Ciolos steps in to fill Romania’s power vacuum
President Klaus Iohannis has invited Save Romania Union (USR) leader Dacian Ciolos to form a government in Romania, which is in...
V4 & Romania
VW considers V4 countries for battery plant
Germany's VW is planning on building six battery factories in Europe by 2030, and one of those facilities is likely to...
No “Polexit” say protesters in Poland
Protesters chanted "No to Polexit" at pro-EU rallies in Warsaw and across Poland over the weekend after the country's highest court...
Czechs vote out PM Babis
Czechs voted for a conservative shift in last weekend's elections on Friday and Saturday. The conservative coalition SPOLU (“Together”) formed by the...
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...
Global microchip shortage hits Czech auto sector
Due to the global shortage of microchips the Czech Republic's biggest exporter, auto manufacturer Skoda, has announced a significant production cut...
Polish court ruling challenges primacy of EU law
Poland's highest court ruled Thursday that some parts of the EU treaties are incompatible with the country’s own Constitution. Prime Minister...
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...
Babis under fire in Czech election week
Corruption allegations against prime minister Andrej Babis are dominating the headlines in Czechia as its citizens prepare to go to the...
Romanian Government Fails No-confidence Vote
With the country seeing a massive surge of the COVID-19 pandemic and having to deal with a tenuous international credit rating,...
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...
Pandora Papers Train Spotlight on Czech PM
Czech prime minister Andrej Babis is one of the most prominent active politicians featured in the so-called Pandora Papers, a massive...
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...
Lithuania-Poland Gas Link to Diversify Baltic Sources
If licensing doesn't hold things up, the construction of an interconnector designed to help countries around the Baltic Sea diversify their...
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 Mine Dispute Between Czechia and Poland Morphs into Diplomatic Huff
A dispute between Czechia and Poland over the shut-down of a brown coal mine has turned into diplomatic spat. Media in...