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...
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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...
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 percentage...
CEE gets EU funds for cross-border 5G
The EU has selected seven projects to co-fund 5G transport corridors connecting regions throughout Europe, improving road, rail, inland waterways, and...
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 Friday...
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 European...
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 was...
FMs back fast-tracked EU accession
The foreign ministers of Austria, Croatia, and Slovenia have published a joint article calling for "several concrete steps to be taken...
Slovenia ups defence spending
Slovenia will increase its defence budget to reach 2% of its gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030, a significant increase from...
CEE insurance sector grows by over 10%
The Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) insurance market reached a total of EUR 12.5bn by the end of the first quarter...
Michel to pledge new EU accessions by 2030
European Council President Charles Michel will announce that the EU should be ready to accept new members by 2030, when he...
Poland rapidly emerging as CEE powerhouse, top UK researcher reports
The emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are closing in on their Western neighbours thanks to the emergence of...
Flood-hit CEE countries ask EU, NATO for aid
Slovenia and Austria were the worst hit countries by the severe floods that swept over Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) over...
Hungary tops EU inflation list for June
The top 11 inflation rates in the EU were in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries in June 2023, according to...
CEE countries vote though green battery rules
EU members agreed to tighten sustainability regulations for batteries, with an almost unanimous vote at the Council of the EU, on...
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) in...
Poland EU’s best performing economy in Q1
Poland outstretched all of its EU peers for growth in the first quarter of 2023, the bloc's official statistics office Eurostat...
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 the...
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 released...
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 in...