EU loosens CAP scheme to placate farmers

11 months ago

The EU announced further concessions for the bloc’s agricultural workers, especially for smaller farms, to quell agricultural workers’ protests, on Friday,…

Bosnian accession on EU agenda next week

11 months ago

The EU will recommend that member states open accession negotiations with Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), a candidate for membership since 2022, European…

Romania, Poland lead EU for female STEM grads

11 months ago

The highest shares of women tertiary education graduates in the scientific STEM subjects were recorded in Romania (42.5%) and Poland…

Mystery EV firm to build EUR 8bn plant in Czechia

11 months ago

Czechia will host a EUR 7.9bn electric vehicle (EV) battery in Karvina, east Czechia, funded by a foreign investor, the…

EU unveils first ever pan-European defence plan

11 months ago

A new, ground-breaking European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS) has been announced by the European Commission (EC).  The EC said EDIS…

Czech firm Europe’s fastest growing

11 months ago

Czech photovoltaic distributor Raylyst Solar is the most rapidly growing company in Europe, according to the latest rankings by UK…

Romania rated BBB- by Fitch

11 months ago

The rating for Romania's long-term foreign currency debts is BBB- with a stable outlook, Fitch announced. According to the rating…

CEE’s nuclear dreams – CET analysis

11 months ago

The indispensability of nuclear energy was one of few areas of consensus at the recent summit of the strained Visegrad…

Hungary oks Swedish NATO bid after PM visit

11 months ago

Hungarian MPs approved a proposal on ratifying Sweden’s accession to NATO with 188 in favour and 6 dissenting votes, on…

V4 leaders agree on energy, immigration, but Russia remains elephant in room

11 months ago

The prime ministers of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries met in Prague, Czechia, for the first time in eight months,…

Hungary gov’t to vote through judge as president

11 months ago

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in damage limitation mode after recent scandals and mass anti-government protests in Budapest, has proposed…

Poland unlocks over EUR 100bn in EU funds

11 months ago

As of next week Poland can begin to access the around EUR 60bn of previously suspended COVID:19 pandemic and green funding…

Radio Free Europe banned in Russia

11 months ago

The Russian Justice Ministry on Tuesday, 20 February, named Radio Free Europe (RFE) as an “undesirable” organisation, effectively banning the…

CEE hopefuls for NATO chief emerge, but Rutte in pole position

11 months ago

Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte is reportedly likely to succeed NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in October, as…

Anti-gov’t protests turn up heat on Orban

12 months ago

Tens of thousands of protesters rallied against the presidential pardon scandal in Budapest on Friday evening. The catalyst for the protests…

Romania ordered to repay Blue Air’s state aid

12 months ago

Blue Air's restructuring plan has failed to restore its long-term viability and the Romanian state must return the EUR 33.84mn…

Polish FM floats new reparations solution

12 months ago

Poland will drop the USD 1.3tn (EUR 12.08) reparation demand made by the right-wing nationalist PiS government, which Polish Prime…

North Macedonia sets May election date

12 months ago

EU candidate country North Macedonia will hold early parliamentary elections on 8 May, the House speaker Jovan Mitreski announced on…

Russia plans decade of war – Estonian intel

12 months ago

An Estonian intelligence report released Tuesday warns that Russia is preparing to wage war on the West for a decade,…

Hungary rocked by presidential resignation

12 months ago

Hungarian President Katalin Novak resigned on live TV on Saturday evening, in connection with her controversial pardon issued last year…