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With energy-intensive industries to sustain, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is turning to nuclear power to simultaneously meet energy needs and climate targets. Nuclear looks set to be around 50% of the energy mix of several CEE countries within years. The war in Ukraine transformed Europe’s energy landscape, and
Poland, Slovakia and Hungary have come under criticism from the international community including the EU, Ukraine and Germany for extending prohibitions on Ukrainian agricultural imports. German Agriculture Minister Cem Ozdemir on Monday, 18 September, told the countries: “You show solidarity when it suits you. When you don’t like it,
The number of cars with a hybrid drive sold in Czechia increased by almost 41% to 25,987 in the first eight months of the year, according to current data from the Czech Association of Automobile Importers. Of these, plug-in hybrids sales grew by 69%, to 3,566 cars, while
The Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) insurance market reached a total of EUR 12.5bn by the end of the first quarter of 2023, a year-on-year rise of 10.2%. All CEE markets exhibited annual growth, led by Poland, with EUR 4.3bn gross written premium (GWP), followed by Czechia
The emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are closing in on their Western neighbours thanks to the emergence of new technologies, and nowhere more so than Poland, according to Britain’s oldest independent research institute. CEE is likely to become a new centre of gravity of economic growth
Poland and Czechia are the leading countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) for offering temporary protection status to Ukrainian refugees, according to new figures released this week by Eurostat. According to the EU’s official statistics agency, at the end of June, Poland was giving 977,740 people temporary
Foreign affairs parliamentary committee chairs from Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries including Czechia, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are amongst the signatories of an open letter calling for more criticism of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s Kosovo policy. The letter to the EU and the US, seen by German
Emirates Telecommunication Group Company (e&) will buy a 50% plus one share in PPF Group’s telecommunications assets in Bulgaria (mobile operator Yettel Bulgaria), Hungary (Yettel Hungary), Serbia (Yettel Serbia) and Slovakia (O2 Slovakia). The United Arab Emirates-based telco holding company, formerly Etisalat, will pay EUR 2.15bn upfront
Unlike its regional peers, the forint weakened massively this week, as the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) continued to unwind the emergency measures around Europe’s most inflated currency, Hungarian business website Portfolio wrote. Against the euro and the dollar, the domestic currency suffered a significant devaluation, 1.8% against the
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala dismissed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s claim over the weekend that Czechia has “changed sides” regarding the EU, emphasising the importance of regional cooperation, rather than “absurd stigmas”. Speaking at the 32nd Baile Tusnad “Summer University” Orban had said Czechia is now aligned with
The top 11 inflation rates in the EU were in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries in June 2023, according to new data figures published by Eurostat, the EU’s official statistics office. All of the EU member states in CEE registered inflation over the EU average of 6.4%
Increased attention has been drawn to the eastern Mediterranean region by energy companies and European governments in recent weeks, Financial Mirror wrote in an analysis of gas supply to Europe in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February. Despite reduced Russian gas flow due to the conflict
Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries may hinder the EU’s ability to meet its climate goals, according to campaigners who are concerned about their National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs). European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has emphasised the European Union’s commitment to achieving a net-zero power
Austria (26%) and Estonia (23%) had the EU’s highest proportions of organic land within their total utilised agricultural area (UAA) in 2020, according to recent data released by Eurostat. In 2021, the area used for organic farming expanded to 15.9mn hectares (ha) – or just under 10% of the
Czechia is poised to start a massive construction of solar and wind power plants to secure cheap and ecological electricity supply, Environment Minister Petr Hladik (KDU-CSL) told members of the press on Thursday. “We have the resources for this: it is possible and realistic,” Hladik said, as he unveiled a