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As Lithuanian PM Simonyte exits, analyst assesses last four years

Lithuania's outgoing government led by Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte faced multiple crises over its four years in power, some of…

8 months ago

Chinese troops drill near Belarus-Poland border

Poland has called for border protection discussions within NATO as China and Belarus carry out their first ever joint military…

8 months ago

Estonian innovation gets higher status in new report

Estonia has climbed into a higher innovation category according to new data from the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS). Estonia became a Strong…

8 months ago

Polish solar firm secures state bank BGK loan

Polish photovoltaic company RPower has signed with Polish State Development Bank (BGK) a loan agreement worth PLN 231mn (EUR 54.17…

8 months ago

Orban makes surprise visits to Ukraine, Russia, China on ‘mission for peace’

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was accused of mission creep by the international community after he opened his first week…

8 months ago

Fico makes first speech since attack

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Friday 5 July gave his first public appearance since being seriously injured in an…

8 months ago

Ukraine, Moldova open EU accession talks

The EU formally opened accession negotiations with Moldova and Ukraine on 25 June. The agreement of the EU's 27 members…

8 months ago

Romania tops inflation list, Latvia rate flattens

Romania reported the highest inflation rate in May, of 5.8%, driven by significant increases in housing and utilities prices, according…

8 months ago

CEE right-wing launches new political family ‘Patriots for Europe’

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Austria's Freedom Party FPO leader Herbert Kickl and ANO party leader and former Czech prime…

8 months ago

Kallas set to be CEE’s first EU foreign policy chief

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas was nominated on Friday, 28 June as the EU’s foreign policy chief (High Representative of…

8 months ago

CEE increasingly key to EU manufacturing – report

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is becoming increasingly vital to the EU’s manufacturing landscape, the German Marshall Fund of the…

8 months ago

Serbia set to ok lithium exploitation

Serbia has said it is looking to give global mining group Rio Tinto the go ahead to create Europe’s largest…

8 months ago

Romania makes card payment compulsory option

Romanian companies are now obliged to offer customers the possibility to pay for purchased goods and services with credit and…

8 months ago

Hungary’s EU Presidency: steering Europe’s agenda through stormy times

Hungary will take over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union on Monday, 1 July with the…

8 months ago

CEE startups secure USD 11.8bn in Q1 despite global decline

Despite an overall downturn, the Central and Eastern European (CEE) start-up scene showed resilience in the first quarter of 2024,…

9 months ago

Hungary opts out of Ukraine but promises not to block support, as NATO chief visits Budapest

Hungary will not be obliged to participate in military actions outside its territory or send money or troops to Ukraine,…

9 months ago

EU to slap large tariffs on Chinese BEVs

The European Commission (EC) published a draft package on battery electric vehicles (BEVs) imported from China, including tariffs of between…

9 months ago

Budapest mayor wins 2nd term by 41 votes

Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony retained his post at last Sunday’s election, the Hungarian National Election Committee (NVB) confirmed on Friday…

9 months ago

Local elections held in parallel with EU ballot in Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania

One-third of the EU-27 member states held local or national elections in tandem with the European Parliament ballot on June…

9 months ago

Hungary’s MVM buys stake in Caspian gas field in all-time record deal

Hungary’s state-owned MVM Group has signed an agreement with Azerbaijan to acquire a 5% stake in the Shah Deniz natural…

9 months ago