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EU anti-coercion measure would offer push-back against economic intimidation

On Wednesday, the European Commission proposed a so-called "anti-coercion measure". It would give the European Union the ability to push…

3 years ago

Member state research forum recommends over EUR 4bn for shared research facilities

The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures' (ESFRI), designed to integrate Europe on scientific research collaboration, recommends massive investment into…

3 years ago

Czech president stalls naming of foreign minister

Czechia's Pirate Party candidate for foreign minister Jan Lipavsky met President Milos Zeman, who reportedly opposes his appointment, on Tuesday…

3 years ago

CEE ups R&D spending over last decade

Every country in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has increased its research and development (R&D) intensity over the last decade,…

3 years ago

Slovakia latest EU member state to make official Taiwan visit

An official visit of a Slovakia delegation to Taiwan is drawing the ire of China. Senior officials from Bratislava, who…

3 years ago

Baltic states urge u-turn on Nord Stream 2

With Russian troops amassing at Ukraine's eastern border, negative sentiments toward the Nord Stream 2 (NS2), both within Germany and…

3 years ago

Blinken meets Lavrov after NATO talks in Riga

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discussed the importance of strengthening Transatlantic unity at…

3 years ago

EU’s Eastern neighbours urge faster integration

The heads of governments of the three Eastern Partnership countries at the front of the queue for EU membership are…

3 years ago

State nuclear firm to build Slovakia’s biggest solar facility

The Slovak government announced plans to the build the country’s largest solar park on Monday. State nuclear company JESS will construct…

3 years ago

Czechia’s Petr Fiala officially becomes PM

Czechia’s President Milos Zeman officially appointed Petr Fiala as prime minister to lead a broad coalition of right-wing and centrist…

3 years ago