Slovakia

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…

1 year ago

Senior EU politician launches bid to remove Hungary’s voting rights

The European Parliament (EP) chief rule of law negotiator Petri Sarvamaa, MEP, published on Tuesday a petition letter calling to…

1 year ago

Albania tops region for sustainable energy mix

The share of renewable sources in gross final energy consumption at the EU level reached 23% in 2022, up 1.1…

1 year ago

Fico calls Ukraine ‘frozen conflict’

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has reiterated his stance that Russia's war with Ukraine is insoluble, stoking fears that he…

1 year ago

CEE inflation eases, but V4 still EU outliers

Hungary remained the EU's most inflationary economy with an annual rate of 9.6% in October, an EU statistics office Eurostat report released…

1 year ago

Auto sector slides down large company list – Coface CEE Top 500 study

Automotive and Transport has dropped to third place amongst large companies in CEE, as business sectors of Central and Eastern…

1 year ago

VW suspends plan for EV gigafactory in CEE

Volkswagen is putting its plans to construct a new electric vehicle (EV) "gigafactory" in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) on…

1 year ago

Slovak PM cancels military aid to Ukraine

Incoming Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico did not waste time to state his positions on the war in Ukraine when…

1 year ago

Polish election result shakes up CEE

Although Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) received the most votes of any single party at the weekend elections, it…

1 year ago

A new dawn for nuclear in CEE – CET analysis

With energy-intensive industries to sustain, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is turning to nuclear power to simultaneously meet energy needs…

1 year ago