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Romanian Government Fails No-confidence Vote

With the country seeing a massive surge of the COVID-19 pandemic and having to deal with a tenuous international credit…

3 years ago

High Energy Prices Likely in Europe this Winter

Vice President of the Hungarian Energy and Utilities Regulatory Authority, Pál Ságvári, expects high gas and energy prices to stay…

3 years ago

Pandora Papers Train Spotlight on Czech PM

Czech prime minister Andrej Babis is one of the most prominent active politicians featured in the so-called Pandora Papers, a…

3 years ago

EU and US join forces on microchips, AI

At the first meeting of the newly founded EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) the EU and the US governments have…

3 years ago

Wife of ex-PM edges into lead in race to face Orban

MEP Klara Dobrev emerged as the frontrunner in Hungary's first ever primary election to select a united-opposition candidate to stand…

3 years ago

Chinese EV Companies Driving Carefully into EU Markets

Electric car sales more than doubled in 2020 in the European Union, and are up by 130% for the first…

3 years ago

Lithuania-Poland Gas Link to Diversify Baltic Sources

If licensing doesn't hold things up, the construction of an interconnector designed to help countries around the Baltic Sea diversify…

3 years ago

Ukraine protests Hungary’s Gazprom deal

Hungary has signed a long-term agreement with Russia's Gazprom, which will supply 4.5 billion cubic meters (BCM) of natural gas…

3 years ago

EC Approves Estonia’s 1bn Recovery Plan

Estonia’s one-billion-euro recovery plan was approved by the European Commission on Sunday, the country’s finance minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus announced. The funds will…

3 years ago

Central Europe Ponders its Preference: Scholz or Laschet?

Uncertainty could loom over Europe for some time following this past weekend's German elections, which did not produce a clear…

3 years ago

Budapest Retains Lowest Household Energy Prices in EU

The average price of energy for households in Budapest is 10.63 eurocents / kWh, which ranks the Hungarian capital first…

3 years ago

McKinsey Study Highlights Benefits of More Women in CEE Workforce

Getting more women involved in the workforce in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) could reap huge benefits - billions of…

3 years ago

Coal Mine Dispute Between Czechia and Poland Morphs into Diplomatic Huff

A dispute between Czechia and Poland over the shut-down of a brown coal mine has turned into diplomatic spat. Media…

3 years ago

US Energy Sec Emphasizes Nuclear Power in Poland

On a visit to Poland this week, the US secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, launched the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy…

3 years ago

Germans vote, Central Europe shivers

The citizens of EU’s richest and most populous country go to the polls on September 26, and no foreign election…

3 years ago

Europeans Perceive New Cold War But Don’t Feel Involved

While most Europeans believe a new 'Cold War' between the United States and China and Russia has begun, they do…

3 years ago

Romanians receive rough justice at UK borders

The high number of EU citizens from Romania stopped and questioned before entering the UK during the first half of…

3 years ago

Nord Stream 2 cements Russian dominance of European energy market

The contentious Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline will commence gas transits from Russia to Europe next month, according to…

3 years ago

Youth Migration Costs Western Balkans billions

Western Balkan countries lose around 5.5 billion euros each year through the emigration of young citizens, a new report by the Westminster…

3 years ago

Poland Issued Massive Daily Fine for Lignite Mine

The European Union's Court of Justice is forcing Poland to pay a huge daily fine - EUR 500,000 - for…

3 years ago