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…

Serbia gets its biggest ever EU grant for Belgrade-Nis rail revamp

2 years ago

Serbia is set to receive a EUR 600mn handout from the EU towards its around EUR 2.2bn reconstruction of the 230km…

Orban slams EU for withholding funds for Hungary, Poland

2 years ago

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban criticized the EU for imposing new sanctions instead of providing assistance and for depriving Hungary…

Pavel not hopeful on Ukraine victory this year

2 years ago

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the Western world to send more help when he opened the Munich Security Conference (MSC)…

EU goes legal with Poland over rule of law

2 years ago

The European Commission (EC) has referred Poland to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for violating EU…