Romania tops inflation list, Latvia rate flattens
Romania reported the highest inflation rate in May, of 5.8%, driven by significant increases in housing and utilities prices, according to...
Estonia
Kallas set to be CEE’s first EU foreign policy chief
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas was nominated on Friday, 28 June as the EU’s foreign policy chief (High Representative of the...
CEE startups secure USD 11.8bn in Q1 despite global decline
Despite an overall downturn, the Central and Eastern European (CEE) start-up scene showed resilience in the first quarter of 2024, when...
Far-right up in polls ahead of EU vote
The EU elections, which will be held from on 6-9 June, involve nearly 400mn voters across 27 countries deciding on 720...
CEE countries send letter to Georgia over ‘foreign agents law’ concerns
Countries from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) made up five of the seven signatories states of a letter expressing concern over...
Re-election of Lithuania’s President Nauseda signals continuity on Russia policies
Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda secured re-election on Sunday 26 May, according to official results, in a vote heavily dominated by defence...
IMF report shows CEE catching up on southern European neighbours
Per capita income in Slovenia will surpass that of Italy by 2029 when adjusted for purchasing power (PPP), according to the...
CEE countries register EU’s highest, lowest inflation
Lithuania had the lowest annual inflation rate of 0.4% in the EU in March 2024, EU official statistics office Eurostat reports....
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 first...
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, as...
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, according...
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 percentage...
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 Friday...
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 European...
Taiwan FM tours Baltics to deepen ties, despite opposition from China
Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu visited Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia from November 6-12, deepening bilateral ties in the Baltics and putting...
E-Estonia rakes in tax revenue, ready for revamp
In the first half of 2023, businesses owned by Estonian e-residents contributed EUR 37.7mn in tax revenue, a 57% increase compared...
Kallas on brink over husband’s Russia links
Pressure to resign is building on Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas amid revelations that her husband part-owns a company that is...
Poland, Czechia host most Ukrainians in CEE
Poland and Czechia are the leading countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) for offering temporary protection status to Ukrainian refugees, according to...
CEE foreign policy experts warn US, EU on Serbia
Foreign affairs parliamentary committee chairs from Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries including Czechia, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are amongst...
Baltic states unplug from Russian grid
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia agreed on Thursday 3 August to decouple from Russia's BRELL power grid by February 2025, in order...