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Romania tops inflation list, Latvia rate flattens

Romania reported the highest inflation rate in May, of 5.8%, driven by significant increases in housing and utilities prices, according…

5 months ago

CEE countries register EU’s highest, lowest inflation

Lithuania had the lowest annual inflation rate of 0.4% in the EU in March 2024, EU official statistics office Eurostat…

7 months ago

Romania least reliant on gas imports in EU – analysis

Europe remains heavily reliant on energy imports even after recent crises, as dependence on Russia has been replaced by that…

8 months ago

Bulgaria last in EU for recycling computers

Bulgaria placed bottom in the EU for recycling disused ICT devices, in a survey conducted in 2022 by EU official…

12 months ago

Hungary tops EU inflation list for June

The top 11 inflation rates in the EU were in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries in June 2023, according…

1 year ago

Nuclear, natural gas volumes fell in EU in 2022

Natural gas prices skyrocketed in the second half of 2021 and 2022, as sanctions on imports from Russia, disturbances in natural gas…

1 year ago

CEE needs to prioritise climate plans – report

Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries may hinder the EU's ability to meet its climate goals, according to campaigners who…

1 year ago

Poland EU’s best performing economy in Q1

Poland outstretched all of its EU peers for growth in the first quarter of 2023, the bloc's official statistics office…

1 year ago

EU youth unemployment lowest since 2009

Only 4.48 million EU citizens aged 15 to 29 found themselves unemployed last year, according to the latest data from…

1 year ago

Czechia, Hungary, Estonia top for employment in CEE – Eurostat report

Estonia had the highest employment rate in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) of 81.9% in 2022, according to the recently…

2 years ago

Croatia tops European tourism poll

Croatia had the highest share of tourism in total gross value added (GVA) at 11%, EU statistics office Eurostat finds…

2 years ago

EU’s highest inflation in Hungary, Baltics

Annual inflation in the EU was 10% in January, according to the latest report from EU statistics office Eurostat.  Of the…

2 years ago

Croatia’s aviation industry most resilient in EU

The commercial flight numbers of several Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries are closing in on their pre-pandemic levels faster…

3 years ago

Slovenia minimum wage nears parity with US

With a EUR 1,074 minimum wage, Slovenia was the only country in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) where a gross…

3 years ago

EU beats 2020 sustainable energy target, with Latvia, Austria, Croatia CEE’s greenest

As the EU surpassed its target of 20% sustainable energy usage in 2020, the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) high…

3 years ago

Slovakia most resilient on consumption

Household consumption expenditure decreased by an unprecedented 8% in the EU year-on-year in 2020, according to a new survey by…

3 years ago

Baltic countries CEE’s inflation hot spots

Price rises in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries were mostly above the Eurozone average of 4.9% in November, as…

3 years ago

Bulgaria tops EU’s agro-efficiency index

Bulgaria had a 32.9% increase in agricultural labour productivity (ALP) in 2021, the highest rise registered in Europe, according to…

3 years ago

CEE ups R&D spending over last decade

Every country in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has increased its research and development (R&D) intensity over the last decade,…

3 years ago

Estonia first in Europe for house price rises since 2010, as CEE dominates top ten list

House prices have more than doubled in Estonia and Hungary over the last decade, according to a Eurostat survey that…

3 years ago