Polish FM floats new reparations solution

10 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

10 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

10 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

11 months ago

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

4iG inks deal for cable linking Egypt, Albania

11 months ago

Hungarian-government-linked telco 4iG and Telecom Egypt will jointly construct an express subsea cable between Albania and Egypt. Telecom Egypt is…

CEE trade with Germany slumped in 2023

11 months ago

Germany’s business with Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) fell last year as the value of goods traded with the region’s…

European rail network to connect to Lviv

11 months ago

Ukraine is planned to be added to the Trans-European TEN-T transport corridor, enabling access to the rest of Europe for…

Rheinmetall expands Hungary ammo maker

11 months ago

The expansion plan of the new ammunition plant of Rheinmetall in Varpalota, west Hungary, has been underway since January, the…

Rheinmetall expands CEE presence with majority purchase of Automecanica Medias

11 months ago

German defence industry group Rheinmetall has acquired a 72.5% stake in Automecanica Medias from Romania, estimating that it will have…

Solidarity plans to block Ukraine border stations

11 months ago

Polish farmers from  Solidarity announced Friday that the trade union is planning a blockade of the country’s border crossings with Ukraine…

Czechia, Taiwan ink nanotechnology MOU

11 months ago

Business groups from Czechia and Taiwan signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on semiconductor cooperation in Taipei on Thursday, 1…

Orban drops Ukraine aid package veto

11 months ago

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban agreed to a EUR 50bn, 4-year package for Ukraine on Thursday, 1 February, after vowing…

Romania has overtaken Greece, Hungary – Economy minister underlines EU benefits

11 months ago

Romania has economically surpassed Greece, Hungary and is closing in on Poland, Romanian Economy Minister Stefan Radu Oprea underlined in…

Hungary becomes only hold-out on Swedish NATO accession

11 months ago

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has asked his MPs to proceed with Sweden's ratification as NATO member “at the first…

Hungarians increasingly displaced by guest workers – report

11 months ago

Foreign workers are increasingly replacing Hungarians across various sectors due to structural issues within the country’s economy. Government backing of…

Farmers, green activists protest in Lithuania

11 months ago

Tractors and logging lorries flooded central Vilnius last week, as farmers protested a number of national agricultural policies. Local media…

Austria leads CEE for most new cars, Estonia regional laggard

11 months ago

The number of battery-only electric passenger cars in the EU neared 3mn in 2022, up 55% from 1.9mn in 2021,…

Romanian e-vehicle market grew by over one-third in 2023

11 months ago

More than 42,000 electric cars have been registered, so far, in Romania, of which around 16,800 only in 2023, 35%…

Hungary inflation to dip, GDP to rise this year – independent think tank

11 months ago

From Hungary's economic perspective, last year extended the trends observed in 2022, according to independent Hungarian think-tank Policy Solutions's annual…

Slovak u-turn: Fico gov’t set to allow Ukraine arms sales

11 months ago

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico appeared to renege on his election promise to not send “another bullet” to Ukraine on Tuesday,…