Czechia, Taiwan ink nanotechnology MOU
Business groups from Czechia and Taiwan signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on semiconductor cooperation in Taipei on Thursday, 1 February....
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Czech inflation second highest ever in 2023
Czechia's rate of inflation was 10.7% last year, down from 15.1% in 2022, but still representing the country's second-highest annual inflation...
Czech ministries argue over ETS funds to cut climate change
Czechia has to decide soon on reallocating its revenues from emission allowances to reduce or compensate for the consequences of climate...
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 gets EU funds for cross-border 5G
The EU has selected seven projects to co-fund 5G transport corridors connecting regions throughout Europe, improving road, rail, inland waterways, and...
Czechia upped to stable rating, after delinking from Russian gas
US rating agency Moody's Investors Service has increased its outlook for Czechia from negative to stable, meaning a rating deterioration is...
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...
Moment of truth for Orban – ING’s report on Poland, Czechia, Romania, Hungary
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is becoming increasingly diversified, ING Bank writes in a new report on Poland, Czechia, Romania and...
VW suspends plan for EV gigafactory in CEE
Volkswagen is putting its plans to construct a new electric vehicle (EV) "gigafactory" in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) on hold...
A new dawn for nuclear in CEE – CET analysis
With energy-intensive industries to sustain, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is turning to nuclear power to simultaneously meet energy needs and...
CEE countries go rogue as EU’s ban of agricultural produce from Ukraine expires
Poland, Slovakia and Hungary have come under criticism from the international community including the EU, Ukraine and Germany for extending prohibitions...
Japanese firm leads Czech hybrid market
The number of cars with a hybrid drive sold in Czechia increased by almost 41% to 25,987 in the first eight...
CEE insurance sector grows by over 10%
The Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) insurance market reached a total of EUR 12.5bn by the end of the first quarter...
Poland rapidly emerging as CEE powerhouse, top UK researcher reports
The emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are closing in on their Western neighbours thanks to the emergence of...
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...
Multi-billion deal sees Emirati operator acquire telco assets in four CEE countries
Emirates Telecommunication Group Company (e&) will buy a 50% plus one share in PPF Group’s telecommunications assets in Bulgaria (mobile operator...
Forint falls regionally, as CEE central bankers mull rate cuts
Unlike its regional peers, the forint weakened massively this week, as the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) continued to unwind the emergency...
Orban, Fiala trade blows over future of EU, V4
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala dismissed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's claim over the weekend that Czechia has "changed sides" regarding...