EU shuns Budapest meetings, as Hungary’s rotating presidency whirls on
Despite only starting its EU rotating presidency on 1 July, Hungary has already made it one of the more memorable of...
Hungary, Slovakia decry Ukraine halt to oil transit
Slovakia and Hungary have vehemently criticised Ukraine's recent decision to halt the transit of Russian Lukoil oil to Hungary, with Hungarian...
Serbia lithium mine numbers ‘pitiful’ – analyst
Serbia would receive an annual EUR 31mn from mining rent at current prices, making the planned lithium mine project “not worth...
Poland can reverse falling investment – ING report
Poland has an improved investment climate and access to EU funding are expected to support this revival, according to a new...
EU to boycott Hungary EU presidency
Several CEE countries including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland will only send officials to the meetings being arranged in Budapest to...
US thwarted plot to kill Rheinmetall boss – report
US intelligence discovered earlier this year that the Russian government planned to assassinate Armin Papperger, the chief executive of German arms...
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 them...
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 manouevres...
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 Innovator in...
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 mln)...
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 hosting...
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 assassination...
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 was...
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 to...
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 minister...
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 the...
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 United...
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...