time high of EUR 39.7bn, Gazeta Wyborcza…

2 years ago