EU green lights Croatia to join Schengen, snubs Bulgaria, Romania
Croatia will become the Schengen zone’s newest member on 1 January, the Council of the EU announced on Thursday, 8 December. Croatia will...
PMs discuss new Slovenia-Hungary gas link
Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban have discussed building a pipeline to transit Algerian gas when...
Wizz vs Ryanair: which budget airline rules CEE?
Wizz Air will serve 31% more passengers than Ryanair in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Caucuses this winter, according a...
Croatia plans partial Sunday shopping ban
Croatia has decided to introduce compulsory shop closures on Sundays, Croatian Employment and Family Minister Marin Piletic told reporters after a...
Orlen moves into Hungary, MOL into Poland, in CEE gas market reshuffle
Orlen Unipetrol, owned by Poland's leading energy company PKN Orlen, will take over 143 petrol stations in Hungary and 39 in Slovakia,...
EU moves to freeze Hungary funds, but real picture more nuanced
The European Commission (EC) opened the possibility for EU national leaders to punish Hungary in an upcoming vote on funding suspensions, on...
VC financing of Lithuanian fintech quadruples – FT special report
Venture capital (VC) financiers invested EUR 71mn in Lithuanian fintechs in 2021, up from EUR 18mn in 2020, according to The Financial...
Slovenia ruling coalition defeats right-wing in referendum poll
Slovenia's government saw off a major opposition challenge on Sunday, 27 November, as voters approved three laws in a referendum vote...
Last chance for Hungary on EU funding
Hungary could lose billions of euros from its Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) funding entitlement after the European Commission (EC) decided...
Robotisation spreads in auto-heavy CEE
Robotisation has risen sharply in CEE, according to a new report entitled “How do Economies in EU-CEE Cope with Labour Shortages?”...
Serbia backtracks on deal with Kosovo
The EU brokered a last-ditch agreement between Kosovo and Serbia on Wednesday, 23 November, only for Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to...
EC warns Slovakia to review 2023 budget or risk losing Covid-recovery funding
The European Commission (EC) told Slovakia on Tuesday to include spending limits in its state budget or risk endangering the EUR...
Hungary, Ryanair clash over ‘excess profits’
Ryanair’s ongoing dispute with the Hungarian government escalated last week, as the company's CEO dismissed Hungary’s revisions to its aviation tax...
V4 meeting pulled as Polish, Czech speakers object to Hungary’s proximity to Russia
The meeting of the parliamentary speakers of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries scheduled for this Friday (25 November) has been cancelled...
Poland grants Ukraine access to disaster site, after two citizens killed by missile
The death of two men at the hands of a missile on farmland in the Polish village of Przewodow sparked fears...
Slovenia elects first female president
Liberal attorney and author Natasa Pirc Musar, 54, will become Slovenia's next president after defeating her right-wing rival Andze Logar in the...
Estonia tops tax competitiveness index
For the ninth consecutive year, Estonia has the best tax regime of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, according to...
Backgrounder on the CE Digital Payments Summit 2022 conference
Cybersecurity, data-driven finance and the digital euro – on what principles will the future digital payment ecosystem be based? Data sharing,...
EC to decide on Hungary funding by end of month
Hungary will find out whether it will receive its EUR 7.2 bn pandemic recovery fund payment on 22 November, Bloomberg reports,...
Venture capital investment in CEE doubled in two years – report
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is one of the fastest growing regions in Europe by enterprise value and has grown by...