Hungary Reduces Tax Rate on Cryptocurrencies
Pushed through by state secretary Norbert Izer and communicated by the Ministry of Finance as a success story, Hungary has reduced...
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How a Slovak “brAIn” is Revolutionizing Renewable Energy Consumption
Known as the “Airbnb of clean energy” and “brAIn,” the Slovak startup Fuergy is a Central European success story in the...
Emplocity: Automated Candidate Sourcing from Poland
Young entrepreneurs from Poland have developed applications based on artificial intelligence and machine learning to come up with what they believe...
Ambitious Hungarian Biotech Firm Fights Cancer With AI
“Turbine,” a biotech company simulating cell behavior with artificial intelligence, is combining two disciplines for which the country is renowned: biology...
Hungarian Start-ups: Tech-heavy and Optimistic
More than 60% of Hungarian start-ups are using some sort of “deep tech,” according to the Hungarian Start-up Report conducted by...
Czech PM Requests More Solidarity
So far, the Baltic States, Romania, and Slovakia have all expelled Russian diplomats to show their solidarity with the Czech Republic,...
State Secretary Sees Huge Changes for Hungary’s Energy Sector
The Hungarian government is working on its National Clean Development Strategy, which would set frameworks for achieving the 2050 climate targets,...
Construction of Paks 2 May be Further Delayed
Russian news agency Ria Novosti has reported that Hungary will start repaying a loan to Russia of EUR 9 billion for...
5G in Poland: Warsaw Balances Between East and West
Poland’s relationship with China has undergone a significant shift in recent years. Yet the economic opportunities that were supposed to come...
Agreement to Create Aerial Silk Road Signed
Budapest Airport, the Chinese Henan Airport Group, and the Chinese-Hungarian business and logistics development company, CECZ/Utlink, have signed a cooperation agreement...
Czech Republic: China’s Gateway to Europe?
While Czechia has shown signs of interest in growing trade and cooperation with China, at the same time Prague is the...
Veto Over Selling Aegon Stirs Diplomatic Tension
After an agreed takeover deal for Hungarian insurance company Aegon, a blocking of the transaction between Dutch Aegon and VIG in...
Romanian Ford Plant to Start EV Production in 2023
On 22 April, Ford Europe announced it would invest USD 300 million in Romania to build new light commercial vehicles in...
Hungary: Open to the East
Similar to its welcoming approach to Russia, Hungary's government is greeting Chinese economic and trade interests with open arms - despite...
Hungarian Government Rushes to Hand in Recovery Plan
Hungary will be among the first countries to hand in its Recovery Plan in Brussels, said Gergely Gulyás of the prime...
Central Europe Will Not Support Carbon Tax
In an op-ed for Euobserver, Attila Steiner, secretary of state for circular economy, energy and climate at the Ministry of Innovation...
Popularity of Green Bonds Surges
Sustainable-bond issuance surged to a record high in the first quarter as more countries and companies looked to tap into growing...
Slovakia: What Lies Beyond Energy Dependence?
Given the countries' geographical proximity to one another, Slovak-Russian relations are a mixed bag, characterized by energy dependence on the one...
Romania’s Relations with Moscow: Overloaded with Contentious Issues
Within the EU, Romania is a hardliner against Russia, and a country almost immune to Russian pressure in Eastern Europe. New...
Hungary and its Alliance Forged in the Past
Moscow has used Hungary as a gateway to the EU and consistently uses Russian finances to maintain the goodwill of the...