Europe’s travel industry recovering, but slow vaccine roll-out in east not helping
A report by a European travel industry group says Europe's travel industry is recovering this year, but the continent has a...
V4 & Romania
Poland u-turns on COP26 pledge to phase out coal
Polish Climate and Environment minister Anna Moskwa appeared to reverse Poland's commitment to cutting coal power by 2030 on Thursday, just...
Visegrad 4 leaders pitch high-speed railway construction project to South Korea
Leaders of the Visegrad 4 (V4) group of countries - Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland - have invited South Korea’s industries...
South Korea, Visegrad 4 countries upgrade successful economic collaboration during president’s visit
South Korea’s president and representatives of the Visegrad 4 (V4) group countries have pledged to boost their economic cooperation in the...
Romania may pioneer construction of US ‘small nuclear reactors’
Romania could become the first country to deploy a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR), according to an agreement between the country’s...
EU delegation’s visit to Taiwan strengthens relations, raises Beijing’s ire
In the first visit to Taiwan by an official European Union delegation, 13 MEPs have met with Taiwanese premier Su Tseng-chang...
Slovakia, South Korea sign MOU on aircraft acquisition, as Korean president deepens V4 ties
In conjunction with South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s 9-day tour of Europe, Slovakia and South Korea have inked a memorandum of...
Czechia on course for five-party coalition
Czechia looks set to be ruled by a liberal, centre-right coalition after five parties agreed on a joint programme on Tuesday,...
Visiting South Korean president looks to boost business with Visegrad 4
South Korea's president, Moon Jae-in, begins a 9-day tour of Europe this week, ending with a meeting of the regional "Visegrad...
E-cig traders to receive damages for lost earnings
Hungarian entrepreneurs who were left out of pocket due to the nationalisation of tobacconists finally look set to receive compensation for...
China’s Alibaba outdoes Amazon in Eastern Europe
China's Alibaba has high hopes for increasing its slice of the online retail pie in Europe and has plans to use...
China FM tours Europe as Taiwanese diplomat visits Czechia, Slovakia
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi commenced a whistlestop diplomatic tour of Europe yesterday in Greece, where he met his opposite number...
Poland faces daily fine of EUR 1 million per day until it dissolves controversial chamber
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Wednesday ordered Poland to pay EUR 1 million on a daily basis for not...
Ex-Croatia PM, MOL chief get jail terms for INA bribery case
Croatia's Supreme Court sentenced MOL chairman-CEO Zsolt Hernadi and the country's former prime minister Ivo Sanader to prison sentences for bribery...
Hungary’s first fully electric car rolls off the line in Kecskemét
Daimler AG has begun production of a purely electric model, the Mercedes-Benz EQB, at its Mercedes plant in Kecskemét, Hungary. An...
Hungary closes in on Budapest airport takeover
After years of circling Hungary's main airport, Prime Minister Viktor Orban finally declared the state’s intention to purchase Budapest Liszt Ferenc...
Four-star general nominated to head Romania’s government
Romanian president Klaus Iohannis has designated his country's interim defence minister, Nicolae Ciuca, as prime minister to form Romania's new government...
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...
Latvia reimposes lockdown as COVID rips through Baltics and Balkans
Latvia has announced a month-long COVID lockdown after a surge in infections and hospitalisations, becoming the first EU country to reintroduce...
Czech startup raises over USD 100m in record “Series A” venture capital round
Czech start-up Rossum will receive USD 100 million in venture capital from a consortium - including General Catalyst, one of the US’s...