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TUI pulls CEE flights due to dip in demand

TUI pulls CEE flights due to dip in demand

Tour operator TUI Belgium has cancelled scheduled summer flights to Bulgaria and North Macedonia citing falling interest in destinations in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) since the start of the war in Ukraine.  The subsidiary of UK-German tourism firm TUI Group says customer demand has also fallen for CEE weekend

Romania to host CEE firms at defence expo 

Romania to host CEE firms at defence expo 

Companies from at least nine Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries will present their products and services at the upcoming military, aeronautical and security equipment exhibition Black Sea Defense and Aerospace (BSDA) in Bucharest, Romania. The biannual event’s organisers describe BSDA as a platform for Romanian companies to establish

Press Freedom Index singles out Moldova, Bulgaria as promising media landscapes

Press Freedom Index singles out Moldova, Bulgaria as promising media landscapes

Estonia has the healthiest media environment in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) according to the Reporters Sans Frontiers/Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2022 World Press Freedom Index released on Tuesday 3 May.  The RSF meanwhile singled out two CEE countries as showing marked promise for press freedom: “Moldova (40th) and

Growth in CEE to slow to 3.5% - World Bank

Growth in CEE to slow to 3.5% - World Bank

The war in Ukraine is set to inflict twice the amount of economic damage that the COVID-19 pandemic did, the World Bank says in its new report that includes detailed outlook analyses for Poland, Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania. According to the Washington-based lender’s ECA Economic Update Spring 2022 report,

NATO Summit to decide on troop deployments in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia

NATO Summit to decide on troop deployments in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia

NATO representatives meeting on Thursday will consider boosting the strength of the defence alliance’s eastern flank even further given Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. While NATO has already bumped up troop numbers, which now number 40,000 on its eastern border, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia could see

Using chemical weapons would have "far-reaching consequences", warns NATO chief

Using chemical weapons would have "far-reaching consequences", warns NATO chief

Russian forces using chemical weapons in Ukraine would not only be a violation of international law, but have “far-reaching consequences”, warned NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the defence alliance’s headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, writes Al Jazeera. He also said Moscow could not “win a nuclear war”, according to

Poland tops EC inflation list for 2021, 2022

Poland tops EC inflation list for 2021, 2022

Poland is predicted to have the highest level of inflation of 6.8% in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) – and the EU as a whole – this year, according to a new European Commission (EC) forecast. The EC’s prediction for Poland is way over the average predicted rise in the