Poland

Growth in CEE to slow to 3.5% – World Bank

The war in Ukraine is set to inflict twice the amount of economic damage that the COVID-19 pandemic did, the…

3 years ago

NATO plans to bolster defences in east, says Sec-Gen Stoltenberg

NATO leaders will formulate plans to bolster its eastern flank across Central and Eastern Europe at a summit in Madrid…

3 years ago

EU deducts unpaid fines from payment to Poland

The Polish Finance Ministry confirmed on Thursday that the European Commission (EC) has paid Poland EUR 30 million less in…

3 years ago

Warsaw gets serious about eliminating Russian energy imports

Poland adopted draft legislation on Wednesday to prohibit coal imports from Russia. In its efforts to move away from all…

3 years ago

Hungary postpones Visegrad 4 Summit after Czechia, Poland reps refuse to attend

Hungary cancelled a scheduled summit of defence ministers from the Visegrad 4 (“V4”) group of EU member states - Czechia,…

3 years ago

US will honour “sacred obligation” to NATO allies, says Biden

In a speech closing his visit to Poland, US President Joe Biden reassured NATO allies in Central and Eastern Europe…

3 years ago

NATO Summit to decide on troop deployments in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia

NATO representatives meeting on Thursday will consider boosting the strength of the defence alliance’s eastern flank even further given Russia’s…

3 years ago

Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland look to reduce dependence on Russian sources of energy

Efforts to reduce dependency upon Russian sources of energy within countries in Central and Eastern Europe have taken on a…

3 years ago

Lavrov calls arms supplied to Ukraine a “legitimate target”

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday that Slovakia providing air defence systems to Ukraine is a no-go, according…

3 years ago

Zelensky addresses Biden directly, asking him to be “leader of peace”

A theatre sheltering 1,200 civilians in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was bombed on Wednesday night. An estimated 400,000 residents…

3 years ago