Montenegrin leader ousted after 32 years

2 years ago

Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic lost the presidential election run-off on Sunday, 2 April, ending his 32-year rule that began in…

CEE leaders say EU may need to reintroduce farm tariffs on Ukraine

2 years ago

Romania, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia expressed concern in a letter to the European Commission (EC) on Friday over an…

Morawiecki suggests ways to fund Ukraine war

2 years ago

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called on Germany to up its support for Ukraine as Europe continues to search for…

Hungary could decouple from Russian gas – report

2 years ago

Hungary could realistically replace Russian gas imports, according to local analysts, who say its dependence is reliant on the will…

Poland, Baltic states meet NATO’s 2% target

2 years ago

NATO's annual report for 2022 reveals that only 7 countries of the 30-country defence alliance met the military spending target…

Montenegrin president to face new rival in run-off vote after narrow election victory

2 years ago

Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic took around one-third of the votes in Sunday's presidential election ballot, well below the majority needed…

Poland to supply Ukraine with fighter jets

2 years ago

Poland will send Ukraine four MiG-29 fighter jets in the coming days, with more to follow later, according to an…

Inflation swallows up pay hikes in Romania

2 years ago

The average net salary in Romania was RON 4,254 (EUR 864) in January 2023, up 15% year-on-year, but down RON…

Hungarian central bank chief repeats criticisms of Orban’s economic policy

2 years ago

Hungarian National Bank (MNB) Governor Gyorgy Matolcsy has once again harshly criticised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s economic policy, business…

Romanian investments up in 2022 – PM

2 years ago

Net investments in the Romanian economy were 150.1 billion leu (EUR 3.06bn) in 2022, up 8.5% on the previous year,…

Enel to sell Romanian arm in EUR 1.26bn deal

2 years ago

Enel will sell its Romanian operations to Greek group Public Power Corp (PPC) for EUR 1.26bn, the Italian utility group…

VW delays CEE battery plant, as US sweeteners lure firms over the pond

2 years ago

German carmaker Volkwagen (VW) has put on hold its plans to open a battery plant in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)…

Kallas wins big in Estonian election

2 years ago

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas’s Reform Party (ER) secured both the most votes and most seats ever in a national…

Lithuania decade’s most improved country in region, leading prosperity report finds

2 years ago

Estonia is named the most prosperous country in Eastern Europe, and the 21st globally, in the newly-released 2023 Legatum Prosperity Index.…

Kallas ahead in polls as Estonians cast their ballots

2 years ago

Estonian voters go to the polls on Sunday 5 March, after a campaign that focussed on the country's cost of…

Poland oks Turow mine’s permit till 2044

2 years ago

Poland has extended the operational license of its highly-polluting Turow lignite mine by 22 years, the Czech Environment Ministry revealed…

EU’s highest inflation in Hungary, Baltics

2 years ago

Annual inflation in the EU was 10% in January, according to the latest report from EU statistics office Eurostat.  Of the…

EU imposes new sanctions on Russia

2 years ago

The EU on Saturday released its 10th package of sanctions against Russia targeting 87 individuals and 34 entities to mark…

Russia cuts oil supply to Poland

2 years ago

Russia has ceased the supply of oil to Poland through the Druzhba pipeline, CEO of Polish oil refiner PKN Orlen…