Hungary oks Swedish NATO bid after PM visit

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year ago

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