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CEE capitals becoming ‘victims of own success’

Slovakia's capital city Bratislava is having difficulty getting EU funding after the rapid rise in its GDP per capita in…

3 years ago

Rising bills bring extra bite to Baltic winter

For the citizens of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, the signs are ominous. As the Baltic countries look ahead to rising…

3 years ago

Estonia first in Europe for house price rises since 2010, as CEE dominates top ten list

House prices have more than doubled in Estonia and Hungary over the last decade, according to a Eurostat survey that…

3 years ago

Bulgarians not enthusiastic about Euro

Around 58% of Bulgarians oppose adoption of the Euro as their country's currency, according to a poll conducted by Trend…

3 years ago

President Zeman in hospital, Czechia in limbo

Czech politics is currently in a state of paralysis after President Milos Zeman was hospitalised on election weekend. The head…

3 years ago

Hungary scraps plans to buy neighbors’ agricultural land

Hungary has decided against a plan to expand the country's ownership of agricultural land in some of its neighbors like…

3 years ago

Ciolos steps in to fill Romania’s power vacuum

President Klaus Iohannis has invited Save Romania Union (USR) leader Dacian Ciolos to form a government in Romania, which is…

3 years ago

VW considers V4 countries for battery plant

Germany's VW is planning on building six battery factories in Europe by 2030, and one of those facilities is likely…

3 years ago

No “Polexit” say protesters in Poland

Protesters chanted "No to Polexit" at pro-EU rallies in Warsaw and across Poland over the weekend after the country's highest…

3 years ago

Czechs vote out PM Babis

Czechs voted for a conservative shift in last weekend's elections on Friday and Saturday. The conservative coalition SPOLU (“Together”) formed by…

3 years ago