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China’s Alibaba outdoes Amazon in Eastern Europe

China's Alibaba has high hopes for increasing its slice of the online retail pie in Europe and has plans to…

3 years ago

Croatian premier u-turns on Eurozone

"The benefits of euro adoption would outweigh the disadvantages," Croatian President Zoran Milanovic announced after meeting George Vella, his opposite number in…

3 years ago

China FM tours Europe as Taiwanese diplomat visits Czechia, Slovakia

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi commenced a whistlestop diplomatic tour of Europe yesterday in Greece, where he met his opposite…

3 years ago

EU microchip financing plan lags behind on the global scene

Despite the European Union’s explicit plans to prepare a subsidy package for the microchip industry that matches with United States…

3 years ago

Estonian minister says flexible energy trades could ease soaring prices

Loosening the EU's Emissions Trading System (ETS) would lessen the currently dramatic rises in energy prices, Estonia's Economy and Infrastructure…

3 years ago

Italy uses ‘golden power’ to block another strategic asset sale to foreign interests

Italy has blocked the purchase of global seed producer Verisem by a Chinese-owned group. As part of Prime Minister Mario…

3 years ago

Ex-Croatia PM, MOL chief get jail terms for INA bribery case

Croatia's Supreme Court sentenced MOL chairman-CEO Zsolt Hernadi and the country's former prime minister Ivo Sanader to prison sentences for…

3 years ago

Nine member states say no to EU energy market reform

The governments of nine EU member states, among them Germany, have signed a joint statement that they cannot back any…

3 years ago

Hungary’s first fully electric car rolls off the line in Kecskemét

Daimler AG has begun production of a purely electric model, the Mercedes-Benz EQB, at its Mercedes plant in Kecskemét, Hungary.…

3 years ago

Four-star general nominated to head Romania’s government

Romanian president Klaus Iohannis has designated his country's interim defence minister, Nicolae Ciuca, as prime minister to form Romania's new…

3 years ago

Regional economies are recovering – Vienna Institute

A leading think-tank has upped its growth forecast for Central, East and Southeast European economies this year to 5.4%, up…

3 years ago

OTP Bank, Hungary government team up for ‘supercomputer’ project

Hungary's Ministry of Innovation and Technology and Hungary's largest commercial bank OTP will collaborate to create Europe’s largest supercomputer, minister…

3 years ago

Latvia reimposes lockdown as COVID rips through Baltics and Balkans

Latvia has announced a month-long COVID lockdown after a surge in infections and hospitalisations, becoming the first EU country to…

3 years ago

East-West-divide defines EU summit agenda

The East-West divide will be conspicuous on the agenda when EU heads of state and government gather at the bloc's…

3 years ago

Albania, North Macedonia on track for EU accession talks – EC report

Albania and North Macedonia are on the march towards EU accession talks, according to the latest annual European Commission (EC)…

3 years ago

Czech startup raises over USD 100m in record “Series A” venture capital round

Czech start-up Rossum will receive USD 100 million in venture capital from a consortium - including General Catalyst, one of the…

3 years ago

Czech legislators plan power transfer, as Zeman unable to perform presidential duties

Czech President Milos Zeman - who was hospitalised on 10 October, the morning after the general election - remains incapable…

3 years ago

Russia cuts diplomatic relations with NATO

Russia has announced that it will suspend its NATO mission in Brussels after the western military alliance expelled eight employees…

3 years ago

Czech government could sink millions into ‘Three Seas’ waterway project

After years of non-engagement, the outgoing Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis appears to have discovered a new-found enthusiasm for the…

3 years ago

V4 vie to attract VW battery plant

Volkswagen will decide on the location of a new battery cell plant in Central and Eastern Europe in the first…

3 years ago