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EC finds way to make good on Poland’s Turow mine penalty

The European Commission (EC) will withhold approximately EUR 15 million in EU funding from Poland for its refusal to pay…

3 years ago

Slovenia minimum wage nears parity with US

With a EUR 1,074 minimum wage, Slovenia was the only country in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) where a gross…

3 years ago

Hydrogen: a clean energy for the transition

In Europe and in Hungary, initiatives to expand use of hydrogen as an energy source have been given the green…

3 years ago

Czechia withdraws Turow mine complaint

The Czech Republic and Poland made good today on promises made in yesterday’s settlement of the Turow mine dispute. Polish…

3 years ago

Poland, Czechia ink deal on Turow mine

Czechia and Poland signed an agreement regarding the environmentally damaging lignite mine in Turow, western Poland, on Thursday. Under the…

3 years ago

‘Sideletter’ leak stirs up storm in Austria

The Austrian Greens party made secret, parallel arrangements when it signed a coalition deal with the conservative OVP party in…

3 years ago

Ryanair revives routes out of Zagreb

Europe’s largest airline Ryanair has announced plans to restore all of the flights from the Croatian capital of Zagreb that…

3 years ago

Tried and tested, it works – turning diversity into value

Here in Hungary, company cultures that effectively reduce gender discrimination are taking root, helping women to gain access to management…

3 years ago

Orban discusses Ukraine, gas, nuclear, vaccines with Putin in Moscow

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked for almost five hours in Moscow on Tuesday, although…

3 years ago

Green groups urge energy reform as gas crisis upends coal phase-out

Soaring natural gas prices last year disrupted the long-term trend of renewable energies and gas replacing coal in Europe, according…

3 years ago