V4 & Romania

Poland balks at cost of EU’s green target

The “Fit for 55” plan to further slash CO2 emissions may cost Poland around EUR 190 billion, according to analysts…

3 years ago

Hungary to go to the polls early April

Hungary will hold an election on April 3 when nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban will compete with an opposition alliance…

3 years ago

Czechia commits to 2033 coal phase-out

Czechia will stop burning coal by 2033, five years earlier than previously planned, the country's incoming governing coalition revealed in…

3 years ago

EC okays Hungary funding Korean plant

The European Commission (EC) has greenlit Hungary extending EUR 24 million in state aid towards the expansion of a South…

3 years ago

Polish envoy to Prague to lose post over comments on controversial lignite mine

Poland is recalling its new ambassador to Czechia after he said the countries’ tensions are due to “a lack of…

3 years ago

Novak to be Hungary’s first female head of state

Hungarian Family Minister Katalin Novak accepted ruling Fidesz’s nomination for her to become president of Hungary on Tuesday. Novak, 44,…

3 years ago

Polish gov’t targets US-owned TV network

Polish MPs have voted through a bill restricting non-EU ownership of media outlets that would force US conglomerate Discovery to…

3 years ago

Slovakia has CEE’s smallest wealth gap

Slovakia has by far the lowest wealth inequality in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), with a Gini score of 50.3,…

3 years ago

In Budapest, French President Macron outlines agenda, clarifies EU recovery fund hold-up

Hungary is not likely to gain access to EU pandemic recovery funds before elections take place next spring, said French…

3 years ago

New Germany FM warns Russia that Ukraine aggression would threaten Nord Stream 2

Germany will not allow the commencement of the operation of the Nord Stream 2 (NSII) gas pipeline if Russia steps…

3 years ago