Baltic countries

NATO bolsters Eastern flank as German troops arrive in Lithuania

The first German troops of a brigade to be fully deployed as the German Army 45th Brigade Lithuania within 4…

12 months ago

CEE members mark accession anniversaries as NATO vows to back Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg agreed to progress with planning a greater role in coordinating aid to Ukraine on the…

12 months ago

Russia plans decade of war – Estonian intel

An Estonian intelligence report released Tuesday warns that Russia is preparing to wage war on the West for a decade,…

1 year ago

Rheinmetall expands Hungary ammo maker

The expansion plan of the new ammunition plant of Rheinmetall in Varpalota, west Hungary, has been underway since January, the…

1 year ago

Farmers, green activists protest in Lithuania

Tractors and logging lorries flooded central Vilnius last week, as farmers protested a number of national agricultural policies. Local media…

1 year ago

Austria leads CEE for most new cars, Estonia regional laggard

The number of battery-only electric passenger cars in the EU neared 3mn in 2022, up 55% from 1.9mn in 2021,…

1 year ago

Albania tops region for sustainable energy mix

The share of renewable sources in gross final energy consumption at the EU level reached 23% in 2022, up 1.1…

1 year ago

Lithuania mulls tighter laws for foreign workers

Lithuania MPs are considering new legislative amendments that would impose a language requirement on foreign nationals seeking to extend their…

1 year ago

CEE inflation eases, but V4 still EU outliers

Hungary remained the EU's most inflationary economy with an annual rate of 9.6% in October, an EU statistics office Eurostat report released…

1 year ago

Auto sector slides down large company list – Coface CEE Top 500 study

Automotive and Transport has dropped to third place amongst large companies in CEE, as business sectors of Central and Eastern…

1 year ago