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Poland is the dominant country in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) business landscape, with 184 companies listed among the region’s top 500, according to Coface’s 2024 CEE Top 500 ranking. Sector shifts, new entrants make top 500 Polish energy giant PKN Orlen topped Coface’s Top 500
The European Commission (EC) has announced that it will impose additional import tariffs on Chinese battery electric vehicles (BEVs) following a vote among member states on Friday, 4 October, after a year-long investigation. The EC, which suspects China of undercutting European carmakers by subsidising its EV industry, wrote that it
Skoda Group is to deliver 23 low-floor EMU electric trains to Czechia in a EUR 133mn order that it said will “substantially enhance both service quality and capacity”. RegioJet, the largest private railway carrier in Central and Eastern Europe, will use the trains on suburban and regional services in north
Volkswagen is putting its plans to construct a new electric vehicle (EV) “gigafactory” in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) on hold due to a decline in demand EVs, VW Group Chairman Oliver Blume revealed. The group, which already has three gigafactories, had been considering the construction of a fourth, with
Due to the global shortage of microchips the Czech Republic’s biggest exporter, auto manufacturer Skoda, has announced a significant production cut – starting in October – which could last until the end of 2021. According to economists, it could exert a significant effect upon Czechia’s overall economy by cutting into