Tech and financial service industries are starting to merge. Are we already in the digital currency era?
While Fintech and Big Tech firms make incursions into the financial services sector, data is becoming the real commodity in a...
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Global minimum tax plan makes progress
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Biden administration have brokered a compromise on the plan to introduce...
South Korean leader to ink deal in Budapest
The government is currently discussing investments with 14 South Korean companies, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after meeting his opposite...
Nord Stream 2 cements Russian dominance of European energy market
The contentious Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline will commence gas transits from Russia to Europe next month, according to the...
Western Balkan citizens enjoy benefits of roaming fees removal
This summer six Western Balkan countries abolished mobile phone roaming charges, in what is seen as a positive step towards the...
Drivers of Growth: Visegrad 4 Top Companies
If not partly or fully owned by the state, like utility and oil companies, the largest companies in the Visegrad 4...
Global Minimum Tax: A Blessing or a Curse?
Small, export-oriented countries may lose out to larger economies if a “minimum tax” proposal from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...
Romania’s Economy Grows 13% in 2nd Quarter
Romania’s economy continued its robust post-pandemic recovery in the second quarter after already returning to pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter....
European Commission to Push for Phone Charger Harmonization
If you've ever been in the situation where your mobile phone is running out of power, but you forgot your charger...
Central Europeans Share Mixed Feelings Towards the Euro
Two countries in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE), Bulgaria and Croatia, are on track to introduce the European common currency. In...