V4 & Romania

Czechia on course for five-party coalition

Czechia looks set to be ruled by a liberal, centre-right coalition after five parties agreed on a joint programme on…

3 years ago

Visiting South Korean president looks to boost business with Visegrad 4

South Korea's president, Moon Jae-in, begins a 9-day tour of Europe this week, ending with a meeting of the regional…

3 years ago

E-cig traders to receive damages for lost earnings

Hungarian entrepreneurs who were left out of pocket due to the nationalisation of tobacconists finally look set to receive compensation…

3 years ago

China’s Alibaba outdoes Amazon in Eastern Europe

China's Alibaba has high hopes for increasing its slice of the online retail pie in Europe and has plans to…

3 years ago

China FM tours Europe as Taiwanese diplomat visits Czechia, Slovakia

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi commenced a whistlestop diplomatic tour of Europe yesterday in Greece, where he met his opposite…

3 years ago

Poland faces daily fine of EUR 1 million per day until it dissolves controversial chamber

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Wednesday ordered Poland to pay EUR 1 million on a daily basis for…

3 years ago

Ex-Croatia PM, MOL chief get jail terms for INA bribery case

Croatia's Supreme Court sentenced MOL chairman-CEO Zsolt Hernadi and the country's former prime minister Ivo Sanader to prison sentences for…

3 years ago

Hungary’s first fully electric car rolls off the line in Kecskemét

Daimler AG has begun production of a purely electric model, the Mercedes-Benz EQB, at its Mercedes plant in Kecskemét, Hungary.…

3 years ago

Hungary closes in on Budapest airport takeover

After years of circling Hungary's main airport, Prime Minister Viktor Orban finally declared the state’s intention to purchase Budapest Liszt…

3 years ago

Four-star general nominated to head Romania’s government

Romanian president Klaus Iohannis has designated his country's interim defence minister, Nicolae Ciuca, as prime minister to form Romania's new…

3 years ago