Comprehensive Agreement on Investment

Romania’s Economy Grows 13% in 2nd Quarter

Reading Time: < 1 minute In Romania the post-pandemic economic recovery in the second quarter is already exceeding the pre-pandemic…

3 years ago

Banks Will Have to Chip in to Reach EU Climate Goals

Reading Time: < 1 minute EU member states have to figure out how to involve banks in financing the climate…

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EU Bans top 10 Single-use Plastic Products

Reading Time: 2 minutes The EU has come up with a list of single-use plastics that are banned from now,…

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Poland: Phasing Out Coal and Moving Away from Russian Gas

Reading Time: 5 minutes A trifecta of factors is pressuring Poland to phase out its coal industry and diversify its…

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Wages Catching up in Visegrád Countries… A Never-Ending Story

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Visegrád countries have been members of the European Union for 17 years now, but the…

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Slovenia Expansion of OTP Bank Raises Political Questions

Reading Time: < 1 minute With its latest acquisition in Slovenia Hungary’s OTP Bank will become market leader in the…

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Will Hungary’s Automotive Industry Adjust to Future Challenges?

Reading Time: 4 minutes Hungary is a regional leader in the production of car engines, but also makes tires, batteries,…

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Slovakia’s Automotive Industry: Blessing or Curse?

Reading Time: 6 minutes In recent decades, being part of the global auto sector has been a smash success for…

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AI & Blockchain: European Investment Bank warns of EUR 10bn funding gap

Reading Time: < 1 minute EIB warns Europe will be left behind in AI and blockchain technologies if it doesn't…

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Hungary Hosts Region’s Largest Solar Plant

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Chinese-financed solar energy plant inaugurated in Hungary is part of the Asian giant's regional…

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Hungarian Start-ups: Tech-heavy and Optimistic

Reading Time: 2 minutes A study of start-ups conducted by Microsoft shows that Hungary has better resources for building tech-heavy,…

4 years ago

Ukraine-China: Seeking Common Interest

Kyiv and Beijing both remain cautious towards full-scale cooperation despite a number of successful cooperative actions and the increasing trade…

4 years ago

Greece: China’s New Gateway to Europe

Reading Time: 3 minutes While China has worked hard on developing an investment relationship with Greece, Athens might not choose…

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Veto Over Selling Aegon Stirs Diplomatic Tension

After an agreed takeover deal for Hungarian insurance company Aegon, a blocking of the transaction between Dutch Aegon and VIG…

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Hungary: Open to the East

Reading Time: 4 minutes The Budapest government similarly to its welcoming approach towards Russia is open to Chinese economic and…

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China Investing in CEE: Quo Vadis?

Reading Time: 4 minutes A global trade war between the US and China may turn Central & Eastern Europe (CEE)…

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Hungarian Government Rushes to Hand in Recovery Plan

Reading Time: < 1 minute Hungarian government aims to be first in handling its Recovery Plan to the EU, promising…

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Romania’s Relations with Moscow: Overloaded with Contentious Issues

Reading Time: 5 minutes Romania is a hardliner against Russian within the EU, and a country almost immune to Russian…

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Hungary and its Alliance Forged in the Past

Reading Time: 4 minutes Moscow used Hungary as a gateway to the EU and is consistently uses Russian finances to…

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G20 finance ministers also ponder global corporate tax

Changes to how multinational companies and giant tech firms are taxed globally may be on the horizon, resulting in a…

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