New EC report assesses rule of law across CEE
The new report on rule of law and governance by the European Commission (EC) gives a mixed picture on Central and...
Baltic countries
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
IMF report shows CEE catching up on southern European neighbours
Per capita income in Slovenia will surpass that of Italy by 2029 when adjusted for purchasing power (PPP), according to the...
CEE countries register EU’s highest, lowest inflation
Lithuania had the lowest annual inflation rate of 0.4% in the EU in March 2024, EU official statistics office Eurostat reports....
Lithuanians to vote on joint foreign citizenships next month
Lithuania will hold a constitutional referendum on whether its citizens can hold dual and multiple citizenships on 12 May 2024, in...
NATO bolsters Eastern flank as German troops arrive in Lithuania
The first German troops of a brigade to be fully deployed as the German Army 45th Brigade Lithuania within 4 years...
CEE members mark accession anniversaries as NATO vows to back Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg agreed to progress with planning a greater role in coordinating aid to Ukraine on the first...
Russia plans decade of war – Estonian intel
An Estonian intelligence report released Tuesday warns that Russia is preparing to wage war on the West for a decade, as...
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 German...
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 reported...
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, according...
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 percentage...
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 temporary...