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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…

4 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…

4 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…

4 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)…

4 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…

4 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…

4 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…

4 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…

4 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…

4 years ago

Mayor Peter Marki-Zay wins primary vote to run against PM Orban in spring 2022

Peter Marki-Zay, the 49-year-old conservative mayor of Hodmezovasarhely, south Hungary, was announced as the winner of the Hungarian opposition primaries…

4 years ago

CEE capitals becoming ‘victims of own success’

Slovakia's capital city Bratislava is having difficulty getting EU funding after the rapid rise in its GDP per capita in…

4 years ago

Bulgarians not enthusiastic about Euro

Around 58% of Bulgarians oppose adoption of the Euro as their country's currency, according to a poll conducted by Trend…

4 years ago

Europe, Russia play gas spike blame game

President Vladimir Putin brushed off accusations that Russian-state-owned Gazprom is responsible for soaring energy prices across Europe at an energy…

4 years ago

European airlines demand opening date from US for travellers

US authorities were called by European airlines on Wednesday to set a date for reopening and to agree a list…

4 years ago

EU successfully issues world’s largest green bond package

To date, on Tuesday the European Commission issued the world's largest green bond package worth EUR 12 billion, raising funds…

4 years ago

Hungary scraps plans to buy neighbors’ agricultural land

Hungary has decided against a plan to expand the country's ownership of agricultural land in some of its neighbors like…

4 years ago

VW considers V4 countries for battery plant

Germany's VW is planning on building six battery factories in Europe by 2030, and one of those facilities is likely…

4 years ago

Global minimum tax plan makes progress

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Biden administration have brokered a compromise on the plan to…

4 years ago

No “Polexit” say protesters in Poland

Protesters chanted "No to Polexit" at pro-EU rallies in Warsaw and across Poland over the weekend after the country's highest…

4 years ago

Czechs vote out PM Babis

Czechs voted for a conservative shift in last weekend's elections on Friday and Saturday. The conservative coalition SPOLU (“Together”) formed by…

4 years ago