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Romania powers up its largest EV hub to support EU Green Deal transport targets

In a new step in the cleaner transport transition, OMV Petrom has inaugurated Romania's largest electric vehicle (EV) hub with…

4 days ago

Lowest OECD tax burdens in Slovakia, Poland

Workers in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) enjoy some of the lowest personal income tax rates in Europe, with Slovakia…

2 weeks ago

Foot-and-mouth sees culls, CEE border closures

An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has prompted mass animal culls and tightened border controls across Central and Eastern Europe…

1 month ago

CEE auto, steel at sharp end of Trump tariffs

US President Donald Trump’s new raft of global tariffs threatens to hammer the export-driven economies of Central and Eastern Europe…

1 month ago

Gender pay gaps remain in CEE, despite EU efforts

Romania and Poland have gender pay disparities among the lowest in the EU, according to Eurostat data published this month.…

2 months ago

CEE to get four AI factories under EU initiative

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is set to play a key role in the EU’s push to establish itself as…

2 months ago

Austria coalition ends five months of limbo

Austria’s centre-right People’s Party (OVP), centre-left Social Democrats (SPO) and centrist, liberal NEOs have now finalised a coalition pact after…

3 months ago

Trump’s verbal attack on Zelenskyy prompts security rethink in CEE

The dramatic breakdown of relations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, US President Donald Trump and US Vice President JD Vance…

3 months ago

Austrian mainstream parties edge towards coalition after attempt of pro-Putin party fails

The centre-right People’s Party (OVP) and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPO) are working behind closed doors on a coalition deal…

3 months ago

Kos floats speedy EU accession for Albania, Montenegro

The Munich Security Conference ended on a cautiously positive note for EU candidate countries Albania and Montenegro on Sunday, 16…

3 months ago