Large, integrated ICT boosts economies – CET analysis

3 years ago

Estonia has become the digital model for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) due to a digitalisation policy that has seen…

EU plans to boost semiconductors to the tune of EUR 43bn

3 years ago

The European Commission (EC) unveiled legislation designed to double Europe’s share of the semiconductor industry yesterday. The so-called Chips Act…

Riga plans green, futuristic ‘airport city’

3 years ago

Riga International Airport will invest more than EUR 247 million in developing the facility by 2027, according to its Runway…

Czech PM Fiala to support smaller farms

3 years ago

Czechia’s new government will allocate more EU subsidies to smaller-scale family farms, and fewer to the country’s traditionally dominant large…

EC finds way to make good on Poland’s Turow mine penalty

3 years ago

The European Commission (EC) will withhold approximately EUR 15 million in EU funding from Poland for its refusal to pay…

Slovenia minimum wage nears parity with US

3 years ago

With a EUR 1,074 minimum wage, Slovenia was the only country in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) where a gross…

Discount flyers want fairer fuel deal

3 years ago

A group of four European budget airlines have allied to lobby against them shouldering the bulk of the cost of…

Hydrogen: a clean energy for the transition

3 years ago

In Europe and in Hungary, initiatives to expand use of hydrogen as an energy source have been given the green…

Czechia withdraws Turow mine complaint

3 years ago

The Czech Republic and Poland made good today on promises made in yesterday’s settlement of the Turow mine dispute. Polish…

EU formulates three-point battery strategy

3 years ago

EU Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic laid out the bloc’s plans how to build capacity in critical raw materials for batteries…

EU to prolong Covid e-certificate scheme

3 years ago

The European Commission (EC) on Thursday announced its intension to extend the validity of EU Digital COVID Certificates by another…

Poland, Czechia ink deal on Turow mine

3 years ago

Czechia and Poland signed an agreement regarding the environmentally damaging lignite mine in Turow, western Poland, on Thursday. Under the…

‘Sideletter’ leak stirs up storm in Austria

3 years ago

The Austrian Greens party made secret, parallel arrangements when it signed a coalition deal with the conservative OVP party in…

Ryanair revives routes out of Zagreb

3 years ago

Europe’s largest airline Ryanair has announced plans to restore all of the flights from the Croatian capital of Zagreb that…

Tried and tested, it works – turning diversity into value

3 years ago

Here in Hungary, company cultures that effectively reduce gender discrimination are taking root, helping women to gain access to management…

Orban discusses Ukraine, gas, nuclear, vaccines with Putin in Moscow

3 years ago

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked for almost five hours in Moscow on Tuesday, although…

Green groups urge energy reform as gas crisis upends coal phase-out

3 years ago

Soaring natural gas prices last year disrupted the long-term trend of renewable energies and gas replacing coal in Europe, according…

EU beats 2020 sustainable energy target, with Latvia, Austria, Croatia CEE’s greenest

3 years ago

As the EU surpassed its target of 20% sustainable energy usage in 2020, the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) high…

Austria’s mandatory jabs regime comes into force

3 years ago

Austria loosened its movement restrictions on unvaccinated people on Monday, with a compulsory vaccination policy due to enter into force…

Polish population drops 1% in a decade

3 years ago

The population of Poland has fallen 1% in the last ten years, according to the country’s 2021 census data, which…