EU loosens CAP scheme to placate farmers
The EU announced further concessions for the bloc’s agricultural workers, especially for smaller farms, to quell agricultural workers’ protests, on Friday, 15...
V4 & Romania
Romania, Poland lead EU for female STEM grads
The highest shares of women tertiary education graduates in the scientific STEM subjects were recorded in Romania (42.5%) and Poland (41.5%),...
Mystery EV firm to build EUR 8bn plant in Czechia
Czechia will host a EUR 7.9bn electric vehicle (EV) battery in Karvina, east Czechia, funded by a foreign investor, the Czech...
Czech firm Europe’s fastest growing
Czech photovoltaic distributor Raylyst Solar is the most rapidly growing company in Europe, according to the latest rankings by UK daily...
Romania rated BBB- by Fitch
The rating for Romania's long-term foreign currency debts is BBB- with a stable outlook, Fitch announced. According to the rating agency,...
CEE’s nuclear dreams – CET analysis
The indispensability of nuclear energy was one of few areas of consensus at the recent summit of the strained Visegrad Four...
Hungary oks Swedish NATO bid after PM visit
Hungarian MPs approved a proposal on ratifying Sweden’s accession to NATO with 188 in favour and 6 dissenting votes, on Monday,...
V4 leaders agree on energy, immigration, but Russia remains elephant in room
The prime ministers of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries met in Prague, Czechia, for the first time in eight months, on...
Hungary gov’t to vote through judge as president
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in damage limitation mode after recent scandals and mass anti-government protests in Budapest, has proposed that...
Poland unlocks over EUR 100bn in EU funds
As of next week Poland can begin to access the around EUR 60bn of previously suspended COVID:19 pandemic and green funding and...
Anti-gov’t protests turn up heat on Orban
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied against the presidential pardon scandal in Budapest on Friday evening. The catalyst for the protests is...
Romania ordered to repay Blue Air’s state aid
Blue Air's restructuring plan has failed to restore its long-term viability and the Romanian state must return the EUR 33.84mn it...
Polish FM floats new reparations solution
Poland will drop the USD 1.3tn (EUR 12.08) reparation demand made by the right-wing nationalist PiS government, which Polish Prime Minister...
Hungary rocked by presidential resignation
Hungarian President Katalin Novak resigned on live TV on Saturday evening, in connection with her controversial pardon issued last year for...
4iG inks deal for cable linking Egypt, Albania
Hungarian-government-linked telco 4iG and Telecom Egypt will jointly construct an express subsea cable between Albania and Egypt. Telecom Egypt is a...
Rheinmetall expands Hungary ammo maker
The expansion plan of the new ammunition plant of Rheinmetall in Varpalota, west Hungary, has been underway since January, the German...
Rheinmetall expands CEE presence with majority purchase of Automecanica Medias
German defence industry group Rheinmetall has acquired a 72.5% stake in Automecanica Medias from Romania, estimating that it will have an...
Solidarity plans to block Ukraine border stations
Polish farmers from Solidarity announced Friday that the trade union is planning a blockade of the country’s border crossings with Ukraine from...
Czechia, Taiwan ink nanotechnology MOU
Business groups from Czechia and Taiwan signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on semiconductor cooperation in Taipei on Thursday, 1 February....
Orban drops Ukraine aid package veto
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban agreed to a EUR 50bn, 4-year package for Ukraine on Thursday, 1 February, after vowing to...