Telecommunication & IT

ICT key to bridging East-West wage gap

The Eastern European countries with large digital economies such as Estonia, Czechia and Hungary are best placed to stimulate growth by…

2 years ago

Progress report pushes EU’s AI Act forward

Slovenia, which holds the EU presidency, has released a progress report on the European Union's draft artificial intelligence act ('AIA')…

2 years ago

Taiwan could supply Europe with chips, eyes central Europe

Taiwan could help alleviate Europe’s semiconductor shortage by setting up manufacturing operations in central Europe. With a reputation as a…

2 years ago

Taiwan’s “Representative Office” opens in Lithuania

Taiwan has opened what it calls its Representative Office in Lithuania, defying China's attempts to dissuade Vilnius from allowing what…

2 years ago

CEE region outperforms expectations in e-culture index

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries are over-achievers regarding ‘digital quality of life’, according to the latest Digital Quality of…

2 years ago

EU microchip financing plan lags behind on the global scene

Despite the European Union’s explicit plans to prepare a subsidy package for the microchip industry that matches with United States…

3 years ago

How to get the robots “out of the cages” – developing robotization in CEE

A professor at Hungary’s Matthias Corvinus Collegium (MCC), these days Zoltán Cséfalvay studies robotization. Of his current teaching and research…

3 years ago

Czech startup raises over USD 100m in record “Series A” venture capital round

Czech start-up Rossum will receive USD 100 million in venture capital from a consortium - including General Catalyst, one of the…

3 years ago

Revolut plans to offer loans, credit cards and Hungarian-language services

Digital bank Revolut is in talks with the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) about entering the central European country’s market, deputy…

3 years ago

Tech and financial service industries are starting to merge. Are we already in the digital currency era?

While Fintech and Big Tech firms make incursions into the financial services sector, data is becoming the real commodity in…

3 years ago