Market Access & Entry Strategy

Italy uses ‘golden power’ to block another strategic asset sale to foreign interests

Italy has blocked the purchase of global seed producer Verisem by a Chinese-owned group. As part of Prime Minister Mario…

3 years ago

Czech startup raises over USD 100m in record “Series A” venture capital round

Czech start-up Rossum will receive USD 100 million in venture capital from a consortium - including General Catalyst, one of the…

3 years ago

There is little alternative to Russian gas for Eastern Europe – Hungary signs 10+5-year deal

Russian state-owned Gazprom and Hungarian energy group MVM signed a ten-year gas-supply agreement at the end of August. Under the deal,…

3 years ago

V4 vie to attract VW battery plant

Volkswagen will decide on the location of a new battery cell plant in Central and Eastern Europe in the first…

3 years ago

Revolut plans to offer loans, credit cards and Hungarian-language services

Digital bank Revolut is in talks with the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) about entering the central European country’s market, deputy…

3 years ago

European airlines demand opening date from US for travellers

US authorities were called by European airlines on Wednesday to set a date for reopening and to agree a list…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

EU not ready to embrace Western Balkans, but offers money

EU leaders reaffirmed their commitment for six Western Balkan countries to join the Union, but held off opening full negotiations…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago