Large, integrated ICT boosts economies – CET analysis
Estonia has become the digital model for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) due to a digitalisation policy that has seen it...
EU plans to boost semiconductors to the tune of EUR 43bn
The European Commission (EC) unveiled legislation designed to double Europe’s share of the semiconductor industry yesterday. The so-called Chips Act addresses...
Riga plans green, futuristic ‘airport city’
Riga International Airport will invest more than EUR 247 million in developing the facility by 2027, according to its Runway 2027...
Czech PM Fiala to support smaller farms
Czechia’s new government will allocate more EU subsidies to smaller-scale family farms, and fewer to the country’s traditionally dominant large landowners,...
EC finds way to make good on Poland’s Turow mine penalty
The European Commission (EC) will withhold approximately EUR 15 million in EU funding from Poland for its refusal to pay fines...
Slovenia minimum wage nears parity with US
With a EUR 1,074 minimum wage, Slovenia was the only country in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) where a gross monthly...
Discount flyers want fairer fuel deal
A group of four European budget airlines have allied to lobby against them shouldering the bulk of the cost of the...
Hydrogen: a clean energy for the transition
In Europe and in Hungary, initiatives to expand use of hydrogen as an energy source have been given the green light,...
Czechia withdraws Turow mine complaint
The Czech Republic and Poland made good today on promises made in yesterday’s settlement of the Turow mine dispute. Polish Prime...
EU formulates three-point battery strategy
EU Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic laid out the bloc’s plans how to build capacity in critical raw materials for batteries along...
EU to prolong Covid e-certificate scheme
The European Commission (EC) on Thursday announced its intension to extend the validity of EU Digital COVID Certificates by another year,...
Poland, Czechia ink deal on Turow mine
Czechia and Poland signed an agreement regarding the environmentally damaging lignite mine in Turow, western Poland, on Thursday. Under the deal,...
‘Sideletter’ leak stirs up storm in Austria
The Austrian Greens party made secret, parallel arrangements when it signed a coalition deal with the conservative OVP party in 2020,...
Ryanair revives routes out of Zagreb
Europe’s largest airline Ryanair has announced plans to restore all of the flights from the Croatian capital of Zagreb that it...
Tried and tested, it works – turning diversity into value
Here in Hungary, company cultures that effectively reduce gender discrimination are taking root, helping women to gain access to management positions....
Orban discusses Ukraine, gas, nuclear, vaccines with Putin in Moscow
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked for almost five hours in Moscow on Tuesday, although only...
Green groups urge energy reform as gas crisis upends coal phase-out
Soaring natural gas prices last year disrupted the long-term trend of renewable energies and gas replacing coal in Europe, according to...
EU beats 2020 sustainable energy target, with Latvia, Austria, Croatia CEE’s greenest
As the EU surpassed its target of 20% sustainable energy usage in 2020, the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) high achiever...
Austria’s mandatory jabs regime comes into force
Austria loosened its movement restrictions on unvaccinated people on Monday, with a compulsory vaccination policy due to enter into force on...
Polish population drops 1% in a decade
The population of Poland has fallen 1% in the last ten years, according to the country’s 2021 census data, which was...