Lithuania

NATO chief announces 8.3% hike in defence spending, ahead of major Vilnius summit

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda held a joint press conference on Monday, 10 July, the…

1 year ago

CEE leaders react to Russian revolt

An apparent attempted coup d'etat led by the head of a mercenary group in Russia over the weekend set off…

1 year ago

Poland EU’s best performing economy in Q1

Poland outstretched all of its EU peers for growth in the first quarter of 2023, the bloc's official statistics office…

1 year ago

EU youth unemployment lowest since 2009

Only 4.48 million EU citizens aged 15 to 29 found themselves unemployed last year, according to the latest data from…

1 year ago

Czechia, Hungary, Estonia top for employment in CEE – Eurostat report

Estonia had the highest employment rate in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) of 81.9% in 2022, according to the recently…

2 years ago

Croatia tops European tourism poll

Croatia had the highest share of tourism in total gross value added (GVA) at 11%, EU statistics office Eurostat finds…

2 years ago

Mixed prospects in region for pay-TV industry, new research finds

The number of pay TV subscribers in Eastern Europe will decline by 8mn from its peak of 81mn in 2018,…

2 years ago

Poland, Baltic states meet NATO’s 2% target

NATO's annual report for 2022 reveals that only 7 countries of the 30-country defence alliance met the military spending target…

2 years ago

Lithuania decade’s most improved country in region, leading prosperity report finds

Estonia is named the most prosperous country in Eastern Europe, and the 21st globally, in the newly-released 2023 Legatum Prosperity Index.…

2 years ago

Joint letter says Russian assets should rebuild Ukraine

Leaders from the Baltic nations and Poland have called for the utilization of approximately EUR 300bn worth of assets from…

2 years ago