CEE hopefuls for NATO chief emerge, but Rutte in pole position
Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte is reportedly likely to succeed NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in October, as the...
Eastern Europe
European rail network to connect to Lviv
Ukraine is planned to be added to the Trans-European TEN-T transport corridor, enabling access to the rest of Europe for trains...
Rheinmetall expands CEE presence with majority purchase of Automecanica Medias
German defence industry group Rheinmetall has acquired a 72.5% stake in Automecanica Medias from Romania, estimating that it will have an...
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...
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...
Ukraine, Moldova become EU accession candidates as Scholz sends Orban out of room for vote
EU leaders voted to begin accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, at a historic summit in Brussels on Thursday 14 December....
Poland applies to join EPPO as Tusk returns
Donald Tusk was elected as Poland’s prime minister as his government won a vote of confidence in the parliament on Tuesday,...
Von der Leyen vows to double WB economies in decade
The EU will finance Western Balkans (WB) integration reforms to the tune of EUR 6bn, European Commission President Ursula von der...
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 he...
Orban meets Putin, ‘friend’ Xi, at One Belt and Road Forum in China
Chinese President Xi Jinping backed elevating relations with Hungary and after meeting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Beijing, called him a “friend”. ...
Hungary gets top bank removed from blacklist
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto called a decision by Ukraine to remove OTP from the International Sponsors of War list “a...
CEE countries go rogue as EU’s ban of agricultural produce from Ukraine expires
Poland, Slovakia and Hungary have come under criticism from the international community including the EU, Ukraine and Germany for extending prohibitions...
Kallas on brink over husband’s Russia links
Pressure to resign is building on Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas amid revelations that her husband part-owns a company that is...
Hungary, Serbia leaders back Ukraine ceasefire
Hungarian President Katalin Novak reiterated her country's support for a peace deal with Russia in a speech at the opening ceremony...
Poland, Czechia host most Ukrainians in CEE
Poland and Czechia are the leading countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) for offering temporary protection status to Ukrainian refugees, according to...
CEE foreign policy experts warn US, EU on Serbia
Foreign affairs parliamentary committee chairs from Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries including Czechia, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are amongst...
Baltic states unplug from Russian grid
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia agreed on Thursday 3 August to decouple from Russia's BRELL power grid by February 2025, in order...
Sanctions cannot bring Russia to its knees – MOL CEO
Only 6% of Ukrainian diesel imports come from Hungary, the head of Hungarian energy giant MOL said at a conference on...
US, Germany, cautious at NATO summit, as Lithuania backs Ukraine membership path
The leaders of Ukraine and Lithuania were left frustrated at the alliance’s summit in Vilnius on July 11-12, despite NATO Secretary...
NATO chief announces 8.3% hike in defence spending, ahead of major Vilnius summit
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda held a joint press conference on Monday, 10 July, the day...