Austria

Austria, Estonia, Croatia high on organic farmland rankings

Austria (26%) and Estonia (23%) had the EU’s highest proportions of organic land within their total utilised agricultural area (UAA)…

1 year ago

Sberbank leaves Austria, completing EU exit

Russian bank Sberbank announced its complete withdrawal from the European banking market with the sale of its remaining shares in a EU…

1 year ago

EU youth unemployment lowest since 2009

Only 4.48 million EU citizens aged 15 to 29 found themselves unemployed last year, according to the latest data from…

1 year ago

Hungary blocks EU’s Ukraine arms package after Kiev sanctions OTP bank

Hungary has vetoed EUR 500mn worth of arms funding from the EU to Ukraine, Italian media first reported on Monday,…

1 year ago

Czechia, Hungary, Estonia top for employment in CEE – Eurostat report

Estonia had the highest employment rate in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) of 81.9% in 2022, according to the recently…

1 year ago

Croatia tops European tourism poll

Croatia had the highest share of tourism in total gross value added (GVA) at 11%, EU statistics office Eurostat finds…

1 year ago

Hungary could decouple from Russian gas – report

Hungary could realistically replace Russian gas imports, according to local analysts, who say its dependence is reliant on the will…

1 year ago

Gazprom failed to make January payment for Czech gas transit, minister confirms

Net4Gas, Czechia's natural gas transmission system operator, had not received its contracted monthly payment from Russian state-owned Gazprom by 4…

2 years ago

Estonia tops tax competitiveness index

For the ninth consecutive year, Estonia has the best tax regime of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, according…

2 years ago

As Ryanair suspends CEE flight routes, Aeroexpress mulls new services

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said his budget airline has no plans to withdraw from Hungary but will cease some services…

2 years ago