CEE countries send letter to Georgia over ‘foreign agents law’ concerns
Countries from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) made up five of the seven signatories states of a letter expressing concern over...
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Poland to spend EUR 2.35bn on eastern border fortification programme
Poland will invest PLN 10bn (EUR 2.35bn) in securing its eastern border against the rising threat of Russia and Belarus, Polish...
Poland set to receive huge windfall as EU initiates dropping of Article 7 procedure
The EU will close its Article 7 procedure over democratic backsliding against Poland that was initiated in 2017 against the country’s...
Romania overtakes Hungary on PPP
Romanians have been consuming more than Hungarians, Budapest-based business website Portfolio writes, and now it has become clear why: wages were...
IMF report shows CEE catching up on southern European neighbours
Per capita income in Slovenia will surpass that of Italy by 2029 when adjusted for purchasing power (PPP), according to the...
Westinghouse increasingly central to CEE’s shift from Russian nuclear industry
US nuclear firm Westinghouse Electric Company has signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with 17 Bulgarian suppliers to support the construction of...
PiS places first in Polish local elections as KO fails to deliver knockout blow
Nationalist opposition party Law and Justice (PiS), toppled last year after eight years in power by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s...
CEE members mark accession anniversaries as NATO vows to back Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg agreed to progress with planning a greater role in coordinating aid to Ukraine on the first...
CEE countries push for Russian grain ban
Czechia and Poland are campaigning to stop the importing of Russian and Belarusian grain into Europe, and the former country will...
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...
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%),...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Austria leads CEE for most new cars, Estonia regional laggard
The number of battery-only electric passenger cars in the EU neared 3mn in 2022, up 55% from 1.9mn in 2021, according...
PiS-linked foundations shun Polish expenses audit
Companies and foundations that held close ties to the right-wing populist and national-conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) government that ruled...
Orban EU presidency already dividing opinion – Hungary PM wants to ‘take over’ EU, MEPs sceptical of his ability to lead bloc
Hungary will hold the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU in the second half of 2024, putting Hungarian Prime...