OTP Bank, Hungary government team up for ‘supercomputer’ project
Hungary's Ministry of Innovation and Technology and Hungary's largest commercial bank OTP will collaborate to create Europe’s largest supercomputer, minister Laszlo...
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There is little alternative to Russian gas for Eastern Europe – Hungary signs 10+5-year deal
Russian state-owned Gazprom and Hungarian energy group MVM signed a ten-year gas-supply agreement at the end of August. Under the deal, effective...
V4 vie to attract VW battery plant
Volkswagen will decide on the location of a new battery cell plant in Central and Eastern Europe in the first half...
Mayor Peter Marki-Zay wins primary vote to run against PM Orban in spring 2022
Peter Marki-Zay, the 49-year-old conservative mayor of Hodmezovasarhely, south Hungary, was announced as the winner of the Hungarian opposition primaries on...
CEE capitals becoming ‘victims of own success’
Slovakia's capital city Bratislava is having difficulty getting EU funding after the rapid rise in its GDP per capita in recent...
Estonia first in Europe for house price rises since 2010, as CEE dominates top ten list
House prices have more than doubled in Estonia and Hungary over the last decade, according to a Eurostat survey that puts...
Hungary scraps plans to buy neighbors’ agricultural land
Hungary has decided against a plan to expand the country's ownership of agricultural land in some of its neighbors like Slovakia,...
Exhibition director Tamas Revesz takes CET on a digital tour of World Press Photo 2021
Tamas Revesz has organised the World Press Photo (WPP) exhibition in Hungary - the homeland of Robert Capa and Joseph Pulitzer...
South Korean leader to ink deal in Budapest
The government is currently discussing investments with 14 South Korean companies, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after meeting his opposite...
High Energy Prices Likely in Europe this Winter
Vice President of the Hungarian Energy and Utilities Regulatory Authority, Pál Ságvári, expects high gas and energy prices to stay high...
Wife of ex-PM edges into lead in race to face Orban
MEP Klara Dobrev emerged as the frontrunner in Hungary's first ever primary election to select a united-opposition candidate to stand against...
World Press Photo 2021 opens in Budapest
How do you organise a major global exhibition in the Covid-era? Exhibitions manager and curator at World Press Photo, Sanne Schim...
Polish, Hungarian lorry drivers unimpressed by UK’s offer of short-term work visas
Hauliers associations in Poland and Hungary say their members are not interested in the UK government’s offer of three-month work visas...
Ukraine protests Hungary’s Gazprom deal
Hungary has signed a long-term agreement with Russia's Gazprom, which will supply 4.5 billion cubic meters (BCM) of natural gas over...
Central Europe Ponders its Preference: Scholz or Laschet?
Uncertainty could loom over Europe for some time following this past weekend's German elections, which did not produce a clear winner....
Budapest Retains Lowest Household Energy Prices in EU
The average price of energy for households in Budapest is 10.63 eurocents / kWh, which ranks the Hungarian capital first –...
Coal Plants Cause Thousands of Deaths in Eastern Europe
In the last three years only, 19,000 deaths have been linked to coal-power plant-related air pollution in the Western Balkans –...
Hungary’s PM Allegedly Pledges Allegiance to EU
Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orbán, allegedly pledged his allegiance to the European Union and admitted that Hungary is not likely to...
Drivers of Growth: Visegrad 4 Top Companies
If not partly or fully owned by the state, like utility and oil companies, the largest companies in the Visegrad 4...
Hungary Airshow Highlights Rebuilding of Defense Capabilities
Hungary hosted a major airshow over the weekend, with the participation of dozens of military aircraft from across Europe. The Kecskemét...