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Poland’s Orlen seals Lotos sell-off to Unimot

Polish energy giant Orlen announced the completion on Friday 7 April of the process of implementing remedies, and Lotos Terminale…

2 years ago

Romanian farmers hold nationwide protest

Farmers are organising protests across Romania on Friday 7 April to express dissatisfaction with the European Commission (EC) approach market…

2 years ago

Bulgaria election ends in stalemate, but gains for pro-Russian party

Bulgaria's conservatives and liberals were practically neck and neck with votes still being counted after the country's fifth election in…

2 years ago

Polish PM backs alliance with Romania, Ukraine

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki laid out his hopes to build a new economic community in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)…

2 years ago

Montenegrin leader ousted after 32 years

Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic lost the presidential election run-off on Sunday, 2 April, ending his 32-year rule that began in…

2 years ago

CEE leaders say EU may need to reintroduce farm tariffs on Ukraine

Romania, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia expressed concern in a letter to the European Commission (EC) on Friday over an…

2 years ago

Morawiecki suggests ways to fund Ukraine war

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called on Germany to up its support for Ukraine as Europe continues to search for…

2 years ago

Hungary could decouple from Russian gas – report

Hungary could realistically replace Russian gas imports, according to local analysts, who say its dependence is reliant on the will…

2 years 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,…

2 years 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…

2 years ago