Slovenia minimum wage nears parity with US
With a EUR 1,074 minimum wage, Slovenia was the only country in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) where a gross monthly...
V4 & Romania
Hydrogen: a clean energy for the transition
In Europe and in Hungary, initiatives to expand use of hydrogen as an energy source have been given the green light,...
Czechia withdraws Turow mine complaint
The Czech Republic and Poland made good today on promises made in yesterday’s settlement of the Turow mine dispute. Polish Prime...
Poland, Czechia ink deal on Turow mine
Czechia and Poland signed an agreement regarding the environmentally damaging lignite mine in Turow, western Poland, on Thursday. Under the deal,...
Tried and tested, it works – turning diversity into value
Here in Hungary, company cultures that effectively reduce gender discrimination are taking root, helping women to gain access to management positions....
Orban discusses Ukraine, gas, nuclear, vaccines with Putin in Moscow
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked for almost five hours in Moscow on Tuesday, although only...
Green groups urge energy reform as gas crisis upends coal phase-out
Soaring natural gas prices last year disrupted the long-term trend of renewable energies and gas replacing coal in Europe, according to...
Polish population drops 1% in a decade
The population of Poland has fallen 1% in the last ten years, according to the country’s 2021 census data, which was...
CEE countries progress towards OECD
Romania’s GDP should grow 4.5% both this year and next, after a 6.3% expansion last year, according to a report released...
Czech salaries rising by up to one-fifth
Private sector wages in Czechia are rising by as much as 20%, Czech Radio found when it interviewed employment industry experts...
Robots not killing jobs in CEE – researchers
Increasing robotisation does not lead to more layoffs, according to a newly released study of worker flows in Central and Eastern...
US firm eyes Polish nuclear contract
Westinghouse Electric Company signed strategic partnership agreements with ten Polish engineering and construction firms in connection with its possible development of...
Slovakia most resilient on consumption
Household consumption expenditure decreased by an unprecedented 8% in the EU year-on-year in 2020, according to a new survey by the...
Poland’s PKN Orlen pursues hydrogen hubs, refueling station network
PKN Orlen will establish nine hydrogen hubs for the production of low carbon fuel to be distributed around Poland, Czechia and...
While Austria makes jabs mandatory, Slovakia, Poland take different road
Adults in Austria will have to obtain COVID:19 jabs as of next month under measures MPs passed by 137 to 33...
Orban, Putin to discuss gas, nuclear, vaccines, ever-closer ties, in Moscow next month
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will visit Moscow on 1 February to discuss Rosatom’s expansion of Hungary’s sole nuclear power station...
Macron takes aim at Hungary, Poland in EP speech
French President Emmanuel Macron singled out Hungary and Poland in connection with alleged rule of law violations as he outlined the...
Ex-PM Babis’s fate in hands of rival MPs
Former Czech prime minister Andrej Babis could lose immunity from prosecution and face charges of misuse of EU funds when MPs...
Poland calls out to ‘Fit for 55’ opponents
Poland's right-wing government intends to ally with countries who also oppose the EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ climate package, government spokesperson Piotr...
EIB halts Hungarian govt’s Budapest Airport plans, due to dearth of impact studies
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has suspended a EUR 200 million credit line towards the expansion of Hungary's Budapest Liszt Ferenc...