Italy uses ‘golden power’ to block another strategic asset sale to foreign interests
Italy has blocked the purchase of global seed producer Verisem by a Chinese-owned group. As part of Prime Minister Mario Draghi's...
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Chinese EV Companies Driving Carefully into EU Markets
Electric car sales more than doubled in 2020 in the European Union, and are up by 130% for the first half...
Taiwan Eager for Trade with EU
Taiwan has signaled its readiness to do business with Europe: the government in Taipei is eager to begin trade talks with...
Taiwanese Delegation Schedules CEE Visit
Developing trade and economic opportunities is the objective of an official delegation from Taiwan set to visit several countries in Central...
Croatia’s Peljesac Bridge: Financed by the EU, Built by China
If you’re traveling to Dubrovnik, Croatia’s southern Adriatic resort town, you no longer need to transit through Bosnia and Hercegovina: the...
Hungary’s Record-breaking State Aid to Battery Factory Approved
The European Commission has recently approved a EUR 90 million subsidy offered by the Hungarian government to South Korea's SK Innovations...
NATO: China an Emerging Threat
China poses security challenges to NATO, which will engage the country to address them, according to an official statement from the...
Approved: EU Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
A key element of the "Green Deal," on 10 June EU environmental ministers meeting for the last occasion of Portugal's EU...
AI & Blockchain: European Investment Bank warns of EUR 10bn funding gap
European investments in artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technologies are way behind Chinese and American investments. In a report related to such...
Where Will Europe Stand Amidst the US-China Clash of Titans?
The battle between Washington and Beijing over the rollout of 5G networks in Europe just scratches the surface of a broader...
5G: Reliable Suppliers and External Risks
E-health, urban traffic management, self-driving cars, security services, energy networks, industrial facilities and the media - all industries and services in...
5G in Poland: Warsaw Balances Between East and West
Poland’s relationship with China has undergone a significant shift in recent years. Yet the economic opportunities that were supposed to come...
Agreement to Create Aerial Silk Road Signed
Budapest Airport, the Chinese Henan Airport Group, and the Chinese-Hungarian business and logistics development company, CECZ/Utlink, have signed a cooperation agreement...
Greece: China’s New Gateway to Europe
It's said that when times are tough one knows who their friends are. For Greece, it was Chinese interests (and credit)...
Serbia and China: Walking a Delicate Line
Despite the significant increase in China’s contribution to the Serbian economy in the last decade, EU countries' investments in Serbia largely...
Czech Republic: China’s Gateway to Europe?
While Czechia has shown signs of interest in growing trade and cooperation with China, at the same time Prague is the...
Hungary: Open to the East
Similar to its welcoming approach to Russia, Hungary's government is greeting Chinese economic and trade interests with open arms - despite...
China Investing in CEE: Quo Vadis?
A global trade war between the US and China may turn Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) into a battleground. The region,...
EC/Austria provide vaccines to western Balkans
651,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines will be donated from the European Union’s joint procurement to vaccinate healthcare workers in six countries...
Russia’s FM to Brussels: “We’re done”
This week Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, on a visit to China, declared that Russia's relations with the European Union are...