Balkan countries

Japanese firm launches CEE’s first sodium-sulfur battery storage system

The groundbreaking 500 kW NAS battery-based energy storage system (ESS) has been successfully put into operation at windows, doors and…

1 year ago

Orban only EU leader due at Belt and Road Forum

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will be the only EU premier present at China’s third Belt and Road Forum in…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

Budapest-Belgrade railway project hits buffers

The future of a multi-billion dollar Budapest-Belgrade rail construction has been thrown into doubt after Hungary redirected its equipment and…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

RRF deadline prompts flurry of applications from CEE countries

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Lithuania were among the 13 EU member states to request…

1 year ago

Hungary could fund Bosnian energy projects in wake of German pullout

Hungary will send money to Republika Srpska (RS) to cover funds that Germany withdrew earlier this year due to the…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago