EC Backs Czechia Against Polish Mine
Poland says that closing down its open-pit brown coal mine in Turow would be an "energy disaster." Even so, the European...
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Member States Approve Coal Phase-out Funding
EU member states have approved a EUR 17.5 billion fund which aims to help some countries wean themselves from polluting industries...
G7 Sign Off on Historic Global Tax Deal
[caption id="attachment_2743" align="alignleft" width="437"] Photo source: HM Treasury[/caption] In a global effort against "tax avoidance," finance ministers from the G7 countries...
Slovakia’s Automotive Industry: Blessing or Curse?
Slovakia has been a great beneficiary of automotive industry expansion in recent decades. However, its high exposure to the global car...
Czech Auto Sector: Targeting Lithium
One of the biggest car manufacturers of the world, the Czech Republic has a lot to lose if it does not...
Bill Gates & the EU Pledge $1 Billion for Green Technologies
With the aim of rolling out low carbon technologies, the Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures is teaming up with the European...
EU Tax Transparency Rules Agreed
On Tuesday, the EU agreed to new tax rules designed to increase the transparency of multinational companies with established operations in...
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...
Hungarian Electricity Company Aims Further Regional Expansion
The net sales of Hungary's MVM Group amounted to HUF 1,835 billion last year, which is EUR 71,8 million higher than...
Hungary Reduces Tax Rate on Cryptocurrencies
Pushed through by state secretary Norbert Izer and communicated by the Ministry of Finance as a success story, Hungary has reduced...
Emplocity: Automated Candidate Sourcing from Poland
Young entrepreneurs from Poland have developed applications based on artificial intelligence and machine learning to come up with what they believe...
Partial Greenlight for Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Construction
After being halted in April due to environmental concerns, the construction of 2 km of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas...
State Secretary Sees Huge Changes for Hungary’s Energy Sector
The Hungarian government is working on its National Clean Development Strategy, which would set frameworks for achieving the 2050 climate targets,...
11 EU Countries Call to Cut Cross-border Fossil-fuel Project Subsidies
Eleven of the 27 member states want the EU to stop funding cross-border fossil-fuel energy projects. The related provisions are currently...
The story of the EU and 5G: Lost in Frequencies
From conspiracy theories through trade wars and espionage, debate regarding the political and social effects of 5G next-generation mobile network technology...
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 seen...
Construction of Paks 2 May be Further Delayed
Russian news agency Ria Novosti has reported that Hungary will start repaying a loan to Russia of EUR 9 billion for...
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...
Member States Submit Plans for EU Recovery Funds
The European Commission has now received 13 national plans for how EU countries plan on spending pandemic recovery funds from the...
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...