Lithuania

Bulgarian fintech unicorn Payhawk opens Vilnius office

Payment management platform Payhawk - Bulgaria's only unicorn - has opened a new office in Vilnius, Lithuania, it announced on…

10 months ago

US, Germany, cautious at NATO summit, as Lithuania backs Ukraine membership path

The leaders of Ukraine and Lithuania were left frustrated at the alliance’s summit in Vilnius on July 11-12, despite NATO…

10 months ago

NATO chief announces 8.3% hike in defence spending, ahead of major Vilnius summit

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda held a joint press conference on Monday, 10 July, the…

10 months ago

CEE leaders react to Russian revolt

An apparent attempted coup d'etat led by the head of a mercenary group in Russia over the weekend set off…

10 months 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…

11 months ago

EU youth unemployment lowest since 2009

Only 4.48 million EU citizens aged 15 to 29 found themselves unemployed last year, according to the latest data from…

11 months ago

Czechia, Hungary, Estonia top for employment in CEE – Eurostat report

Estonia had the highest employment rate in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) of 81.9% in 2022, according to the recently…

1 year ago

Croatia tops European tourism poll

Croatia had the highest share of tourism in total gross value added (GVA) at 11%, EU statistics office Eurostat finds…

1 year ago

Mixed prospects in region for pay-TV industry, new research finds

The number of pay TV subscribers in Eastern Europe will decline by 8mn from its peak of 81mn in 2018,…

1 year ago

Poland, Baltic states meet NATO’s 2% target

NATO's annual report for 2022 reveals that only 7 countries of the 30-country defence alliance met the military spending target…

1 year ago