Romania’s top banker – ‘close tax loopholes’
National Bank of Romania (BNR) chief economist Valentin Lazea warned that the country’s ballooning deficit could make it "the next candidate...
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Duda lays out priorities ahead of NATO summit
Polish President Andrzej Duda outlined five key areas for action for NATO on Tuesday, after international consultations in The Hague, The...
CEE needs to prioritise climate plans – report
Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries may hinder the EU's ability to meet its climate goals, according to campaigners who are...
Romania polls lowest consumer prices in EU, followed by Bulgaria, Poland
Romania last year recorded the EU’s lowest level of prices for consumer goods and services in households, 42% below the EU...
CEE leaders react to Russian revolt
An apparent attempted coup d'etat led by the head of a mercenary group in Russia over the weekend set off emergency...
Austria, Estonia, Croatia high on organic farmland rankings
Austria (26%) and Estonia (23%) had the EU’s highest proportions of organic land within their total utilised agricultural area (UAA) in...
Poland announces massive new Intel plant in ‘Lower Silesian Silicon Valley’
US firm Intel plans to build a semiconductor production and testing plant at Miekinia, near Wroclaw, western Poland, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said...
Poland set to build first agrivoltaic farm
Poland's first agrivoltaic farm, with a target 1GW capacity could be constructed in northern Poland, Gazeta Wyborcza reported Sunday, 18 June. German green...
New Romania PM underlines support for NATO, vows to cut inflation to single digits
Incoming Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu stressed the importance of the EU and NATO, on Thursday, 15 June, in his first...
New airport to open in Romania this week
Romania will inaugurate its first new airport in over 50 years this week, with the goal of serving over one million...
Czech gov’t unveils radical green energy plan
Czechia is poised to start a massive construction of solar and wind power plants to secure cheap and ecological electricity supply,...
Poland EU’s best performing economy in Q1
Poland outstretched all of its EU peers for growth in the first quarter of 2023, the bloc's official statistics office Eurostat...
Huge crowd in Warsaw protests ruling party ahead of autumn election
A massive mobilisation of Polish opposition voters and leaders estimated at up to half a million people took to the streets of...
Hungary’s Oriens fund buys another Czech retail chain
Hungarian investment holding Oriens is fast becoming a major player in Czech retail, Slovak business daily Hospodarske Noviny (HN) reports. Oriens...
CEE leaders respond to Erdogan victory in Turkey
Leaders in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after his re-election on Sunday, 28 May, after...
EU youth unemployment lowest since 2009
Only 4.48 million EU citizens aged 15 to 29 found themselves unemployed last year, according to the latest data from the...
Europe playing catch-up with China in ‘battery battle’ – Romanian economy minister
"Romania, and Europe, have lost the battle with China in certain segments, such as battery production, but we are trying to...
A new sector emerges in CEE, as companies anticipate compulsory ESG reports
Having committed to becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, the EU faces a major challenge and companies will have to...
Electric cars overtake diesel in Romania
Electric and hybrid cars are gaining ground in Romania, as the segment represented over 20% of all new cars sold in...
Polish auto industry posts record numbers
The Polish automotive industry grew by over 21.5% last year to hit an all-time high of EUR 39.7bn, Gazeta Wyborcza reported,...