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 lithium...
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 debit...
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 slogan...
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, when...
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, Hungarian...
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 17.4%...
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 evening...
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 6-9....
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 gas...
CEE centre holds, as far-right scores gains in EU vote
Pro-European centrist parties performed well in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) at the European Parliament (EP) elections held from 6-9 June,...
Slovakia sees EU election upset, as liberals beat Fico
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico faced an unexpected setback in the EU elections against the opposition liberals on Sunday, following a...
Far-right up in polls ahead of EU vote
The EU elections, which will be held from on 6-9 June, involve nearly 400mn voters across 27 countries deciding on 720...
Blinken visits Czechia, Moldova to talk Ukraine, disinformation, upcoming NATO summit
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken travelled to Chisinau, Moldova and Prague, Czechia, from May 28-31, to discuss energy, defence and...
Daewoo ups efforts on Czech nuclear project
Czech companies signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) in connection with Korea’s Daewoo concerning the construction tender for a nuclear power plant...
Orban slams EU on cusp of elections, Hungarian presidency
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who recently described the current European Commission (EC) as “the worst one” ever, framed the June 7-9...
CEE countries send letter to Georgia over ‘foreign agents law’ concerns
Countries from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) made up five of the seven signatories states of a letter expressing concern over...
Re-election of Lithuania’s President Nauseda signals continuity on Russia policies
Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda secured re-election on Sunday 26 May, according to official results, in a vote heavily dominated by defence...
Romania mulls Danube HEP plant project with Serbia
Romania’s Energy Ministry confirmed that it may partner with Serbia to build a third hydroelectric power (HEP) plant on the Iron Gates...
Romanian gov’t, chemical industry sign energy-transition letter of intent
Romanian Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism Stefan-Radu Oprea and Romanian Chemical Industry Association Romchimica signed a letter of intent regarding...
Skoda expands Czech rail fleet presence with new order
Skoda Group is to deliver 23 low-floor EMU electric trains to Czechia in a EUR 133mn order that it said will...