Bulgaria’s ITN wants to join ECR party family

1 year ago

Bulgarian populist formation There Is Such a People (ITN) has declared its intention to align with the centre-right European Conservatives…

Hungary firm buys major stake in Auchan

1 year ago

Hungary’s Indotek Group acquired a 47% stake in the French grocery hypermarket chain Auchan last week. Group founder-owner Daniel Jellinek,…

CEE gets EU funds for cross-border 5G

1 year ago

The EU has selected seven projects to co-fund 5G transport corridors connecting regions throughout Europe, improving road, rail, inland waterways,…

Fico calls Ukraine ‘frozen conflict’

1 year ago

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has reiterated his stance that Russia's war with Ukraine is insoluble, stoking fears that he…

Czechia upped to stable rating, after delinking from Russian gas

1 year ago

US rating agency Moody's Investors Service has increased its outlook for Czechia from negative to stable, meaning a rating deterioration…

Pfizer sues Poland over vaccine deal

1 year ago

US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer has initiated legal proceedings against the Polish government, asserting that it failed to fulfil payment obligations…

Bulgaria last in EU for recycling computers

1 year ago

Bulgaria placed bottom in the EU for recycling disused ICT devices, in a survey conducted in 2022 by EU official…

Hungary may receive billion euros from EU

1 year ago

The European Commission (EC) proposed a shortcut for Hungary to nearly EUR 1bn from its revised national recovery plan on…

Bosnian leader hopeful on EU step by year end

1 year ago

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) intends to fulfil the conditions set by the European Commission (EC) to open accession negotiations before…

‘No new taxes’ as Romania cracks down on evasion

1 year ago

Romania will not levy new taxes next year, Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu pledged on Thursday 16 November, with parliamentary…

CEE inflation eases, but V4 still EU outliers

1 year ago

Hungary remained the EU's most inflationary economy with an annual rate of 9.6% in October, an EU statistics office Eurostat report released…

Shake up at strategic Hungary telco 4iG

1 year ago

Hungarian operator 4iG Group revealed a plan to streamline operations and bring in external investors to raise the overall value…

Poland faces ‘IT crisis’ from abroad

1 year ago

The number of ICT industry offers decreased by as much as 43% in the first half of 2023, according to…

MOL to start lithium mining in Hungary

1 year ago

Confirming the preliminary expectations, Hungarian energy giant MOL announced in the summer that it will start mining lithium, local business…

Auto sector slides down large company list – Coface CEE Top 500 study

1 year ago

Automotive and Transport has dropped to third place amongst large companies in CEE, as business sectors of Central and Eastern…

Taiwan FM tours Baltics to deepen ties, despite opposition from China

1 year ago

Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu visited Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia from November 6-12, deepening bilateral ties in the Baltics and…

Lithuanian gov’t unveils five-year plan to cement status as fintech leader

1 year ago

Ranked number four in the Global Fintech Index Ranking - and with more than 260 fintech companies and 7,000 professionals…

Moment of truth for Orban – ING’s report on Poland, Czechia, Romania, Hungary

1 year ago

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is becoming increasingly diversified, ING Bank writes in a new report on Poland, Czechia, Romania…

VW suspends plan for EV gigafactory in CEE

1 year ago

Volkswagen is putting its plans to construct a new electric vehicle (EV) "gigafactory" in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) on…

Hungary MOU with Huawei angers US

1 year ago

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing between Hungary's 4iG and China’s Huawei, both controversial companies close to their respective governments,…