Economy

Flood-hit CEE countries ask EU, NATO for aid

Slovenia and Austria were the worst hit countries by the severe floods that swept over Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)…

2 years ago

Sanctions cannot bring Russia to its knees – MOL CEO

Only 6% of Ukrainian diesel imports come from Hungary, the head of Hungarian energy giant MOL said at a conference…

2 years ago

Forint falls regionally, as CEE central bankers mull rate cuts

Unlike its regional peers, the forint weakened massively this week, as the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) continued to unwind the…

2 years ago

Orban, Fiala trade blows over future of EU, V4

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala dismissed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's claim over the weekend that Czechia has "changed sides"…

2 years ago

Hungary tops EU inflation list for June

The top 11 inflation rates in the EU were in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries in June 2023, according…

2 years ago

Romania’s top banker – ‘close tax loopholes’

National Bank of Romania (BNR) chief economist Valentin Lazea warned that the country’s ballooning deficit could make it "the next…

2 years ago

Romania polls lowest consumer prices in EU, followed by Bulgaria, Poland

Romania last year recorded the EU’s lowest level of prices for consumer goods and services in households, 42% below the…

2 years ago

New Romania PM underlines support for NATO, vows to cut inflation to single digits

Incoming Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu stressed the importance of the EU and NATO, on Thursday, 15 June, in his…

2 years ago

Poland EU’s best performing economy in Q1

Poland outstretched all of its EU peers for growth in the first quarter of 2023, the bloc's official statistics office…

2 years ago

Russia-EU trade hit by invasion – Eurostat

The EU's official statistics office Eurostat details the effects of the bloc's sanctions and trade restrictions regarding Russia in the…

2 years ago