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Estonia among least corrupt countries – TI

Estonia and Austria have the cleanest economies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) according to the latest annual report by…

3 years ago

Slovakia most resilient on consumption

Household consumption expenditure decreased by an unprecedented 8% in the EU year-on-year in 2020, according to a new survey by…

3 years ago

CEE baseload electricity prices off the scale

Wholesale electricity prices reached all-time highs in Europe in the third quarter of 2021, spiking by 211% year-on-year, the European…

3 years ago

Orban, Putin to discuss gas, nuclear, vaccines, ever-closer ties, in Moscow next month

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will visit Moscow on 1 February to discuss Rosatom’s expansion of Hungary’s sole nuclear power…

3 years ago

EU hails digital act as global model

MEPs voted through the Digital Services Act (DSA) in a plenary vote at the European Parliament on Thursday afternoon. The…

3 years ago

Estonia rues EU energy trades, mulls nuclear

The EU’s CO2 trading mechanism is a“roller-coaster” and fixed-price contracts would stabilise the situation and offer better conditions to electricity…

3 years ago

Baltic countries CEE’s inflation hot spots

Price rises in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries were mostly above the Eurozone average of 4.9% in November, as…

3 years ago

EIB halts Hungarian govt’s Budapest Airport plans, due to dearth of impact studies

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has suspended a EUR 200 million credit line towards the expansion of Hungary's Budapest Liszt…

3 years ago

Voters in Serbia back judicial system reform

Serbia moved a small step closer to EU membership on Sunday when 60.5% of its voters cast their ballot in…

3 years ago

Poland top CEE country on university research grant list

Universities in Poland, Austria, Czechia, Slovenia and Lithuania will all run projects under the EU’s new research and innovation programme…

3 years ago

Fiala gets thumbs-up, vows to back EU

The liberal-conservative cabinet of Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala was approved by a majority of MPs in a confidence vote…

3 years ago

Croatia tops aviation upturn list – Eurostat

European commercial aviation enjoyed an upturn last month, as the number of flights in the EU climbed 130% year-on-year. While…

3 years ago

Sell-offs pave way for new Polish energy giant

Polish oil and gas firm PKN Orlen will sell refinery assets to Saudi Aramco and swap petrol stations with Hungarian…

3 years ago

Poland balks at cost of EU’s green target

The “Fit for 55” plan to further slash CO2 emissions may cost Poland around EUR 190 billion, according to analysts…

3 years ago

Taiwan to loan Lithuania USD 1bn

Taiwan will extend a USD 1 billion credit line to Lithuania as a gesture of solidarity with the Baltic country,…

3 years ago

Hungary to go to the polls early April

Hungary will hold an election on April 3 when nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban will compete with an opposition alliance…

3 years ago

Rule of law in Western Balkans not improving despite EUR 700m in EU funds

EUR 700 million spent on developing the rule of law in the Western Balkans has failed to deliver tangible results,…

3 years ago

Czechia commits to 2033 coal phase-out

Czechia will stop burning coal by 2033, five years earlier than previously planned, the country's incoming governing coalition revealed in…

3 years ago

EC okays Hungary funding Korean plant

The European Commission (EC) has greenlit Hungary extending EUR 24 million in state aid towards the expansion of a South…

3 years ago

Polish envoy to Prague to lose post over comments on controversial lignite mine

Poland is recalling its new ambassador to Czechia after he said the countries’ tensions are due to “a lack of…

3 years ago