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Visegrad 4 leaders pitch high-speed railway construction project to South Korea

Leaders of the Visegrad 4 (V4) group of countries - Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland - have invited South Korea’s…

3 years ago

South Korea, Visegrad 4 countries upgrade successful economic collaboration during president’s visit

South Korea’s president and representatives of the Visegrad 4 (V4) group countries have pledged to boost their economic cooperation in…

3 years ago

Romania may pioneer construction of US ‘small nuclear reactors’

Romania could become the first country to deploy a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR), according to an agreement between the…

3 years ago

EU delegation’s visit to Taiwan strengthens relations, raises Beijing’s ire

In the first visit to Taiwan by an official European Union delegation, 13 MEPs have met with Taiwanese premier Su…

3 years ago

Slovakia, South Korea sign MOU on aircraft acquisition, as Korean president deepens V4 ties

In conjunction with South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s 9-day tour of Europe, Slovakia and South Korea have inked a memorandum…

3 years ago

Czechia on course for five-party coalition

Czechia looks set to be ruled by a liberal, centre-right coalition after five parties agreed on a joint programme on…

3 years ago

Visiting South Korean president looks to boost business with Visegrad 4

South Korea's president, Moon Jae-in, begins a 9-day tour of Europe this week, ending with a meeting of the regional…

3 years ago

North Macedonia PM Zaev quits after local election rout

North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev announced his resignation after his party, the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM), suffered…

3 years ago

E-cig traders to receive damages for lost earnings

Hungarian entrepreneurs who were left out of pocket due to the nationalisation of tobacconists finally look set to receive compensation…

3 years ago

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…

4 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…

4 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…

4 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…

4 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…

4 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.…

4 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…

4 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…

4 years ago