Bulgaria election ends in stalemate, but gains for pro-Russian party
Bulgaria's conservatives and liberals were practically neck and neck with votes still being counted after the country's fifth election in two...
Polish PM backs alliance with Romania, Ukraine
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki laid out his hopes to build a new economic community in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) with...
Montenegrin leader ousted after 32 years
Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic lost the presidential election run-off on Sunday, 2 April, ending his 32-year rule that began in February...
CEE leaders say EU may need to reintroduce farm tariffs on Ukraine
Romania, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia expressed concern in a letter to the European Commission (EC) on Friday over an "unprecedented"...
Morawiecki suggests ways to fund Ukraine war
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called on Germany to up its support for Ukraine as Europe continues to search for ways...
Hungary could decouple from Russian gas – report
Hungary could realistically replace Russian gas imports, according to local analysts, who say its dependence is reliant on the will of...
Mixed prospects in region for pay-TV industry, new research finds
The number of pay TV subscribers in Eastern Europe will decline by 8mn from its peak of 81mn in 2018, to...
Poland, Baltic states meet NATO’s 2% target
NATO's annual report for 2022 reveals that only 7 countries of the 30-country defence alliance met the military spending target of...
Montenegrin president to face new rival in run-off vote after narrow election victory
Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic took around one-third of the votes in Sunday's presidential election ballot, well below the majority needed to...
Poland to supply Ukraine with fighter jets
Poland will send Ukraine four MiG-29 fighter jets in the coming days, with more to follow later, according to an announcement...
Inflation swallows up pay hikes in Romania
The average net salary in Romania was RON 4,254 (EUR 864) in January 2023, up 15% year-on-year, but down RON 144,...
Hungarian central bank chief repeats criticisms of Orban’s economic policy
Hungarian National Bank (MNB) Governor Gyorgy Matolcsy has once again harshly criticised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s economic policy, business website...
Romanian investments up in 2022 – PM
Net investments in the Romanian economy were 150.1 billion leu (EUR 3.06bn) in 2022, up 8.5% on the previous year, according...
Enel to sell Romanian arm in EUR 1.26bn deal
Enel will sell its Romanian operations to Greek group Public Power Corp (PPC) for EUR 1.26bn, the Italian utility group announced...
VW delays CEE battery plant, as US sweeteners lure firms over the pond
German carmaker Volkwagen (VW) has put on hold its plans to open a battery plant in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) citing...
Kallas wins big in Estonian election
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas’s Reform Party (ER) secured both the most votes and most seats ever in a national election...
Lithuania decade’s most improved country in region, leading prosperity report finds
Estonia is named the most prosperous country in Eastern Europe, and the 21st globally, in the newly-released 2023 Legatum Prosperity Index. Legatum’s...
Kallas ahead in polls as Estonians cast their ballots
Estonian voters go to the polls on Sunday 5 March, after a campaign that focussed on the country's cost of living...
Poland oks Turow mine’s permit till 2044
Poland has extended the operational license of its highly-polluting Turow lignite mine by 22 years, the Czech Environment Ministry revealed on...
EU’s highest inflation in Hungary, Baltics
Annual inflation in the EU was 10% in January, according to the latest report from EU statistics office Eurostat. Of the 12...