MOL to start lithium mining in Hungary
Confirming the preliminary expectations, Hungarian energy giant MOL announced in the summer that it will start mining lithium, local business website...
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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...
Hungary MOU with Huawei angers US
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing between Hungary's 4iG and China’s Huawei, both controversial companies close to their respective governments, has...
Slovak PM cancels military aid to Ukraine
Incoming Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico did not waste time to state his positions on the war in Ukraine when he...
Orban meets Putin, ‘friend’ Xi, at One Belt and Road Forum in China
Chinese President Xi Jinping backed elevating relations with Hungary and after meeting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Beijing, called him a “friend”. ...
Polish election result shakes up CEE
Although Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) received the most votes of any single party at the weekend elections, it was...
Austria, Romania in dispute over multibillion-dollar Black Sea gas field
A gas project off Romania's coast in the Black Sea has become the centre of a dispute between the country and...
Donald Tusk declares victory in Polish elections
In a pivotal national election, Poland's opposition leader, Donald Tusk, has declared victory, signaling the end of the Law and Justice...
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...
Orban only EU leader due at Belt and Road Forum
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will be the only EU premier present at China’s third Belt and Road Forum in Beijing...
Hungary gets top bank removed from blacklist
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto called a decision by Ukraine to remove OTP from the International Sponsors of War list “a...
IMF advises Romania to fight tax evasion
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu declared that he was happy after holding discussions with International Monetary Fund experts after their annual...
Polish authorities ok country’s first nuclear plant
US nuclear power company Westinghouse Electric and US engineering firm Bechtel officially announced a collaborative agreement for the design and construction...
Russia on voters’ minds as Slovakia goes to polls
Left-wing nationalist populist party Slovak Social Democracy (SMER-SD) is predicted to secure the most votes at the general election on Saturday,...
Budapest-Belgrade railway project hits buffers
The future of a multi-billion dollar Budapest-Belgrade rail construction has been thrown into doubt after Hungary redirected its equipment and workforce...
Romania may sue Austria over Schengen
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu on Monday 18 September issued a warning to Austria, stating that if Austria does not remove...
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...