Baltic countries

Rheinmetall expands Hungary ammo maker

The expansion plan of the new ammunition plant of Rheinmetall in Varpalota, west Hungary, has been underway since January, the…

1 year ago

Farmers, green activists protest in Lithuania

Tractors and logging lorries flooded central Vilnius last week, as farmers protested a number of national agricultural policies. Local media…

1 year ago

Austria leads CEE for most new cars, Estonia regional laggard

The number of battery-only electric passenger cars in the EU neared 3mn in 2022, up 55% from 1.9mn in 2021,…

1 year ago

Albania tops region for sustainable energy mix

The share of renewable sources in gross final energy consumption at the EU level reached 23% in 2022, up 1.1…

1 year ago

Lithuania mulls tighter laws for foreign workers

Lithuania MPs are considering new legislative amendments that would impose a language requirement on foreign nationals seeking to extend their…

1 year ago

CEE inflation eases, but V4 still EU outliers

Hungary remained the EU's most inflationary economy with an annual rate of 9.6% in October, an EU statistics office Eurostat report released…

1 year ago

Auto sector slides down large company list – Coface CEE Top 500 study

Automotive and Transport has dropped to third place amongst large companies in CEE, as business sectors of Central and Eastern…

1 year ago

Taiwan FM tours Baltics to deepen ties, despite opposition from China

Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu visited Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia from November 6-12, deepening bilateral ties in the Baltics and…

2 years ago

Lithuanian gov’t unveils five-year plan to cement status as fintech leader

Ranked number four in the Global Fintech Index Ranking - and with more than 260 fintech companies and 7,000 professionals…

2 years ago

Revolut passes 10mn CEE customers

Revolut, the digital bank, has achieved a milestone by exceeding 10mn retail customers in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)…

2 years ago