Hydrogen: a clean energy for the transition
In Europe and in Hungary, initiatives to expand use of hydrogen as an energy source have been given the green light,...
EU formulates three-point battery strategy
EU Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic laid out the bloc’s plans how to build capacity in critical raw materials for batteries along...
EU to prolong Covid e-certificate scheme
The European Commission (EC) on Thursday announced its intension to extend the validity of EU Digital COVID Certificates by another year,...
‘Sideletter’ leak stirs up storm in Austria
The Austrian Greens party made secret, parallel arrangements when it signed a coalition deal with the conservative OVP party in 2020,...
Tried and tested, it works – turning diversity into value
Here in Hungary, company cultures that effectively reduce gender discrimination are taking root, helping women to gain access to management positions....
Orban discusses Ukraine, gas, nuclear, vaccines with Putin in Moscow
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked for almost five hours in Moscow on Tuesday, although only...
EU beats 2020 sustainable energy target, with Latvia, Austria, Croatia CEE’s greenest
As the EU surpassed its target of 20% sustainable energy usage in 2020, the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) high achiever...
CEE countries progress towards OECD
Romania’s GDP should grow 4.5% both this year and next, after a 6.3% expansion last year, according to a report released...
Czech salaries rising by up to one-fifth
Private sector wages in Czechia are rising by as much as 20%, Czech Radio found when it interviewed employment industry experts...
Will hydrogen save Europe during the energy transition?
One well-known energy resource has great potential as an increasingly cost-effective source of clean energy: namely, hydrogen. It can play an...
Bulgaria, North Macedonia PMs hail ‘real results’
Bulgaria and North Macedonia premiers Kiril Petkov and Dimitar Kovacevski discussed establishing regular flights between their two respective capitals Skopje and...
Estonia among least corrupt countries – TI
Estonia and Austria have the cleanest economies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) according to the latest annual report by the...
Slovakia most resilient on consumption
Household consumption expenditure decreased by an unprecedented 8% in the EU year-on-year in 2020, according to a new survey by the...
CEE baseload electricity prices off the scale
Wholesale electricity prices reached all-time highs in Europe in the third quarter of 2021, spiking by 211% year-on-year, the European Commission...
Orban, Putin to discuss gas, nuclear, vaccines, ever-closer ties, in Moscow next month
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will visit Moscow on 1 February to discuss Rosatom’s expansion of Hungary’s sole nuclear power station...
EU hails digital act as global model
MEPs voted through the Digital Services Act (DSA) in a plenary vote at the European Parliament on Thursday afternoon. The DSA...
Estonia rues EU energy trades, mulls nuclear
The EU’s CO2 trading mechanism is a“roller-coaster” and fixed-price contracts would stabilise the situation and offer better conditions to electricity sellers,...
Baltic countries CEE’s inflation hot spots
Price rises in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries were mostly above the Eurozone average of 4.9% in November, as inflation...
EIB halts Hungarian govt’s Budapest Airport plans, due to dearth of impact studies
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has suspended a EUR 200 million credit line towards the expansion of Hungary's Budapest Liszt Ferenc...
Voters in Serbia back judicial system reform
Serbia moved a small step closer to EU membership on Sunday when 60.5% of its voters cast their ballot in favour...