EU beats 2020 sustainable energy target, with Latvia, Austria, Croatia CEE’s greenest
As the EU surpassed its target of 20% sustainable energy usage in 2020, the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) high achiever...
Balkan countries
Bulgaria, North Macedonia PMs hail ‘real results’
Bulgaria and North Macedonia premiers Kiril Petkov and Dimitar Kovacevski discussed establishing regular flights between their two respective capitals Skopje and...
Voters in Serbia back judicial system reform
Serbia moved a small step closer to EU membership on Sunday when 60.5% of its voters cast their ballot in favour...
Croatia tops aviation upturn list – Eurostat
European commercial aviation enjoyed an upturn last month, as the number of flights in the EU climbed 130% year-on-year. While the...
‘Open Balkans’ initiative moves forward with signing of six agreements
The so-called 'Open Balkans' initiative to ease movement, travel and trade restrictions between Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia has taken a...
Bulgaria tops EU’s agro-efficiency index
Bulgaria had a 32.9% increase in agricultural labour productivity (ALP) in 2021, the highest rise registered in Europe, according to new...
Chinese cash abounds in Balkans – report
The Balkans region of south-east Europe has attracted at least 135 China-linked projects worth at least EUR 32 billion in the...
‘Harvard Boys’ promise new Bulgarian era
“I am convinced that Bulgaria will be a totally different place four years from now,” Kiril Petkov pledged on Monday, when...
North Macedonia set for new PM once Zaev holds talks with incoming Bulgarian gov’t
Dimitar Kovachevski is set to become North Macedonia’s next prime minister after the ruling SDSM party voted him as its new...
Biden reassures CEE over Russia, Ukraine
US President Joe Biden discussed the threat of a possible Russian attack on Ukraine with numerous NATO member countries in Central...
CEE ups R&D spending over last decade
Every country in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has increased its research and development (R&D) intensity over the last decade, according...
Serbia, Hungary most vulnerable to Russian, Chinese influence – Globsec report
Serbia and Hungary are the Eastern European countries most exposed to Russia and China, a new study found. Czechia and Romania are...
Western Balkans bounce back from 2020, but reforms needed to narrow gap with EU
Although the six Western Balkan countries aspiring to join the European Union, referred to as the WB6, are expected to have...
Harvard graduate pledges new path for Bulgaria, as exit polls suggest new party won election
The newly-formed centrist “We Continue the Change” (PP) party won the elections in Bulgaria on Sunday, according to initial data. PP,...
Bulgaria’s GERB party, Radev leading in polls before weekend elections
With elections taking place in Bulgaria this Sunday for a new parliament and president, the GERB party has a comfortable lead...
Europe’s travel industry recovering, but slow vaccine roll-out in east not helping
A report by a European travel industry group says Europe's travel industry is recovering this year, but the continent has a...
Bulgaria gets reduced gas price from Gazprom before elections
Ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections in Bulgaria, Russian gas giant Gazprom has gone against market trends, giving Bulgaria's state-run Bulgargaz...
Chinese, French firms to start building Belgrade’s first metro line
At a cost of roughly EUR 4 billion, a section of Belgrade's metro system should be operational by 2028, according to...
Big coalition expected before Bulgaria’s third election in a year
Bulgarians will go to the polls for the third time in a year as a result of the country's severe political...
Croatian premier u-turns on Eurozone
"The benefits of euro adoption would outweigh the disadvantages," Croatian President Zoran Milanovic announced after meeting George Vella, his opposite number in Malta,...