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 World...
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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 in...
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 EU...
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 Russian...
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, Hungary,...
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 that...
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 ongoing...
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 new...
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 to...
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 in...
Conflict at a “crossroads”, could end in April, says adviser to Ukraine’s President
The BBC reported that Russian troops were holding 400 doctors and patients captive in a hospital in the coastal city of...
War in Ukraine deals harsh blow to CEE currencies
While the Hungarian forint was hardest hit, all the currencies of the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region are suffering adverse...
Moscow approach to peace talks becoming “more constructive”, says Zelensky representative
Delegations from Russia and Ukraine held a fourth round of peace talks on Monday, aiming for a ceasefire, the withdrawal of...
Russian forces attack military facility just 10km from Ukraine’s border with Poland
Russian forces launched a missile attack on the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security, in the west of Ukraine, Sunday morning,...
No EU sanctions against Russian hydrocarbons, for now
The European Commission said it planned to cut its reliance on fossil fuels from Russia by 2030, reducing dependence on Russian...
US Vice President’s trip to Poland, Romania overshadowed by fighter jet “debacle”
The Guardian reports that on Wednesday morning US time Vice President Kamala Harris was travelling to Poland, where she’ll meet Poland’s...
US ban on Russian hydrocarbons the price of “defending freedom”
Russian state media outlets are reporting that Moscow has announced another humanitarian ceasefire to allow civilians to flee. Civilians continued to...
Moscow warns against getting involved in the conflict, while allies ponder loaning MIGs to Ukraine
Russia has issued a veiled threat to Poland and Romania not to get involved in its operation against Ukraine, writes Romania...
NATO rejects “no-fly” zone request from Kyiv
NATO cannot fulfil Kyiv’s wish for enforcement of a “no-fly zone” over Ukraine's territory, according to the defence alliance’s Jens Stoltenberg....
Macron warns Putin of his “major mistake”, Ukraine and Russia agree on opening humanitarian corridors
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin by telephone for one-and-a-half hours on Thursday. He told his Russian...